Jim Zenner is the program director for Volunteers Of America's Hollywood Veteran Center and the Battle Buddy Bridge program. The Hollywood Veterans Center is a grant-per-diem program that serves homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. It is a dual treatment facility that offers both substance abuse and mental health programs. Mr. Zenner, in addition to directing the program also facilitates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Process Therapy (CPT).
Mr. Zenner earned his bachelors degree while serving in Iraq and returned home to face the same struggles that many other veterans face. Mr. Zenner then entered the USC school of military social work and begun his path to helping veterans in the way that he had been helped.
Mr. Zenner told me that furthering ones education in all possible ways is the best way to equip yourself with the tools needed to aid reintegrating veterans. Mr. Zenner highly recommended taking a grant writing course as that is an absolute must have skill in this field.
I highly admire Mr. Zenner and I hope to follow the path that he and other veterans have paved for me.
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