GRANT REPORTING:
- Downloadable dataset about grant reporting collected by USA Spending
- Basic Field Funding dataset by LSC
- Case Service Report dataset by LSC
- Grantee Technology dataset by LSC
- LSC data, fact sheets, and charts
- Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources by National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- Civil Legal Aid Funding by the American Bar Association
CONSUMER DEBT:
- Consumer Complaint dataset
- Consumer-related information and dataset library by Pine Tree Legal Assistance
- Consumer-related information and dataset library by Stateside Legal (for military & veterans)
- Consumer Complaint Database by Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
- Open Data on Consumer Debt by Socrata
HOUSING:
- Collection of housing dataset by US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Collection of housing dataset by US Census Bureau
- American Housing Survey (Latest data gathered is from 2013) by US Census Bureau
- Housing-related information and dataset library by Stateside Legal (for military & veterans)
- Data report on housing affordability by US Census Bureau
- Survey of Income and Program Participation by US Census Bureau
- Housing Affordability Data System by US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act dataset by Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
- Open Data on Housing by Socrata
- Housing-related information and dataset library by Pine Tree Legal Assitance
- Anti-Eviction Mapping Project of San Francisco Bay Area Residents
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
- Domestic Violence related information and dataset library by Pine Tree Legal Assitance
- List of Government Organizations Granting Aid collected by National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
- List of Grants for Sexual and Domestic Abuse by US Department of Justice
- Open Data on Domestic Violence by Socrata
- Domestic Violence related information and dataset library by Stateside Legal (for military & veterans)
HEALTH CARE:
- Health Care related information and dataset library by Pine Tree Legal Assistance
- Health Care related information and dataset library by Stateside Legal (for military & veterans)
- Open Data on Health Care by Socrata
- Collection of datasets on Health Care by US Census Bureau
GOVERNMENT BENEFITS:
- Government benefits information and dataset library by Pine Tree Legal Assistance
- Government benefits information and dataset library by Stateside Legal (for military & veterans)
- Open Data on Food Stamps by Socrata
- Benefits for the disabled by disability.gov
- List of government benefits by state collected by benefits.gov
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
- Public Safety Open Data Portal
- Raw data from Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Datasets from NIJ-Funded Research
- Data.gov Police Search
- City of Chicago Data
GENERAL DATA & OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATION:
- Census of Governments by US Census Bureau
- Legal Services Corporation (LSC) website
- Civil legal aid information by US Department of Justice
- Civil legal aid fund in Indiana by the Indiana Judicial Branch
- Federal Aid to States dataset by US Census Bureau & Department of Commerce
- American Bar Association (ABA) website
- Access to Justice Commissions by American Bar Association
- Resource Center for Access to Justice Initiatives by American Bar Association
- Civil Legal Needs Study by the Washington State Supreme Court
- Open Data Network by Socrata - website that allows the user to search for public data
- Information for legal representation to disabled citizens by the Social Security Administration
- Guidelines for building a mobile health app by the Federal Trade Commission
- List of legal aid assistance by state collected by uslegal.com
Appealing VHA Clinical Decisions:
- Final Report of the Commission on Care (Jun 2016) by the Commission on Care
- VHA Directive 1041, Appeal of VHA Clinical Decisions (24 Oct 2016) by the Veterans Health Administration
- Patient Advocate Tracking System (PATS) by DATA.GOV
- The practice of mediation to resolve clinical, bioethical, and medical malpractice disputes (2015) in the Hong Kong Mecical Journal
- Medical Malpractice Reform: The Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution (2012) in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
- Dispute Resolution: Planning for Disputed Information in EHRS and PHRS (2009) in AHIMA
- Dispute Prevention and Dispute Resolution in Networked Health Information Technology (2009) by University of Massachusetts Amherst and National Mediation Board
- #1 MyVA intiative strategy: Rebuilding trust with Veterans (2016) by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Directive 5978, Alternative Dispute Resolution (Feb 2013) by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Directive 5978, VHA ADR/Mediation Handbook (2000) by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Office of Resolution Management (ORM): Mediation Facts (Feb 2013) by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veterans Wait Too Long For Healthcare — and Maybe We Should Keep It That Way (2014) Vice News
UNDESIRABLE DISCHARGES:
- Discharges and Their Effect on Veteran Benefits by Lawyers.com
- Minor infractions in uniform can keep vets on the street and away from VA (2015) on Southern California Public Radio
- Unfinished Business: correcting "Bad Paper" for veterans with ptsd (2015) by Veterans Legal Service Clinic and Legal Services organization at Yale Law School
- Connecticut To Help PTSD Vets Upgrade 'Bad Paper' Discharges (2016) in the Hartford Courant
- Veterans’ Benefits: The Impact of Military Discharges on Basic Eligibility (2015) by the Congressional Research Service
- This is the beginning of a revolution in veterans' advocacy (Jan 2016) Highground Veternas Advocacy
MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA:
- House Committee on Veterans' Affairs from Disabled American Veterans Deputy National Legislative Director
- Emory Uses Virtual Reality To Treat Military Sexual Trauma Survivors (Dec 2015) by WABE, Public Broadcasting Atlanta
- Researchers study virtual reality exposure therapy to treat military sexual trauma-related PTSD (2015) by Woodruff Health Sciences Center
- Military sexual trauma tied to increased risk of homelessness (Apr 2016) by Reuters
- Using health information technology to deliver mental health interventions to victims of military sexual trauma (2014) by General Hospital Psychiatry Journal
- PTSD - Military Sexual Trauma (2014) by Dept of Veterans Affairs
- Military Sexual Trauma and Suicide Mortality (2015) by American Journal of Preventative Medicine
- Veterans Health Initiative Military Sexual Trauma (2004) by Dept of Veterans Affairs Employee Education System
- Disability compensation for conditions related to military sexual trauma (Mar 2016) by Dept of Veterans Affairs
- Military Sexual Trauma: Prevalent and Under Treated (2015) by American Psychological Association
- MST: Understanding prevalence, resources and considerations to care (2015) by Swords to Ploughshares
- Technology and PTSD Care: An Update (2015) PTSD Research Quarterly
- SEXUAL VIOLENCE MIGHT RESHAPE THE FEMALE BRAIN (Nov 2016) Ozy.com
- Military Sexual Trauma(2015) Dept of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Treatment Courts:
- Veterans Treatment Courts - A SECOND CHANCE FOR VETS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR WAY (May 2016) by National Institute of Corrections
- Veterans Treatment Courts (Nov 2016) by American University Justice Programs Office
- Healing the Wounds - An Examination of Veterans Treatment Courts in the Context of Restorative Justice (2014) by Criminal Justice Policy Review
- Executive Summary: National Survey of Veterans Treatment Courts (2013) by University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Criminal Justice
- Critical Concerns in Iraq/Afghanistan War Veteran-Forensic Interface: Veterans Treatment Court as Diversion in Rural Communities (2013) by The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
- Serving Those Who Served: Veterans Treatment Courts in Theory and Practice (2012) from law.stanford.edu
- What is a Veterans Treatment Court? on Justice for Vets
- Veterans Courts in Texas (2012) in Texas Bar Journal
- Dallas County Veterans Court Program by Dallas County
Transition & Employment:
- A Phenomenological Exploration of Combat Veterans’ Experiences as They Transition to Civilian Employment Using Higher Education as Career Development (2014) from Texas A&M
- Transition and Transformation - From Military Combat to College Classroom: Strategies for Success (2016) from Walden University
- Veteran entrepreneurship: A phenomenological study of the lived experience of veterans' transition from military service to entrepreneurship (2014) from Capella University
- Life Transitions from Military to Civilians: Modeling Public Policy Implications (2011) from Georgetown University, MedStar Health Research Institute, George Washington University, DC VAMC, Washington, DC
- Combat to Corporate: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study on Injured Veterans Transitioning to the Civilian Workforce (2011) from University of Phoenix
- Why Veterans Can Fill Your Company’s Tech Skills Gap (Feb 2017) on US Veterans Magazine
- DoD Transistion Assistance Program DoD
- Why Veterans Can Fill Your Company’s Tech Skills Gap (Feb 2017) on US Veterans Magazine
- Vet Roadmap Vet Roadmap.org
- THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN VETERAN: The Los Angeles County Veterans Study
- Tristate Veteran Community Report: Progress, Outlook, and Recommendations
PTSD:
- Malaria drug causes brain damage that mimics PTSD: case study (Aug 2016) in Military Times
- PTSD in Military Veterans: Symptoms, Treatment, and Self-Help (Jan 2017) from HelpGuide.org
- PTSD: National Center for PTSD by Dept of Veterans Affairs
- PTSD Research Quarterly from National Center for PTSD (VA)
- Technology and PTSD Care: An Update (2015) PTSD Research Quarterly
- Three Military Veterans Explain What Weed Does for Their PTSD (Apr 2016) The Stranger
Suicide Factors:
- Suicide among War Veterans (2012) Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
- Recent Pittsburgh suicide brings to light issues tormenting female veterans (2015) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day (Jul 2016) Miloitary Times
- US military struggling to stop suicide epidemic among war veterans (2013) The Guardian
- Always Ready, Always There (Jul 2016) FiveThirtyEight
- Risk Factors for Suicide in Veterans Become Clearer (Jan 2017) PsychiatryOnline
VA Claims:
- The C-Files: The Truth is in There! (Aug 2016) VeteranDisabilityBlog.com
- Is VA Misleading Veterans About ‘My HealtheVet’ Medical Records? (2015) DisabledVeterans.org
- VA Moves to Prevent Veteran Violence Over Disability Claims (2014) National Journal