Made possible by a nearly $5M gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Local Partner Self-Assessment Tool is part of an initiative to use community-based solutions to address veteran challenges

Dr. Brené Brown leads her team in writing “permission slips” that let them get vulnerable in their work together. Here are eight permission slips tailored for collaborative leaders.

This is the first year that a recruit born after 9/11 can serve without a parent’s signature. These 18 statistics and stories show how the enduring nature of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has shaped a generation of veterans.

During the two months between September 11 and November 11, the nation will have its eyes trained on the work you do all year long. With the media lens focused on veteran issues, it’s important to have your communications ready to go.

Is the way veteran-serving organizations talk about their work alienating—or even disempowering—the very people we’re all working to help?

Part of designing a positive user experience is perspective-taking. We’re inviting you to join us on an emotional rollercoaster full of anticipation, promise, disappointment, and resilience. Welcome to the life of one transitioning veteran.

Part of designing a positive user experience is perspective-taking. We’re inviting you to join us on an emotional rollercoaster full of anticipation, promise, disappointment, and resilience. Welcome to the life of one transitioning veteran.

Part of designing a positive user experience is perspective-taking. We’re inviting you to join us on an emotional rollercoaster full of anticipation, promise, disappointment, and resilience. Welcome to the life of one transitioning veteran.

Part of designing a positive user experience is perspective-taking. We’re inviting you to join us on an emotional rollercoaster full of anticipation, promise, disappointment, and resilience. Welcome to the life of one transitioning veteran.

In our work with veterans, we frequently create similar islands with an abundance of support and self-contained pockets of success, but no navigable paths between these islands of hope and no map for our clients to follow. This blog examines how using an ecosystem approach can improve community ability to serve and integrate veterans.