Transition
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Transitioning troops get new resource tool
Type of content: News
A new tool developed by the private sector aims to broaden assistance for troops and families as they leave the military and transition to civilian life.
The Veteran Employment Transition Roadmap, developed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes and the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, was unveiled at a recent Mission Transition summit discussing the way forward for efforts to help service members and their families in the transition.
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For Veterans to Prosper in STEM Workforce, Employers Need to Help With Post-Military Transition
Type of content: News
After serving for Uncle Sam, veterans often have skills that would make them ideal employees in a range of industries, but four words can keep them in the unemployment line: post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mike Grice, a member of the board of directors for Medtech and Biotech Veterans Program, has heard his fair share of people say, "We don't hire veterans because they're a liability." People think they'll go "postal" because of PTSD, says Grice, who served for 27 years in the United States Marine Corps.
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Mission Transition: Creating Employment Opportunities for Post-9/11 Veterans and Military Families
Type of content: News
This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Hiring Our Heroes program and the George W. Bush Institute’s Military Service Initiative will host Mission Transition, a national summit focused on creating employment opportunities for post-9/11 veterans and military families. During the summit, we will release a first of its kind roadmap designed to help returning members of our military overcome obstacles as they search for meaningful employment in the civilian workforce.
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- Employment
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HJF Launches The Veterans Metrics Initiative
Type of content: News
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) through its Center for Public-Private Partnerships has launched The Veterans Metrics Initiative: Linking Program Components to Post-Military Well-Being (TVMI study). This novel public-private collaboration unites multi-disciplinary research experts from the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, academic medicine and social science, and industry to develop an evidence-based understanding of what improves the long-term well-being of transitioning veterans.
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Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs’ Office: 5 Ways Military Leaders Can Support Transitioning Service Members
Type of content: News
The Chairman’s Office of Reintegration offers five recommendations for how military leaders can better support their troops as they prepare to transition.
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Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs’ Office: Do These 5 Things When Transitioning To Civilian Life
Type of content: News
The Chairman's Office of Reintegration has developed five steps that will lead service members through a successful military transition.
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- DoD
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Military members, veterans get fast lane to Minnesota occupational licensing in new state law
Type of content: News
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Current and former military members living in Minnesota now have a faster path to occupational licensing in several career fields.
As part of a bill signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton last weekend, the Legislature created fast lanes for temporary licenses that will enable military members, recently retired veterans and their spouses to get to work while completing requirements for standard licensure.
The temporary licenses apply to would-be optometrists, podiatrists, dietitians, therapists and counselors, barbers, cosmetologists and nail technicians.
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State VA group has new guide to veterans’ services
Type of content: News
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs has released a package of veteran services and resources specifically tailored to the state’s 800,000 veterans and their dependents.
For the past 15 months, the division has restructured its outreach capabilities while building new technology services, providing veterans, their family members and transitioning military personnel with the most up-to-date resources and information.
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Despite numbers, rural vets lack attention, resources
Type of content: News
About 5.6 million veterans are living in rural regions of America, but public planners still have too limited a view of their struggles to effectively reach them, advocates warn.
Officials from the Housing Assistance Council held their annual summit on rural veterans issues Wednesday to push for more attention, outreach and resources for those individuals, who make up more than 11 percent of the total veterans population.
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Rural Veterans Require Special Attention from U.S. Philanthropy
Type of content: News
It should be no surprise to NPQ readers that veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars who return to rural areas in the U.S. face a variety of challenges.
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