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Astor, Jill Biden bring attention to military-connected children

By |April 20th, 2016|

by Ross Brenneman

In order to draw attention to the difficulties children in military and veteran families face in schools, Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, highlighted Operation Educate the Educators, a federal initiative, during a discussion last Monday at the annual conference for the American Educational Research Association. The goal of the session was to raise awareness in university schools of education about military and veteran children in public schools and to recruit more universities to join a national effort.

Biden’s AERA session was orchestrated between AERA and the White House by Ron Avi Astor, the Lenore Stein-Wood […]

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Most veterans return to Chicago unprepared for civilian life, study finds

By |April 19th, 2016|

New USC study identifies critical lack of housing and employment planning and opportunities, and heightened suicide risk
Many service members leaving the military and returning to the Chicagoland area are not prepared for the transition home and have a range of needs that cannot be easily addressed by a single organization, according to a new University of Southern California report released Tuesday. Among the research statistics were high rates of unemployment/underemployment, homelessness and suicide risk.

The State of the American Veteran: The Chicagoland Veterans Study by the USC School of Social Work Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families, […]

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Second MSW alum appointed to California Veterans Board

By |March 18th, 2016|

by Lilledeshan Bose

Carla J. Thornton had always been involved in community work, but it took being part of a class on community organizing to change her life. The light bulb moment came while she was obtaining her master’s in social work at the University of Southern California. “I realized I could do social work at the macro level and directly impact individuals,” she said.

On Feb. 11, Thornton MSW ’12 — who is the associate director of development for the University of California Riverside College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences — was appointed to the California Veterans Board, which advocates […]

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Working Groups

By |March 1st, 2016|

Working Groups
The Los Angeles Veterans Collaborative consists of multiple working groups. Members of the collaborative meet monthly with others in these individual groups to work on items relevant to local veterans and military families in Los Angeles. Click to learn more about the goals and ongoing projects of each of the groups.

 

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New to the Collaborative

By |March 1st, 2016|

New to the Collaborative
Why collaborate?
Veterans are often unaware of available services and how to access them. They are uncertain of eligibility requirements and unsure whether said services will be helpful for their specific problems. Further, while service providers generally have the best of intentions with regard to serving the veteran population, they are often unaware […]

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Higher Education Working Group

By |March 1st, 2016|

Higher Education Working Group
The Higher Education Working Group consists of representative certifying officials, admission coordinators and veteran resource center contacts from community colleges, trade schools, and universities across Los Angeles County. This working group strives to develop and share best practices with schools, and develop an agenda of working items that can drive a better educational […]

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Faith-Based Working Group

By |March 1st, 2016|

Faith-Based Working Group
The Faith-Based Working Group consists of chaplains, rabbis, clergy and pastors who seek to learn, educate and share best practices for working with veterans and military families in their respective communities. This working group differs from the others because it is not centered around a specific need, but encompasses communities already working with […]

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Legal & Re-Entry Working Group

By |March 1st, 2016|

Legal & Re-Entry Working Group
The Legal and Re-Entry Working Group consists of lawyers, legal professionals, policymakers, public counsel, and Veteran Affairs (VA) legal teams. The working group focuses on policy objectives, education, identifying laws affecting veterans and service delivery, building capacity with legal professionals to work with veteran clients in Los Angeles as well as […]

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Families & Children Working Group

By |March 1st, 2016|

Families & Children Working Group
The Families & Children Working Group is made up of spouses, adult children of military families, pediatric nurses, social workers and family advocates. The working group focuses on heightening awareness and impacting policy related to the concerns and needs of military-affiliated (connected) children and their families, with particular attention on solving […]

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Housing & Homelessness Working Group

By |March 1st, 2016|

Housing & Homelessness Working Group
The Housing & Homelessness Working Group consists of VA-contracted agencies, housing authorities, individual nonprofits and organizations working with homeless veterans. With thousands of veterans sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles and hundreds of agencies working with homeless veterans throughout the county, this group works to solve systemic issues, pass legislature […]

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