Running head: VETERANS DISCRIMINATION 1 Discrimination: Veterans in the Workplace xxxxxxxxxxx National University HRM-439 Professor xxxxxxxxxxxx 23 December 2013 VETERANS DISCRIMINATION 2 Abstract Discrimination against veterans and those who serve in the reserve forces of the United
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Veterans’ Benefits Today’s veterans are having to suffer without the treatment and help that they should receive for their mental and physical trauma. Although the government spends millions on the military each year‚ veterans’ benefits should be improved because many veterans have to experience bad conditions without the proper health benefits they should receive. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) has trouble processing and handling all the veterans and their needs. The VA can’t handle
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supported the veterans. In 1917‚ Congress created a system for the veteran to have benefits that targeted disability compensation. The services included programs for disability compensation‚ insurance for service personnel and Veterans‚ and vocational rehabilitation for the disabled veteran. The Veterans Administration was created in 1930 when President Herbert Hoover signed the Executive Order. The administration consolidated all government activities dealing with war veterans. Over the years
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Military and veteran’s pride themselves as being strong‚ confident‚ and resistant to emotional weakness. However‚ those traits inadvertently foster the stigma that soldiers who seek assistance are problematic and weak-minded. During my time of service‚ I realized that many soldiers did not seek help for fear of being discharged from their respective branches. During my time at Fort Wainwright‚ Alaska‚ I had difficulties adjusting to military life; it was my first time away from my family‚ I
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better track so that she would have more options to better her life when she turned 18. 6. Liz and Chris took‚ somewhat‚ the roles of sisters. They both took care of each other when they had no one else and were there for each other when they were homeless and had to sleep on the streets and beg strangers for every penny they could
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2013 Introduction I. When you think of a homeless person or bum‚ do you think of a drug addicts‚ alcoholics‚ crack-heads? II. I want to inform the audience of the many reasons that cause homelessness and what brings a person to become homeless. III. It isn’t always drug or alcohol addiction that creates homeless situations. Body I. Who‚ and why are they homeless? A. Families with children. 30% B. Children under 18 years old 39% C. Veterans 13% D. Victims of domestic violence 15% E
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military veterans are entirely dependent on the VA healthcare system. With health care costs soaring many cannot afford expensive‚ private‚ health insurance. Others have been infected with viral disorders like Hepatitis C and cannot obtain private health insurance even if they can afford it. Our veterans have put their lives on the line for this country and we cannot ignore them when they have medical needs‚ especially when we have the ability to help them. Let’s show our Military Veterans that we
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You are driving along‚ coming home from a big city. There at a major intersection‚ sitting on the corner‚ is a homeless man with a Tupperware bowl with a few coins and dollars in it. He has on a rugged coat‚ tennis shoes with the toes partially ripped out‚ and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. He is holding a cardboard sign saying “Anything Helps.” Good or bad‚ you have already passed judgment on this man. You may have felt pity‚ and gave him a dollar or two. You might have had disparaging thoughts
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Homeless‚ Not Hopeless There has been a very large increase of homeless people in America the last couple of years. Where the biggest population issue of the homeless are in the metro areas much like Denver‚ Los Angeles‚ Miami and other large cities‚ but it’s still a problem throughout the whole country. Unfortunately‚ people who disagree with helping the homeless‚ belive its a waste of time and they’re a waste of space‚ people stereotype all homeless as drunks and drug users. All they want is for
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any given night‚ there are over 600‚000 homeless people in the U.S.” (Quigley‚ 2014). Most find themselves sleeping in homeless shelters‚ short-term transitional housing or someplace uninhabitable. While there are many circumstances that can create homelessness‚ the major causes are high poverty rates‚ racial disparities‚ single parenting‚ domestic violence‚ lack of affordable housing‚ mental illness‚ and other traumatic experiences. In cases where the homeless person is single‚ lack of affordable housing
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