The key to empowering veterans lies at the local level. The Community Veteran Engagement Board  (CVEB) task force identified baseline issues that communities should monitor to better understand the overall health and well-being of veterans.
Marriott, Marquis
Atlanta, GA
September 4 - 6, 2019


How Can We Empower Veterans ? Homeland Veterans Magazine
Veteran-serving organizations and community groups constantly share ideas and insights on how to better support veterans, their families and caregivers. This collaboration is encouraging because it shows how we are all dedicated to going beyond simply providing services to veterans – we want to empower them to achieve the quality of life they have earned through their service.

Soldiers and veterans are undeniably resilient, both by selection and by training. But they are not superhuman,” states a January report from the Veterans Administration. The report concludes that roughly half of veterans surveyed who showed a need for mental healthcare said they do not currently receive any such care, either through the VA or private physicians. Changing that unacceptable statistic is a major goal of the  Warrior Care Network of the Wounded Warriors Project (WWP).

Local veteran Hao Wu joined the military to chase the American dream.

"Everything about it...the freedom, the liberty, the ability to see the future, see a goal, and know that you have the capacity and as long as you just work towards it," Wu said. 

Wu, an entrepreneur who invests in businesses and real estate, has achieved his idea of the American dream, but other veterans don't always get to enjoy that. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 20 veterans take their lives every day.