Post by Lorna Beaton on Mar 10, 2021 12:50:17 GMT
Headline: Floridas veterans receive a $20Million boost
Summary:
Over the next 4 years, The Fedcap Group in partnership with over 30 Florida community-based agencies are set to deliver education, employment, and family support to 20,000 VETS. $20 million of funding from a partnership between the state of Florida and The Veterans Administration will ensure this programme goes ahead. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida delighted that that, “500 experienced staff will be employed and dedicated to supporting Florida veterans and their families”.
Although, serving in the military can lead to employment, unemployment in the veteran community is higher than the national unemployment rates. For many veterans their service and potential aftereffects such as, war trauma can act as barriers to integration back into civilian life and employment. Families can be left feeling isolated and ill equipped to deal with civilian life such as finding a home. According to Veteran Affairs, 37,000 veterans were homeless in 2018 and 23,000 of those veterans were living on the streets. Tragically, 20 of our veterans also commit suicide a day.
Amy Bloggs, mother of ex-veteran, Joe Bloggs who took his own life in 2018 stated, “if only one veterans’ life is saved through this service it will be worth it”. Amy added, “our family and the kids’ lives were ripped apart….we ended up without a home.”. Joes widow, Julie was losing hope before Fedcap stepped in to provide bereavement counselling and re-homing support for the family. Julie is now in college and can see hope for her and her boys. Florida based, Go Vets stated, “we welcome this much needed funding boost to our VETS and look forward to working alongside Fedcap with our delivery”.
The Fedcap group works across 50 states supporting and advocating for over 1 million veterans and their families. Christine McMahon, CEO of The Fedcap Group delights, “Fedcap appreciate the positive impact this new partnership will bring to 10s of thousands of veterans and their families based in the state of Florida. The Fedcap Group will bring together high-quality community-based organizations bringing people, resources and expertise together to innovate, transform and expand existing services based in Florida to provide education, employment, and family support to 20,000 veterans in Florida.
About The Fedcap Group
The not for profit, Fedcap Group, which is a growing global network of non-profit agencies is dedicated to changing lives of those with complex needs. Since 1935, the not for profit, Fedcap Group has delivered high impact outcomes by reducing barriers to societal inclusion and improving financial wellbeing through employment, working with more than 320,000 people each year. The Fedcap Group provides education and training, workforce, and economic development—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
Further information can be found: fedcapgroup.org/
Contact
The Fedcap Group
Mr Press release
Mrpressrelease@fedcap.org
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What is the precise message you tried to communicate?
Fedcap are an experienced provider working in partnership with local Florida based company’s to support veterans via $5million of funding coming from The State of Florida and The Veterans administration.
What were the factors you considered while crafting your message?
What will get and keep people engaged with the story?
Human interest, storytelling and compassion and empathy.
Ensuring local partners and funders are not alienated or left out of the message.
Was it difficult to craft the message? Why or why not?
I was a bit stumped on how long the release should be and how developed it should be. Are there difference on UK and US press release protocol or was the task more about or written communication? Press releases would or certainly used to be much shorter than what I have crafted.
Some people may not appreciate why such large sums of money are required to provide such services. I tried to put some context around the gravity of the issues Veterans face.
I needed to ensure that not only does Fedcap get recognition, but the full partnership is given recognition or it could negatively impact the relationship.
It has been a long time since I wrote any press releases it occurred to me, they probably have to come in a variety of formats now and I wasn’t sure how to go about that.
What are the risks in a poorly crafted press release?
The intended message can be twisted resulting in reputational damage.
Too many gaps in the message could lead to fill ins that are not representative of the intended message.
The message is deemed not newsworthy.
What are the benefits of a well-crafted press release?
There will be less edit before going to press.
People may follow up on the reported story resulting in more coverage, partnership opportunity, busines development opportunity, promotion and ultimately helping people on the community.
Summary:
Over the next 4 years, The Fedcap Group in partnership with over 30 Florida community-based agencies are set to deliver education, employment, and family support to 20,000 VETS. $20 million of funding from a partnership between the state of Florida and The Veterans Administration will ensure this programme goes ahead. Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida delighted that that, “500 experienced staff will be employed and dedicated to supporting Florida veterans and their families”.
Although, serving in the military can lead to employment, unemployment in the veteran community is higher than the national unemployment rates. For many veterans their service and potential aftereffects such as, war trauma can act as barriers to integration back into civilian life and employment. Families can be left feeling isolated and ill equipped to deal with civilian life such as finding a home. According to Veteran Affairs, 37,000 veterans were homeless in 2018 and 23,000 of those veterans were living on the streets. Tragically, 20 of our veterans also commit suicide a day.
Amy Bloggs, mother of ex-veteran, Joe Bloggs who took his own life in 2018 stated, “if only one veterans’ life is saved through this service it will be worth it”. Amy added, “our family and the kids’ lives were ripped apart….we ended up without a home.”. Joes widow, Julie was losing hope before Fedcap stepped in to provide bereavement counselling and re-homing support for the family. Julie is now in college and can see hope for her and her boys. Florida based, Go Vets stated, “we welcome this much needed funding boost to our VETS and look forward to working alongside Fedcap with our delivery”.
The Fedcap group works across 50 states supporting and advocating for over 1 million veterans and their families. Christine McMahon, CEO of The Fedcap Group delights, “Fedcap appreciate the positive impact this new partnership will bring to 10s of thousands of veterans and their families based in the state of Florida. The Fedcap Group will bring together high-quality community-based organizations bringing people, resources and expertise together to innovate, transform and expand existing services based in Florida to provide education, employment, and family support to 20,000 veterans in Florida.
About The Fedcap Group
The not for profit, Fedcap Group, which is a growing global network of non-profit agencies is dedicated to changing lives of those with complex needs. Since 1935, the not for profit, Fedcap Group has delivered high impact outcomes by reducing barriers to societal inclusion and improving financial wellbeing through employment, working with more than 320,000 people each year. The Fedcap Group provides education and training, workforce, and economic development—all targeted to helping people achieve long-term self-sufficiency.
Further information can be found: fedcapgroup.org/
Contact
The Fedcap Group
Mr Press release
Mrpressrelease@fedcap.org
Social media formatted links here
What is the precise message you tried to communicate?
Fedcap are an experienced provider working in partnership with local Florida based company’s to support veterans via $5million of funding coming from The State of Florida and The Veterans administration.
What were the factors you considered while crafting your message?
What will get and keep people engaged with the story?
Human interest, storytelling and compassion and empathy.
Ensuring local partners and funders are not alienated or left out of the message.
Was it difficult to craft the message? Why or why not?
I was a bit stumped on how long the release should be and how developed it should be. Are there difference on UK and US press release protocol or was the task more about or written communication? Press releases would or certainly used to be much shorter than what I have crafted.
Some people may not appreciate why such large sums of money are required to provide such services. I tried to put some context around the gravity of the issues Veterans face.
I needed to ensure that not only does Fedcap get recognition, but the full partnership is given recognition or it could negatively impact the relationship.
It has been a long time since I wrote any press releases it occurred to me, they probably have to come in a variety of formats now and I wasn’t sure how to go about that.
What are the risks in a poorly crafted press release?
The intended message can be twisted resulting in reputational damage.
Too many gaps in the message could lead to fill ins that are not representative of the intended message.
The message is deemed not newsworthy.
What are the benefits of a well-crafted press release?
There will be less edit before going to press.
People may follow up on the reported story resulting in more coverage, partnership opportunity, busines development opportunity, promotion and ultimately helping people on the community.
