VA Wastes Miracle Machine

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a hot topic these days among civilians. In schools and even in the professional arena, contact sports are being rethought from the ground up. An irrefutable link between head trauma and homelessness has been identified....

Vital VA Project Got Off on the Wrong Foot

Phoenix Rises from the Ashes If there is one state in the union where military veterans might expect to be rendered top-shelf service every time, that state would be Texas. There are two regional benefits offices (Houston is the other) and the Waco office has not been...

How to Become Homeless: Be a Single Parent

Transportation to and from work, and child care, are major obstacles for many single parents. Brooke McLay met a mother experiencing homelessness (given the pseudonym of Tori) and treated her to a grocery shopping spree, with the understanding that photos...

Austin’s Community First Village

Alan Graham of Community First Village This post is in essence a continuation of last week’s “Exciting Development in Austin,” so a reader who missed that one might want to catch up. What will go on there Disabled, chronically homeless people are at a great...