Report Finds High Employment Placement Rates but Low Employment Retention ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With President Obama announcing plans for a new Veterans Job Corps, Volunteers of America has released a new report, drafted in partnership with Wilder Research, which analyzes the success of programs helping homeless veterans rebuild their lives and ...
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – GSA Application Services is pleased to announce that Temporary Housing Directory (THD) has been awarded a GSA Schedule 48 contract and are now certified to provide goods & services to the Federal Government. Acknowledging the growth in federal spending through the General Services Administration (GSA), Temporary Housing Directory have ...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — With the Pentagon’s release of a five-year budget plan that cuts $260 billion in defense spending, The American Legion is pressing Congress to find other ways by which to reduce the country’s staggering $15.2 trillion debt. Over the next decade, defense spending must be cut by $450 billion as ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), representing more than 70,000 concerned individuals, said today’s decision by the federal government to renew a lease that keeps in place a World War II memorial on a Montana mountain – a statue of Jesus – is a “significant victory” and represents ...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) is proud to announce the new HNBA Veterans Legal Initiative Program (“Veterans Initiative”), a new effort to provide free legal services to the men and women of the American armed services and their families. Started as part of National President Benny Agosto, Jr.’s ...
National Louis expands long-standing commitment to active duty, veteran and other underserved students CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — National Louis University announced today the Education to Employment (E2) Initiative, funded through assistance from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. The E2 Initiative aims to increase the percentage of students within at-risk groups such as active ...
Tuesday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. at PETCO Park SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – AFCEA and the U.S. Naval Institute are pleased to host the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team (WWAST) at their “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” reception. The event will be held at PETCO Park on January 24 at 6:30 p.m. and will ...
Holiday Contribution Allows Wounded Veterans to Stay in Contact with Loved Ones LAUREL, Md., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — For the third year in a row, Verizon Wireless is donating $10,000 worth of long distance calling cards to benefit wounded U.S. servicemen and women recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, now located in ...
Building Partner NWC Construction and community of Orlando join in presenting specially adapted home to Army SPC Luis Puertas ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), a national non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, will present keys Saturday, December 17 to Army SPC Luis ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Unless Congress moves quickly, says The American Legion, limits for Department of Veterans Affairs home loans in America’s high-cost counties will soon be reduced. The nation’s largest veterans’ service organization is calling upon congressional lawmakers to make good on their commitment to ensure veterans and servicemembers have access to ...