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AMES advocates for veterans in front of senate committee

A state senate committee tasked with examining Georgia veterans’ access to mental health and housing resources recently submitted its recommendations based on testimonies provided by theCenter for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research at Kennesaw State University.

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AMES continues $2.5 million VA-funded partnership with GDVS to prevent veteran suicide

The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research received funding to continue its collaboration with the Georgia Department of Veterans Services (GDVS) in an effort aimed at preventing veteran suicide.

The effort is funded through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, a three-year program that provides funding to community-based organizations with innovative ideas for suicide prevention.

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AMES preserving legacies of U.S. WWII veterans, Civil Rights participants

The Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services (AMES) Research is working to preserve the legacies of United States veterans who fought oppression both abroad and at home.

Through funding from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veterans Legacy Grants Program (VLGP), Kristin Horan and Chris Hess are collecting the life histories of Georgia’s World War II veterans who returned to the U.S. and participated in the civil rights movement.

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