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March 30, 2009
VA hiring former veterans to help soldiers ease back into civilian life
The AP (3/25) says Derek Graner, who developed a case of PTSD in Iraq, is "one of 100 former service members hired nationally by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as outreach specialists to help get Iraq and Afghanistan veterans into programs aimed at easing their transition back to civilian life."
The "goal is to persuade" those struggling to adjust "to visit one of 230-plus vet centers nationwide, which are operated by the VA." Experts "applaud the effort to actively search for veterans who may need help," but some advocates, like Paul Rieckhoff, of the advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, "say the program should be much bigger."
Posted by admin at March 30, 2009 07:17 PM