Article in Newsweek by Jack Moore on Sept 21, 2017 Photo: Soldiers, officers and civilian employees attend the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Army’s annual observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in the Pentagon Center Courtyard in Arlington, Virginia, March 31, 2015.
Aura Home was honored to present at DAR
Aura Home was honored to present at Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on June 9th at The Cedars in Hendersonville. Pictured from left to right: Vivian Suber, Alyce Knaflich, Jean Ann Rushton and Vickie Santner.
What’s new for ‘Women Veterans’ in PubMed
Differential Risk for Homelessness Among US Male and Female Veterans With a Positive Screen for Military Sexual Trauma. Author information Abstract IMPORTANCE: Military sexual trauma (MST) is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes following military separation. Recent research suggests that MST may be a determinant in several factors associated with postdeployment homelessness. OBJECTIVE: …
Female Service Members and Their Mental Health
By Kate McGraw, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Deployment Health Clinical Center May 15, 2017 I’ve been working for the military for over 30 years in many different roles. While my gender makes me obviously different from my male counterparts, I’ve never focused on it as a barrier because my parents raised me to do my best, …
News 13 WLOS Person of the Week – Alyce
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Our Person of the Week faced a battle that once seemed to have no end in sight. Because of that experience, Alyce Knaflich, a veteran, has taken on a cause to help women who need roofs over their heads. Knaflich is the driving force behind an ambitious project to tackle homelessness among …
Counting Homeless Women Veterans
Please read this Huffington Post article relevant to Homeless Women Veterans in North Carolina. Now we have ammunition to press community leadership and Congressional leadership on Women Veteran Homelessness. The numbers are hidden just like our invisible service in the military. By the way North Carolina is the 6th largest Women Veteran populated. Pass this …
WLOS Channel 13 New Program for Homeless Women Vets
Aura Home in Hendersonville is the dream made reality of Alyce Knaflich, once a homeless vet herself, who saw the need to step up for other women vets who find themselves in that situation. …see WLOS photos and article
Raise the Roof On a Property For Homeless Women Veterans!
Help the Aura Home purchase and RAISE THE ROOF on a property for Homeless Women Veterans!!!!! We appreciate any contributions towards reaching a major goal for Buncombe and Henderson counties homeless women veterans and their children. Aura Home needs 75K for the purchase of a 16 bedroom building. This space can provide safe housing for …
Women Veterans’ Health Services Readjustment Campaign
From the US Department of Veterans Affairs: Women have played key roles during military service since our nation’s inception. From helping with staff shortages at home to tending the battlefield wounded. For women veterans, coming home from war isn’t easy. Survival instincts develop fast during daily exposure to gunfire and explosions. It also happens with …
Support the Veteran Housing Stability Act
Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced S. 1885, the Veteran Housing Stability Act of 2015. This bill would expand service and assistance to include veterans who are homeless, at risk of becoming homeless, and veterans with very low incomes. This expansion would also include veterans moving into transition housing, and eventually gaining permanent residential occupancy. In addition, …