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In recognition of the VA’s announcement of an additional $207 million for community-based organizations supporting homeless and at-risk veterans and their families, the Institute of Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University is expanding its Community of Practice, community-centered efforts which support the VA’s mission to address veteran homelessness and prevent another generation of veterans from living on the streets.

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Blue Star Families, the largest chapter-based military families support organization in the country, today announced the results of its fifth annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey. The key concerns identified by the responding military service members, veterans, and family members were pay/benefits and changes to retirement benefits. Other issues included military spouse employment, the effects of deployment on children, military lifestyle uncertainty, the military civilian divide, and the VA disability backlog. Additionally, this year’s survey also revealed information on financial readiness, caregiving, mental health, transition, and the impact of downsizing on the military community.

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VetsinTech, in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families’ (IVMF) V-WISE program, and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host the nation’s first hackathon exclusively for female veterans on August 25, 2014 at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters.

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The tenth iteration of the Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program will be the program’s largest to date and first in New York City. From June 13-15, a seasoned group of business leaders, educators, military leaders, and resource providers will converge in Times Square to help more than 200 women veterans, transitioning female service members, and military wives realize their business dreams. The women will learn what it takes to lead in today’s economy through a series of inspiring talks and breakout sessions focused on topics ranging from raising capital to business law.

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) today announces it received a $450,000 grant from the Sam's Club Giving Program to support women veteran entrepreneurs through its business management training program V-WISE, Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship.

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Syracuse University Chancellor and President Kent Syverud this week announced the formation of a new leadership position to oversee the development and expansion of programming for veterans and the military. J. Michael Haynie, the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and the Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, will assume the additional role of Vice Chancellor for Veterans and Military Affairs effective July 1.

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has been awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), to extend and expand Operation Boots to Business, a self-employment training program available to U.S. military personnel designed to support business ownership as a post-service vocation. The $3 million cooperative agreement includes two option years, each projected at an additional $3 million over the three year term of the agreement.

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USAA Joins Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) as Corporate Partner

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Blue Star Families, the largest chapter-based military families support organization in the country, joined forces with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) for the fifth annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey. This unique and comprehensive survey gathers input from thousands of service members, veterans and families around the world and offers critical insight on the major issues facing military families.

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Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) announce the results of a national study focused on military spouse employment.

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IVMF and VetAdvisor® Partner to Gather Veterans Retention Work Data via National Survey

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), U.S. Small Business Administration, and American Legion came together to provide the free-of-charge, For Her Entrepreneurship: Resources, Opportunities, Experiences and Support training course, which took place in conjunction with the American Legion’s 95th Annual National Convention in Houston, Texas on Aug. 26-27.

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) is pleased to announce that its efforts in support of New York State community organizations serving veterans and their families have yielded more than $26 million in Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grants offered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Twenty-three SSVF programs have secured VA funding to prevent homelessness among 7,000 veteran households in New York State, more than triple the amount of funding earmarked to serve New York State veteran’s families, as 11 grantees were awarded a total of $8 million last year.

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This report details and deconstructs the employment situation of veterans based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual employment report for the year 2012.

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Policy recommendations build from examination of more than 1,300 federal and state policies, executive orders and agency directives impacting veterans and their families; highlights benefits of a coordinated national approach.

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Get Skills to Work and IVMF partner to develop "Veteran Employment Leading Practices: Tools for Engaging Talent," a one-stop shop for employers committed to hiring veterans.

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Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE), operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, will offer its sixth conference in Chicago May 3-5.

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Partnership between Lockheed Martin and IVMF announced at check presentation in Washington, D.C.

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Sumi Aggarwal, Emmy award-winning producer for "60 Minutes" on CBS News, will moderate the panel discussion "Empowering the Next Greatest Generation: Considering the Promise of the Post-9/11 GI Bill." Hosted by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), the event is next Tuesday, Dec. 11, in Washington, D.C., at the National Press Club.

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Leading voices to gather at National Press Club to present candid views, inform and shape national dialogue on bill’s programmatic outcomes.

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Veteran Employment Leading Practices: Tools for Engaging Talent will provide resources for executive leaders, human resources professionals, veteran employees, peer co-workers

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New initiative will provide free support to applicants to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families grants program.

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Building upon its highly successful weekly Research Brief program, an initiative designed to catalogue, summarize and disseminate peer-reviewed, academic research focused on issues and topics impacting veterans and military families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has announced the expansion of this effort to include in-progress research. In-progress research is characterized as scholarship that has been presented to the academic and/or practitioner community in the form of working papers or conference presentations that has yet to complete the formal peer-review and publication process.

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In response to a need for more easily accessible and organized information on governmental benefits available to veterans and their families, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF), in collaboration with Griffin-Hammis Associates LLC, has released the publication "Navigating Government Benefits & Employment: A Guidebook for Veterans with Disabilities."

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Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE), one of the first federally-funded programs focused on engaging entrepreneurial opportunity for female veterans and launched by Syracuse University in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in 2010, will hold its fourth offering Aug. 23-25 in San Diego. One hundred and fifty-seven participants are expected to take part in the conference.

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Operation Boots to Business: From Service to Startup is a program for transitioning service members and veterans that teaches fundamentals of entrepreneurship and makes available SBA tools and resources for business startup.

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The guide represents a response to calls for a shared resource for American employers, both large and small, to adopt a strategic and sustainable approach to the advancement of veterans in the civilian workforce, and serves to advance employment and economic opportunities for veterans and their families. The publication is one of the most comprehensive efforts to date focused on providing actionable strategies and resources to advance the employment situation of the nation’s veterans and military families.

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As more than 1 million servicemen and women prepare to return home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next five years, the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, created by President Obama, has issued a report to the president that cites 18 recommendations with significant potential to help these returning veterans translate leadership, skills and experiences gained during service into strong, job-generating businesses post-service.

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University will celebrate its founding and dedicate its physical location on campus with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and public open house during the week of Veterans Day.

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The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), an education and training program founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and operated by SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), has announced its expansion to the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. Through its alliance with the School of Hotel Administration, the Culinary Institute of America will also be a part of the EBV training program.

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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, in tandem with its official opening and dedication on the SU campus, has announced its inaugural advisory board.