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Building Momentum
Posted by on June 27, 2012 at 5:11 PM EDTThe Obama administration is making strides in the Better Building Challenge across the U.S. with the hopes of making new American buildings 20 percent more effective over the next ten years.
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Community Health Centers: Expanding Access to Care in Underserved Areas
Posted by on June 19, 2012 at 6:14 PM EDTCommunity health centers like the C.W. Williams Community Health Center in Charlotte, North Carolina deliver comprehensive, high-quality preventive and primary care to patients where they live, and the Affordable Care Act makes a major investment in expanding their ability to serve patients
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New Guide Highlights Best Practices and Innovations in Helping Veterans Thrive in the Private Sector
Posted by on June 11, 2012 at 12:16 PM EDTMore than 30 companies and organizations from America’s private sector share lessons learned in effective recruitment, assimilation, retention, and development of veterans in the civilian workforce
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Vice President Discusses College Affordability with College and University Officials
Posted by on June 5, 2012 at 6:55 PM EDTTen colleges and universities have committed that they will provide students with key information they need to make smart choices regarding where to go to school and how to pay for their degree
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Women Chart a New Course Onboard U.S. Navy Submarines
Posted by on May 29, 2012 at 6:58 PM EDTThe first contingent of 24 women who completed the Navy’s nuclear submarine program met with President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House
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A Veterans Path
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:30 AM EDTA soldiers path in life when returning home is not always clear cut and obvious. Cassaundra learned this the hard way when she completed her service as she began going to college full-time, working full-time, and raising two children. She now serves veterans by reaching out to mentor women leaving the armed forces with her organization F7 group.
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Smoothing the Transition
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM EDTA soldiers life is never easy, and with a jobless rate of 12 percent among all veterans it can be even harder at home than war. Hernán Luis y Prado works to lessen the burden of unemployment for veterans through his "Workshops for Warriors" program. With 11 veteran working for him currently, Hernán hopes that by 2015 he'll employ 50 veterans and have secured jobs for 1000 more.
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Helping Veterans and Businesses Succeed Together
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:10 AM EDTJohn Reynolds and his organization Veterans2Work seek to educate both veterans and companies on the ways to find and utilize each other. By teaching veterans about going on a job search and teaching companies how best to utilize the mission-oriented mindset of a soldier Veterans2Work hopes to lower the unemployment rate of young and disabled veterans.
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Helping Survive the Peace
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDTAs a Vietnam verteran, Bob Curry saw the opportunity to help out a new generation of soldiers when the Afganistan War and War in Iraq began. He began DryHootch, a non-profit organizaiton, with the goal in mind to give veterans a safe, alcohol-free, drug-free environment to deal with the PTS they might be feeling after returning home.
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In Service - Veterans Helping Veterans
Posted by on May 24, 2012 at 10:50 AM EDTJeffery Hanson works to give veterans the means to reach recovery on their own terms. His non-profit organization Palmetto State Base Camp provides transitional residential housing for homeless veterans supported by a program designed to return veterans to independent living and self-sufficiency.
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