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  • Veterans earn, learn and grow in the garden

    Veterans earn, learn and grow in the garden

    The Veterans Garden in West LA is reviving with community support, offering job training and therapeutic benefits to Veterans, showcasing food as medicine.

  • Out of the shadows: One Veteran’s journey through trauma, substance use and renewal 

    Out of the shadows: One Veteran’s journey through trauma, substance use and renewal 

    One Navy Veteran's journey from trauma and substance abuse to renewal, thanks to VA's Compensated Work Therapy program.

  • A Veteran’s journey of redemption thanks to VA

    A Veteran’s journey of redemption thanks to VA

    A Marine Corps Veteran packed his bags and set out on his road to redemption. Here's his story.

  • Veteran finds second chance as a VA carpenter

    Veteran finds second chance as a VA carpenter

    As a felon who struggled with homelessness, Army Veteran Danny Martin didn’t know if he’d get a second chance. Now, he’s a VA carpenter.

  • VA and Heroes Foundation create employment opportunities for Veterans

    VA and Heroes Foundation create employment opportunities for Veterans

    The Heroes Foundation partnership educates corporate employers about VA resources that can help improve Veterans’ health and wellbeing.

  • A Compensated Work Therapy success story: From cleaning bathrooms to running a National Cemetery

    A Compensated Work Therapy success story: From cleaning bathrooms to running a National Cemetery

    Victor Vasquez, the director of two National Cemeteries got his start in VA’s Compensated Work Therapy Program. Read his story.

  • VA compensated work therapy program saved Veteran Terry Tisdale when he was “lower than low”

    VA compensated work therapy program saved Veteran Terry Tisdale when he was “lower than low”

    Compensated Work Therapy program starts new life for Army Veteran of 15 years. “They should call it compassionate work therapy.”

  • Army Veteran finds purpose in Adaptive Sports – and a new career

    Army Veteran finds purpose in Adaptive Sports – and a new career

    After a quadriplegic C-spine injury left her in a wheelchair, Army Veteran Desiree Emilio-Duverge reinvented herself by embracing change, learning adaptive sports and becoming her own boss.

  • Oklahoma Veterans’ second chance at career success

    Oklahoma Veterans’ second chance at career success

    Read how three Veterans … and dozens more … benefit from the Compensated Work Therapy program at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System. Back in the work force while concentrating on their health care.

  • Veterans benefit from job placement, mental health support

    Veterans benefit from job placement, mental health support

    VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Service helps Veterans achieve and maintain meaningful employment. The Compensated Work Therapy program enables Veterans to find or return to work.

  • VA Compensated Work Therapy graduating class

    VA Compensated Work Therapy graduating class

    VA clinical vocational rehabilitation program gets Veterans off the streets, off drugs and in the workforce. Helps find employment opportunities for Veterans with physical and mental health challenges.

  • Veteran goes from homeless to hopeful

    Veteran goes from homeless to hopeful

    When William Ford arrived at Shreveport VA Medical Center in October 2018, he was homeless and ill. Everything he owned could be packed into two bags. Today, thanks to VA, he’s healthy and hopeful.

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Last updated December 6, 2025

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