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  • Give An Hour
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  • Community Blueprint
  • National Military Family Association
  • National Remember our Troops Campaign
  • USO
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Fisher House Foundation

• Military/Veterans News
  • USMC: Spouses clubs must admit same-sex spouses
    
  • Military Partners and Families Coalition release Community Health Care Study Report 2011-2012 (12/4/2012)
    
  • Volunteer Mental Health Professionals Give More Than $7 Million Worth of
    Free Mental Health Services to Military Community through Give an Hour (10/2/2012)
  • Department of Veterans Affairs Press Release: Online Toolkit Aims to Support Mental Health Providers Serving Veterans in the Community (9/27/2012)
  • Video: Dr. Jill Biden at 2012 NASW Hope Conference included in White House's West Wing Week for July 27th
  • Give an Hour Founder Named Time 100 Most Influential People in the World

  • Veterans Dept. Will Increase Mental Health Staffing

Online Courses and Publications

Courses

• National Center for PTSD Military Culture Course
• Center for Deployment Psychology
• University of Southern California
  • Part 1: The Training and Education of Military Social Workers: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan
    Singer, J. B. (Host). (2011, June 20). The training and education of military social workers: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan [Episode 68]
  • Part 2: Cultural Considerations in Military Social Work: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan
    Singer, J. B. (Host). (2011, July 7). Cultural Considerations in Military Social Work: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan [Episode 69].
• Citizen Soldier Support Program
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

Publications

• Handbook of Military Social Work Edited by Allen Rubin, Eugenia L. Weiss, and Jose E. Coll (PDF Flyer)
• The Costs of Courage: Combat Stress, Warriors, and Family Survival by Josephine Pryce, Col. David Pryce, and Kimberly Shackelford
• Journal of Rural Social Sciences, Vol. 26, N.3 Special Veterans Issues
• The Costs of Courage: Combat Stress, Warriors, and Family Survivors, by: Josephine G. Pryce, MSW, PhD, Colonel David H. Pryce, MA, MSSW, Kimberly K. Shackelford, MSW, PhD.
  •  The Costs of Courage is a text aimed at teaching social workers and other helping professionals about the warrior culture of the U.S. military, as well as the best practices and eclectic approaches that are used to meet the needs of service members, veterans, and their families.
• A Civilian Counselor’s Primer to Counseling Veterans (2nd Ed.), by: Herbert A. Exum, PhD, Jose E. Coll, PhD, Eugenia L. Weiss, PhD
  • A Civilian Counselor’s Primer to Counseling Veterans aims to educate civilian counselors and other health professionals about the U.S. military culture, in order to be able to discern signs of distress and build a therapeutic alliance with service members, veterans, and their families.
• A Civilian’s Guide to the U.S. Military: A Comprehensive Reference to the customs, language, and structure of the Armed Forces, by: Barbara Schading, PhD, Richard Schading, U.S.M.C., Major Virginia Holeman, U.S. Army, RET
  • A Civilian’s Guide to the U.S. Military teaches civilians about the unique and specific culture of the U.S. Military.
• The Book on VA Loans, a Complete Guide to Maximizing Your Benefits by Chris Birk, Veterans United Home Loans
  • The Book on VA Loans takes Service Members and their families on an insider’s journey into VA loans, from credit scores and interest rates to the unique opportunities and challenges of the program.