Active Duty and recent Veterans of the Global War on Terror are today facing two imminent crises: The impact of undetected and/or inadequately treated Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and 2. The national mortgage meltdown impacting military homeowners. USA Cares has been on the frontlines working to assist our military and their family’s weather these two storms.
A recent Rand study estimates over 300,000 Iraq/Afghanistan veterans may be suffering from PTSD/TBI. Of these, over half are undiagnosed, while the other fifty percent are receiving inadequate treatment. The cost to the nation will reach billions of dollars. Those who bear these invisible wounds deserve our support and respect and they need to know that they can receive care without jeopardizing their family’s finances.
Home foreclosures are at record highs. Due to financial instability caused by multiple mobilizations and deployments, many military families are being caught up in the mortgage crisis—probably at much higher rates than their civilian counterparts.
USA Cares has responded to these crises—and has been doing so since it was founded in 2003. Since then, we have responded to over 11,000 requests for help with over $5 million in direct assistance grants. In the last two years, largely because of these two huge problems, demand has gone through the roof! For example, USA Cares is working with other partners to field a program for PTSD/TBI victims who lack the financial resources to attend the treatment they need and deserve. We will ensure that the service member doesn’t have to choose between groceries or treatment. On the housing front, USA Cares is a recognized leader in mortgage loss prevention assistance for the military.
In order to continue this important work on behalf of our military and their families, USA Cares is embarking on a national fundraising campaign this July 4th through Veteran’s Day, November 11th. The campaign is called Share A Minute, and it is based on the number of minutes a deployed service member spends in Iraq/Afghanistan—525,000. Since it costs about $25 for USA Cares to provide a minute’s worth of assistance, it is our goal to join with 525,000 donating Americans who will each buy a “minute” for a service member. This level of support will ensure that USA Cares can meet all the needs of our military personnel and their families not only through the present twin crises of PTSD/TBI and housing, but also through those challenges for our military families yet to come.
We cannot do this without the support of our fellow Americans. Please visit http://www.usacares.org/ and join our team!
Roger StradleyFounder, USA Cares
A recent Rand study estimates over 300,000 Iraq/Afghanistan veterans may be suffering from PTSD/TBI. Of these, over half are undiagnosed, while the other fifty percent are receiving inadequate treatment. The cost to the nation will reach billions of dollars. Those who bear these invisible wounds deserve our support and respect and they need to know that they can receive care without jeopardizing their family’s finances.
Home foreclosures are at record highs. Due to financial instability caused by multiple mobilizations and deployments, many military families are being caught up in the mortgage crisis—probably at much higher rates than their civilian counterparts.
USA Cares has responded to these crises—and has been doing so since it was founded in 2003. Since then, we have responded to over 11,000 requests for help with over $5 million in direct assistance grants. In the last two years, largely because of these two huge problems, demand has gone through the roof! For example, USA Cares is working with other partners to field a program for PTSD/TBI victims who lack the financial resources to attend the treatment they need and deserve. We will ensure that the service member doesn’t have to choose between groceries or treatment. On the housing front, USA Cares is a recognized leader in mortgage loss prevention assistance for the military.
In order to continue this important work on behalf of our military and their families, USA Cares is embarking on a national fundraising campaign this July 4th through Veteran’s Day, November 11th. The campaign is called Share A Minute, and it is based on the number of minutes a deployed service member spends in Iraq/Afghanistan—525,000. Since it costs about $25 for USA Cares to provide a minute’s worth of assistance, it is our goal to join with 525,000 donating Americans who will each buy a “minute” for a service member. This level of support will ensure that USA Cares can meet all the needs of our military personnel and their families not only through the present twin crises of PTSD/TBI and housing, but also through those challenges for our military families yet to come.
We cannot do this without the support of our fellow Americans. Please visit http://www.usacares.org/ and join our team!
Roger StradleyFounder, USA Cares
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