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Women in the Ranks

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Women in the Ranks. A conversation with Iraq vet and author Kayla Williams. Women have served in the U.S. military as far back as the American Revolution. Today the number is higher than ever before and women have taken on new roles, such as ground combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. More in Long March Home. Word from the Street.

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Back from Iraq: Jerry Cruz

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. From the service to the streets, Pt. 2. Gary Huggins signed up for the Marines at age 18 in the fall of 2001, shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks. He served a brief stint as an administrative clerk on a Marine base stateside, and then in 2002 he was deployed first to Afghanistan and later Iraq, ending up near Falluja. Huggin...

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Supportive Housing

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Communities of veterans getting back on their feet. Supportive, or supported, housing is a combination of low-rent housing and social services developed in New York City in the 1970's and 1980's as a response to growing a homeless population. There are a number of facilities run by community organizations in New York City designed specific...

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TBI and Homelessnes

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Head trauma may be linked to some homelessness. Among troops returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, estimates of traumatic brain injury and the PTSD that often results are staggering. There’s nothing minimal about it, said Horvath. It can be quite debilitating, in a subtle and complicated way. Yet the long-term psychological and soc...

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Word from the Street

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Word from the Street. Two vets who have experienced homelessness speak their minds. Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Next: TBI and Homelessness. More in Long March Home. Word from the Street. Vets Housing in NYC. A Battle for Benefits. Women in the Ranks. Long March Home Blog. Where to get help.

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Back from Iraq: Jerry Cruz

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. From the service to the streets. When Bed-Stuy native Jerry Cruz, 40, left the military after serving on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Iraq, he returned to Brooklyn a changed man. Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and unable to find a job, he bounced around for a few months between his relative’s already crowded apartments. With their...

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Street Soldiers

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Amidst a push to end veteran homelessness, a new era of veterans slips through the cracks. Jerry Cruz came back from Iraq battling with Bipolar Disorder and unable to find a job. He stayed with friends and family for a few months after leaving the service in 2006, but once their patience ran out, Cruz ended up on the streets. It will take ...

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Veterans Housing in NYC Map

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. Organizations in New York that provide assistance to homeless vets. This map is a collection of housing services that are available for U.S. military veterans in New York City. Click the plot points to explore locations where homeless veterans can find housing, medical care and federal benefits. VA clinics and medical centers.

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Veterans Homelessness Map

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Long March Home Blog. Where to get help. About Long March Home. Women in the Ranks. Red Tape: A Battle for Benefits. Veterans Housing in NYC Map. Word from the Street. A new era of homeless veterans. Neither the VA or HUD keeps specific tallies on the number of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, but 96 percent of homeless service providers surveyed by CHALENG reported serving Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. Roll over the map to see state-by-state estimates of veterans and homeless veterans. A Battle ...