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| VLP To Participate As A Charity Partner in the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon |
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This year VLP is participating as a 'Charity Partner' of the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon. Scheduled for the morning of May 2nd, the marathon course will cross each of the three rivers in Pittsburgh and travel through the Southside, Oakland, Shadyside and Bloomfield neighborhoods. As a Charity Partner, VLP will be paying the registration fees for sponsored runners, who in turn will be raising charitable funds and community awareness to benefit VLP's mission of providing essential housing, employment and other vital supportive services to our local heroes. Nearly 30 runners are registered to run on behalf of VLP, and that number is growing!
In support of the event and our runners, VLP will be hosting a pasta party the night before the marathon and will be conducting an array of festivities at the VLP office/parking lot on Carson Street on race day given that the marathon race course will run directly in front of our office! We have additionally volunteered to man a water station in front of the VLP office, and we will be staffing a tent area at the marathon finish line for all to gather afterwards.
For additional information on runner registration or volunteer sign up, please contact Annette Romain at 412.481.8200 or romaina@vlpwpa.org.
Click Here to Donate to VLP through the Network For Good.
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| ARRA Opportunities for Veteran Owned Businesses |
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The PA Department of General Services and PA Veterans Business Advocates Committee will be offering a free workshop for Veteran-Owned-Businesses to help them learn about opportunities through the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA) and other government programs.
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| New vets' unemployment rate soars |
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By Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers.
WASHINGTON -- Victor Ruiz has been looking for work since January. An Air Force pension helps, but it's not enough to keep his family afloat. His house is in foreclosure, and he and his two teenage children are leaving Fircrest, Wash., to live with his parents in Chicago.
Click here for full article.
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| Veterans Court Launches on November 10 2009 |
| PA National Guard Sees Largest Combat Deployment Since WWII |
| VLP Welcomes Home Sgt. Brian Nusida |
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Sgt. Brian Nusida (USMC) recently returned home from his second tour in Iraq. Brian has worked in VLP's finance department since 2005 and took a leave in the summer of 2008 to rejoin his fellow Marines. Everyone at VLP would like to thank Brian for his service and welcome him home.
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| Association of the United States Army |
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AUSA is a private, non-profit educational organization that supports America's Army - Active, National Guard, Reserve, Civilians, Retirees and family members. The Family Programs Update has news and information about family readiness programs, spouse employment initiatives, military health care legislation and much more.
Click Here to read the latest Family Programs Update.
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| Gulf Vets Not Taking Advantage of Service Bonuses |
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Friday, March 20, 2009, By Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Wanted: Pennsylvania military veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91.What for: to make use of a $20 million fund that pays state service bonuses of up to $525. Click here for full article.
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| Workgroup on Intervention With Combat Injured Families |
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A study sponsored by The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, part of the Department of Psychiatry of Uniformed Services University (Bethesda, MD), and a partnering center of the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has released a full transcript of the proceedings of the Workgroup on Intervention with Combat Injured Families. This workgroup is a first time gathering of experts in military medicine, child and adolescent psychiatry and family trauma. The purpose of the workgroup was to discuss an important topic of national interest: the impact of combat injury on our military families. Click here to read the findings of the workgroup .
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| Military Veterans Needed For Sleep Study |
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Are you a military veteran? Do you have problems sleeping, falling asleep, staying asleep or feeling poorly rested after sleep? If you are a veterans over the age of 18 and experiencing these sleep problems, you may be eligible to participate in a University of Pittsburgh study of behavioral treatment for insomnia. For questions and more information, please call (412) 246-6409.
Click here for full article.
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| Generals share their experience with PTSD |
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By Larry Shaughnessy and Barbara Starr, CNN. Army generals aren't known for talking about their feelings. But two high-ranking officers are doing just that, hoping that by going public they can remove the stigma that many soldiers say keeps them from getting help for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Click here for full article.
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| White House Releases Veterans Agenda |
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The White House has released their agenda for veterans. Some of the issues that are being focused on include expanding services to reach more veterans, increasing the assistance offered to returning service members and improved treatment for mental health and TBI. Click here for more details.
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| Seton Hill Offers Veterans Free Tuition |
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Seton Hill announced that veterans and their eligible dependants will receive free tuition at the Greensburg university this fall through the Yello Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program.
Click here for the full Tribune-Review article.
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| VA and General Mills Honor Disabled Veterans |
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A representative from the Vet Center will be available at VLP's office each Wednesday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The goal of the Vet Center is to provide a broad range of counseling, outreach, and referral services to eligible veterans in order to help them make a satisfying post war adjustment to civilian life. The Vet Center is staffed by Mental Health professionals who have all served their country in Viet Nam. Eligible veterans include those who have served in a war zone, all woman veterans. and family members and loved ones of military personnel who died on active duty. In saying that, no veteran will be turned away from receiving limited services.
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| Allegheny County Planning Specialized Court for Veterans |
| PA DMVA Announces the Persian Gulf Conflict Veteran's Benefit Act |
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The DMVA is accepting applications for the Persian Gulf Conflict Veterans Benefit Program. Any individual who served in the U.S. Armed Forces, Reserve component or the Pennsylvania National Guard in the Persian Gulf Conflict during the period of August 2, 1990 through August 31, 1991 may be eligible.
Click here for more information.
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| Medical Care Hardship Program |
| Reaching Out To Homeless Vets: Stand Down 2008 |
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Stand Down is a military term which refers to fresh troops taking care of exhausted combat troops by removing them from the battlefield to an environment that is safe and secure. The soldiers are given medical attention, food, fresh clothing and the chance to get cleaned up, rest and recuperate. On August 23 2008, the Pittsburgh community came together to host Stand Down 2008, and intensive service fair for homeless veterans.
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