Veterans and Mental Illness
Veterans and Mental Illness Veterans experience a unique set of challenges, stressors, and traumas, from deployment and combat to the often-difficult process of reintegrating into civilian life after leaving the [...]
Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs | Connecting veterans to federal and state benefits they have earned. You are NOT alone! For 24-hour counsel, call the National Veteran Crisis Hotline at [...]
Veterans and Poverty
Veterans and Poverty Talking about poverty is difficult—and not just because the topic itself is often a painful one. Poverty is a complex issue that exists within an interconnected web [...]
Veterans and Housing
Veterans and Housing Lack of affordable housing is one of major causes that has contributed to a rise in homelessness over the last two and a half decades. Unfortunately, research [...]
Brevard County’s 2022 Point In Time Count (PITC) volunteer information.
Registration for this event is handled through the Brevard Homeless Coalition (BHC). The event is important because an accurate Homeless Census helps bring in homeless services funding from HUD, and [...]
Another 16 million veterans can get Home Depot’s new military discount year-round
The National home improvement retailer has expanded its year-round discount to all veterans — potentially 16 million more veterans plus spouses — but the company has also tightened up its [...]
Benefits for burn pit victims could expand dramatically in 2022.
Veterans advocates saw significant progress in 2021 in the fight to improve care and benefits for victims of burn pit smoke, but they’re hoping for even more in 2022. President [...]
Veterans and Social Isolation
Veterans and Social Isolation For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has had the effect of bringing renewed attention to the connection between social isolation and mental health. After all, humans [...]
Veterans and PTSD
Veterans and PTSD PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a serious problem for veterans. Recent veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are affected by PTSD at the rate of 11-20%, [...]
Congress passed bipartisan legislation benefitting veterans and President Biden signed them into law.
President Biden said, “We prepare those we send into harm’s way, and care for their families when they’re gone, and care for them and their families when they’re home,” Biden [...]