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All posts during April 2012

Cast your job search to new heights with SPIKE TV
Posted by on April 30 2012

Fleet Week is just around the corner! And IAVA is teaming up with SPIKE TV for a special show focused on employment challenges impacting New York-area veterans.The show will follow several unemployed veterans on their job hunt and track their progress leading up to a veterans jobs and resource service fair on May 23, sponsored by SPIKE TV and Services for the UnderServed. 

IAVA teams up with Operation Homefront & The Home Depot Foundation
Posted by Jason Hansman on April 28 2012

IAVA is working with Operation Homefront on two important initiatives that deal with home repairs and emergency housing for wounded warriors.

IAVA Applauds President’s Bold Action to Protect the New GI Bill
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on April 27 2012

Today, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the nation’s first and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released the following statement commending the President for signing an Executive Order to protect the Post-9/11 GI Bill and career-ready training for new veterans.

IAVA Demands Accountability As VA Underreports Mental Health Care Delays
Posted by Moran Banai on April 25 2012

On Monday, the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs released an alarming new report concluding that there were significant problems with VA mental health care access. The report, solicited at the request of Congress and the VA Secretary, found that wait times for veterans seeking mental health care were far longer than VA claims. It also raised serious questions about the reasons for the delayed care.

IAVA in the City of Angels!
Posted by Christina Kim on April 25 2012

As we gear up for another huge summer, IAVA is rallying our membership on the west coast this week and we want to make sure you’re getting the inside scoop on how to get connected with us!

Follow Brantley Gilbert as He Goes on the “Road to the Ram Jam”
Posted by Megan Hemler on April 23 2012

Calling all country music fans! As a rising star and one of country music’s top performers, Brantley Gilbert is showing IAVA members across the country that he’s got their back. Brantley will be joining Kellie Pickler and an exclusive list of other performers for the “Road to the Ram Jam” presented by the Ram Truck brand.

IAVA Applauds VA Plan to Expand Mental Health Staff
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on April 19 2012

IAVA released the following statement applauding the Department of Veterans Affairs’ plan to add 1,600 mental health clinicians – nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers—as well as nearly 300 support staff to its existing workforce of 20,590 mental health staff:

Fighting Veteran Unemployment
Posted by Tom Tarantino on April 19 2012

In 2012 IAVA is tackling veterans’ unemployment on every front, in both the public and private sectors.  We are asking the country to address new veteran unemployment in six ways:

A Strategy of Wellness Would Help Combat the Military and Veteran Suicide Epidemic
Posted by Moran Banai on April 18 2012

Twenty-eight soldiers reportedly took their own lives in March, almost double the 15 suicides reported in February, according to the U.S. Army. This tragic news comes as veteran suicide received unprecedented national exposure this week.

IAVA Statement on Zabol Incident
Posted by Michelle McCarthy on April 18 2012

IAVA released the following statement expressing outrage over images of U.S. troops posing with the remains of Afghan suicide bombers in Zabol, Afghanistan:

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