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The Veterans Village of San Diego hosted the 32nd Annual Veterans Stand Down at the end of June in California. This annual event is designed to connect Veterans with VA and community partner services, with a focus on homeless Veterans. Federal, state, county, and city leaders collaborate with community stakeholders to provide resources for America’s heroes in need of a hand up. More than 800 Veterans attended and received assistance.

Veterans who have been arrested and incarcerated are at high risk of homelessness and suicide. VA programs help them readjust after involvement with the justice system.

VA is ready to hire 50 additional Veterans Justice Outreach specialists following the President's signing of the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act.

A dad and son embrace; both are sobbing. Two years earlier they were barely speaking. There is not a dry eye in the courtroom. “There is no other day quite like graduation day in Veterans Court. This is the pay off.” says Amy Earle, Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator.

Veterans who complete a Veterans Treatment Court program, which can last anywhere from six months to two years, will often have their case dismissed and later expunged.

State Veterans affairs agencies are second only to the VA in providing benefits and services to Veterans and their families.

“This is an opportunity for us to help the Veterans. Not to give them a hand out, but a hand up.”

What Veterans courts do is make sure the Veterans don’t see the inside of those jail cells more than once.

This week, across the nation, federal, state and local agencies, as well at their public and private sector partners are bringing attention to the public health crisis caused by drug overdoses.

"That Which I Love Destroys Me" strikes a chord across the nation because it showed exactly what it means to grapple with these issues that so many of our Veterans are facing.

VA marks National Reentry Week by partnering with federal, state and local criminal justice partners across the country to reach Veterans involved with the justice system, and help them access the VA health care and other services that can increase the likelihood of a successful reentry.

Editor’s Note: This story by Melissa Whitworth is cross-posted from The [...]