Unemployment among young veterans

Those that serve are always looked at with suspicion when we returned, and there are many reasons, one is the rhetoric from those served doesn't fit the reality, another is, in these times, the farce of the capitalist economy we've been living with the past some thirty years is just that a farce, a con, that sent the riches of the labor and innovation directly to the top to be hoarded and not invested in economic growth!

Unemployment among young veterans high, despite millions in funding aimed at putting them to work

11/13/2010 - Finding a job is proving especially difficult for young veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Statewide, 24.9 percent of veterans between the ages of 18 and 24 were unemployed in 2009. That number is significantly higher than the 19.8 percent of non-veterans in that age group, according to California's Employment Development Department.

With 30,000 more veterans expected to return to California this year, the state and federal government has spent millions over the past several years on programs aimed at putting vets to work.

Despite those efforts, the unemployment numbers for young veterans continues to climb, up from 14.3 percent in 2007, according to the Employee Development Department.

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The reason for high joblessness among young veterans is the host of problems they face including P.T.S.D., traumatic brain injury and depression, EDD spokesman Patrick Joyce said in a written statement.

One of the organizations tasked with combating those problems and helping area veterans return to work is the Salvation Army's Haven, located at the V.A.'s West Los Angeles Campus.

Working under a Department of Labor grant, the Haven's Return to Work program coordinates job placement counseling with medical care and substance abuse treatment - services that many jobless veterans need before they can return to work. {read rest}