Home Again:Veterans and Families Initiative: WFUV Interview

Friday, September 11, 2009

WFUV Interview

September 12, 2009: Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative featured on WFUV Radio.
LISTEN LIVE: Saturday, September 12th, 7:30-8:00 a.m. WFUV 90.7 FM
On Saturday, September 12th at 7:30 AM, Cityscape, WFUV's weekly half-hour public affairs show, will delve into a variety of other issues affecting military veterans and their families, from unemployment to parenting. Host George Bodarky will be joined by panelists Robert Schwartz of Helmets to Hardhats, Dr. Marisa Koten of Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists, Caroline Peacock of the Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, and Afghanistan veteran and Home Again Peer Advocate Edward Diaz.
For more information about Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative, contact Caroline Peacock at cpeacock@jbfcs.org or (646) 957-0853.

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Our mission is to provide education that facilitates an understanding of the military as its own sub-culture to those who serve our nation’s bravest. If you are providing education, housing, employment or clinical care to veterans and their families, you need Home Again. If you are committed to veterans succeeding you must understand their mindset, challenges and the milieu they operate under. Home Again dispels idealizations and myths about the military and focuses on its strengths, values, vocabulary, routines and needs.
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Our training goes far beyond an introduction to the culture of the military. We address the invisible wounds and hallmarks of the most recent wars. We give you the tools you need to help veterans and their families succeed, reintegrate and get on with their lives. Our training team includes a clinician (with expertise in trauma), and Veteran Peer Advocates who have walked the walk and understand the military experience.