Posted on Jun 4, 2015
Vets in LA can text other vets for help with new program - Could your area use this?
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The center partnered with 211 LA County, the county government, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Volunteers of America to create an online portal for veteran resources. But advocates wanted to do more. Now, those groups are working on a text-to-chat program that allows veterans to text “vet” to activate the service and be instantly connected with a “battle buddy.”
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The battle buddies who respond to the veteran texts will be trained as peer-support specialists, said Jim Zenner, assistant director of clinical veteran services at Volunteers of America Greater Los Angeles.
The battle buddies also are vets, so they have navigated many of the same systems and will be able to provide advice and introductions from experience.
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The battle buddies who respond to the veteran texts will be trained as peer-support specialists, said Jim Zenner, assistant director of clinical veteran services at Volunteers of America Greater Los Angeles.
The battle buddies also are vets, so they have navigated many of the same systems and will be able to provide advice and introductions from experience.
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Interesting article. Happy that we are starting to explore further uses for social technology to better society. Good read.
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Sounds like a good program assuming they have cell phone access - and from my experience with feeding the homeless in ATL every month, most do.. :-)
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CMSgt Mark Schubert
Many of them are either talking on the phone or texting when they come thru the line - I don't feel the need to ask them if they are "Obama-phones" or not. I just wonder who they are talking too and about what? :-)
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Using technology to think outside the box! Great idea. I'm assuming vets that are homeless or without resources can go to a vet center to access a computer or app for this.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
I would hope so SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. but they are probably not the latest in smart phone technology that supports apps.
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