The Dallas Foundation's TRIAD Fund Award $1.2 Millon -- Fourteen recipient organizations offer assistance to military personnel and their families (4/30/10) read more >> Troops often find it difficult to seek help for PTSD, officials say (5/18/09) 

TYLER −− The stigma for a military man or woman to admit −− much less publicly display −− any kind of disorderly conduct because of post−traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often reduces the chance of them gettinghelp. That was the assessment of Waymon Stewart, executive director of Tyler's Andrew Center. (Read More) 

Coming to Homefront --Scott and White program offers mental Health counseling for veterans and their families (3/23/09) read more >> 

TRIAD Fund Receives $7.5 Million (10/8/2008)
DALLAS (September 15, 2008) – Thousands of North Texas-area servicemen and women and their families will benefit from increased emergency assistance, mental and physical health services and other programs, thanks to a $7.5 million grant from the Los Angeles-based California Community Foundation to The Dallas Foundation’s Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment Fund (TRIAD). read more >>

Fourth Round of Grants Awarded (4/2/2008)
Seven recipient organizations offer assistance to military personnel and their families DALLAS (April 2, 2008) – The Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund of The Dallas Foundation awarded more than $600,000 in grants to seven non-profit organizations assisting military personnel who are serving or have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families. This brings the total amount awarded over the past twelve months to $4.6 million. read more >>

TRIAD Fund Awards Third Round of Grants Totaling more than $1.4 Million (12/11/2007)
Four recipient organizations offer assistance to military personnel and their families
DALLAS (November 9, 2007) – Fueled by an increased need for mental health care, more than $1.45 million in grants was awarded to four non-profit organizations assisting military personnel who are serving or have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families through the Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund of The Dallas Foundation. This brings the total amount awarded this year to $4,022,596. These grants are designed to help veterans and their families cope with the challenges of daily life during and after their service. read more >>

The Dispatch - The Monthly Magazine of the Texas Military Forces - August 2007 (8/17/2007)
While some people casually use the phrase "We support our troops" and never think twice about its meaning, in 2001 a group of Texas National Guardsmen, local business leaders, and generous donors from the community took those words to heart. read more >>

The Dallas Foundation's Triad Fund Awards Second Round of Grants totaling more than $1.6 million (8/7/2007)
More than $1.6 million in grants were awarded to seven non-profit organizations assisting military personnel who are serving or have served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families through the Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment Fund (TRIAD) of The Dallas Foundation. read more >>

HOPE Wants to Help Veterans (6/27/2007)
In a never ending quest to serve the people of Cherokee County, HOPE Director, Fran Daniel, wants to hear from veterans of the War on Terror and their families. read more >>

Our Troops Deserve Better (6/22/2007)
The Dallas Morning News
07:39 AM CDT on Friday, June 22, 2007
Let's Really Support Them: Our Troops Deserve Better When They Come Home

If possible, let's put politics aside for a moment. Let's assume every president and legislator and business owner and storekeeper and war protester is sincere when he or she says, "I support the troops."

"Troops," in the mythic, stereotypical collective, make up one of America's most revered institutions. They put themselves into harm's way to defend a country that the vast majority of us believe is worth preserving. They volunteer months and years of their lives, knowing that they may be sent to an Afghanistan or Iraq, a place where they will face gunfire and RPGs and roadside bombs. read more >>

Nonprofits Do Their Part in War Effort (5/20/2007)
Sacrifice by the public at large has been severely wanting in support of military men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.

In fact, it has been loved ones who have generated much of the support.

But gradually, institutions are stepping up, including the California Community Foundation, which has given $5 million to each of three Texas foundations: the Dallas Foundation, the Permian Basin Area Foundation and the San Antonio Area Foundation.

TRIAD Fund Awards First Grants (5/9/2007)
THE DALLAS FOUNDATION’S TRIAD FUND AWARDS FIRST GRANTS TOTALING MORE THAN $1.2 MILLION Funds benefit organizations that provide services to military personnel and their families. read more >>