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Veterans are committing suicide in VA parking lots: report
February 8, 2019
Joshua Axelrod | Military Times
A new report illustrates a troubling trend of veterans committing suicide on VA hospital campuses after receiving inadequate care from individual facilities.
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'Time Away' Remains Top Troop, Military Family Worry: Survey
February 6, 2019
Amy Bushatz | Military.com
Absence from home remains the top concern among active-duty troops and their families for the second year running, according to the results of an annual military family survey scheduled for release Wednesday.
The survey, fielded by Blue Star Families and Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), queried more than 10,000 people between April and June of last year.
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Pentagon Launches Prescription Monitoring Program to Curb Substance Abuse
February 6, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
Military hospitals, clinics and pharmacies will soon share information on prescriptions written for controlled substances with civilian doctors in nine states, part of a growing effort to stem addiction and illegal transfer of medications such as opioids within the military population.
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VA Contract Makes Foundation Medicine Oncology Tests Available to Veterans
February 5, 2019
Laura Joszt | AJMC
Veterans living with advanced cancer will now have access to comprehensive genomic profiling. Foundation Medicine announced that it has won a nationwide contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Precision Oncology Program.
The contract covers all of Foundation Medicine’s tests, including FoundationOne CDx and FoundationOne Liquid for solid tumors and FoundationOne Heme for hematological malignancies.
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Military tax tips: New tax law is (mostly) good news
February 4, 2019
Karen Jowers | Military Times
If it’s February, it must be time to think about ….. taxes.
The deadline for filing federal income tax returns is April 15. If you live in Maine or Massachusetts, you have until April 17 to file.
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Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018
January 30, 2019
Patricia Kime | Military.com
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What makes veteran entrepreneurs successful?
January 30, 2019
Kelly Finn Stormer | EIN Presswire
ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, January 30, 2019 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The National Association of Veteran-Serving Organizations (NAVSO) will present the findings of their research study conducted in partnership with researchers from Purdue University’s Center for Urban Global Sustainability (CGUS), Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) and Center for Regional Development, titled, “Success Factors for Veteran Entrepreneurs” during a lunchtime event hosted at the Booz Allen Hamilton Innovation Center in Wa
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VA Inspector General Cites Poor Oversight of College Programs Approved for GI Benefits
January 21, 2019
Ashley A. Smith | Inside Higher Ed
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The VBA questioned the audit's methodology and said it was biased toward for-profit schools, which only represent one in five institutions where students receive military benefits. Out of 70 institutions sampled in the audit, 50 were for-profits.
The VBA also disagreed with the audit's assessment that the relationship between the VBA and the SAAs is weak.
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Report: Pregnant spouses of deployed service members at higher risk of depression
January 16, 2019
Natalie Gross | Military Times
Pregnant military spouses whose partners are deployed are at a higher risk for developing postpartum depression and mental health issues during pregnancy, according to a new report in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
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VA partners with The Independence Fund to reach at-risk Veterans
January 11, 2019
The VA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Staff | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA and The Independence Fund will reunite Veterans who have experienced some of the toughest combat conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan to engage in dialogue in ways that empower them to improve their overall well-being.
The goal of the pilot program, Operation Resiliency, is to use the common bonds of Veterans who served together to facilitate a collective effort to address personal post-military difficulties, and address any lingering effects of trauma before Veterans find themselves in crisis.
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