American Life… Veterans Day: Celebrating the Extraordinary 11 Nov 202011 Nov 2020 Operation Sacred Trust Veteran Engagement Supervisor Matthew Ramasir, left, with homeless veteran at Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Emergency Hotel in Florida. More than 20 million Americans will be…
Military and Veterans… Veterans Helping Veterans More Often as Needs Increase 28 Oct 202028 Oct 2020 PEMBROKE PINES, FL (OCTOBER 28, 2020) -- The phone calls, texts and emails from veterans in crisis never pause at Operation Sacred Trust, South Florida’s largest nonprofit serving homeless and…
Military and Veterans… South Florida Veterans Continue to Face Increased Hardships 20 Oct 202021 Oct 2020 Low-income veterans are facing increased hardships, threatening South Florida with housing challenges that could impact the local landscape for years. Pembroke Pines, Florida, October 20, 2020 -- Purpose Built Families…
American Life… Beating Homelessness, Veterans Help Others Get Benefits They’ve Earned 23 Aug 2020 Veteran driven nonprofits such as US Vets, Operation Sacred Trust, and 300 VA-funded Supportive Services for Veteran Families programs across the nation are reaching thousands of Veterans who are often…
Housing… Who Are South Florida’s At-Risk and Homeless Veterans Served by SSVF 15 Aug 202016 Aug 2020 Since 2012, Operation Sacred Trust (OST) has served more than 5,000 homeless and at-risk Veteran families in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. Who are the Veterans receiving help from the Supportive…
Housing… VA Grants $27.5M to Florida Non-Profits to Help End Veteran Homelessness 15 Aug 202024 Aug 2020 The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $27.5 million to help fight Veteran homelessness in Florida. Man sleeping on a park bench in Washington DC close to the Vietnam Veterans…
Housing… After Four Deployments, a Marine Fights for Fellow Veterans at Home 13 Aug 202013 Aug 2020 After tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Marine comes home to fight for the lives of fellow Veterans without a safe place to call home. More than twice as many…
Health… Veterans Hard Hit by Coronavirus Need Help 28 Jul 20207 Aug 2020 Military veterans have been hard hit by coronavirus. Those serving on the frontlines are urging homeowners and banks to open up vacant properties for veterans who can pay reasonable rent,…
Military and Veterans… Living Stories of Valor and Sacrifice on the Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice 26 Jul 20207 Aug 2020 As America commemorates the 67th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, Seth Eisenberg spoke with four Korean War era Veterans who have overcome homelessness about their memories, advice to young…
Military and Veterans… Veterans Hurt by COVID-19 Getting Rapid VA Housing Help at Home 12 May 202012 May 2020 CARES Funds Help Nonprofit Reach Veterans Most At-Risk for Homelessness Dr. Juan Flores, left, Jacob Torner, center, and Reza Kavoosi with an Operation Sacred Trust mobile response vehicle used to…
American Life… Facing Coronavirus, a Miami Homeless Veteran Finds He is Not Alone 22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020 As the nation locked down, TC was alone with his broken wheelchair on the streets of Miami, wondering if his luck had run out. This former Marine was facing coronavirus…
American Life… Army veteran was sleeping in Walmart parking lot to be close to mom 2 Mar 20202 Mar 2020 Being close to mom in a South Florida nursing home meant sleeping in a Walmart parking lot. Fortunately, this Army veteran was able to rapidly get V.A. benefits to get…
Housing… Saving Veteran lives means hitting the streets 24/7 motivated and resourced 20 Feb 202022 Feb 2020 Operation Sacred Trust is hoping America's tech pioneers will make the difference to save veteran lives and end veteran homelessness, saying the same passion and technologies that help America explore…
Military and Veterans… Who are the warriors searching for the Tony Rankins and other homeless veterans in America? 5 Feb 202013 Feb 2020 Warriors who protect the warriors. “In order to be anything, you must be brave enough to fail.” Kirk Douglas, who died this week at 103, will long be remembered for…
News… Homelessness Challenging Florida’s Post-9/11 Veterans 21 Oct 201913 Feb 2020 One in five qualifying for VA-funded Supportive Services for Veteran Families help in South Florida enlisted after 9/11, six-year study reports PEMBROKE PINES, Fla., October 18, 2019 (Associated Press) -Homelessness is…
American Life… Help Needed to End Veteran Homelessness 24 Apr 201531 Jul 2018 It should be an oxymoron. Tragically for 50,000 American Veterans tonight, it's not. Homeless Veterans are still very much present across our United States. Alone or with children, they're living…
Military and Veterans… Like Norman Cooper III, Every Homeless Veteran Has a Name, Story and Dreams that Can Still Come True 16 Dec 201316 Dec 2013 "Before he knew it, Norman Cooper III, a decorated American Veteran, had lost it all. His career, money, marriage, and the family to which he'd long been devoted were gone…
Marriage Education… Untangling a World of Love Knots 8 Dec 20138 Dec 2013 “Social media has enabled us to advance our mission to help create a safer, saner, more loving world in ways we couldn't have imagined 30 years ago.” by CARSON ABRIR…
Housing… VA Announces $300 Million in New Grants to Help End Homelessness for America’s Veteran Families 15 Jul 201315 Jul 2013 More than $5 million awarded to three South Florida non-profits to help nearly 2,000 local Veteran families WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced last week the…
American Life… Heat or Spurs – Tough Call for America’s Soldiers? 6 Jun 20136 Jun 2013 With more than 15 percent of the nation’s veterans and tens of thousands of active-duty military living in Florida and Texas, you can be sure a lot of soldiers are…
