Veterans Resources
Welcome to Our Veterans' Resource Center
The A Way Home VA has compiled a comprehensive directory of resources for veterans and their families. We have listed just a few below from each of our major categories. We maintain ongoing relationships and do our best to stay up-to-date on all of these groups.
(We have made every effort to verify that they are reliable and viable organizations. However, we do not endorse them, nor can we be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of the information about them.)
- The VA Benefits Administration
To determine whether or not you are service-connected and gain a better understanding of the Automobile and Special Adaptive Equipment Grant. - Local (CDRS) Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialists – The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. maintains a searchable database to help you locate a Driving Rehabilitation Specialist so you or a family member may receive an assessment. Driver Rehabilitation Specialists work with people of all ages and abilities, evaluating, training, and exploring alternative transportation solutions for drivers with special needs.
- National Association of American Veterans™ – Our vision is to serve as a comprehensive nonprofit organization that values the honorable and selfless service of our nation’s service members and disabled veterans. Our mission is to assist service members and disabled veterans and their dependents, particularly severely wounded warriors and single-parent service members and veterans.
Website: www.naavets.org
Address: National Association of American Veterans, Inc. 1725 I Street, NW Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202.465.3296
Email: Info@naavets.org - Ask Vets First – For veterans who may require advice and assistance in obtaining VA benefits. Vets First has 60 years of experience in assisting veterans. This is a free service for all disabled veterans.
Website: www.helpdesk.vetsfirst.org
Email: vafed@vafvets.org - Disabled American Veterans, DAV – The DAV is made up exclusively of men and women disabled in our nation’s defense and is dedicated to one, single purpose – building better lives for all our nation’s disabled veterans and their families. To learn more about joining the DAV please visit www.dav.org or call 877-I AM A VET (877-426-2838).
- Paralyzed Veterans of America, PVA – The PVA is a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members – veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.
Address: 801 Eighteenth Street, NW. Washington, DC 20006-3517
Phone: 800-424-8200
Website: www.pva.org
Email: info@pva.org - Wounded Warrior Project – A nonprofit organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors.
Address: 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Phone: 877-TEAM-WWP (832-6997)
Fax: 904-296-7347
Website: www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Email: info@woundedwarriorproject.org - Veterans Of Foreign Wars, VFW – The mission of the VFW is to support programs to increase awareness of the sacrifices of America’s veterans; promote citizenship education, volunteerism, and positive youth programs; and facilitate medical, rehabilitative, educational and employment services and needs for veterans and their families.
Address: National Headquarters, 406 West 34th Street, Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: 816-756-3390
Website: www.vfw.org
Email: info@vfw.org - Veterans Benefits Administration – The Veterans Affairs vision is to provide veterans the world-class benefits and services they have earned – and to do so by adhering to the highest standards of compassion, commitment, excellence, professionalism, integrity, accountability, and stewardship. The VA operates hundreds of medical facilities, issues millions of checks for education, disability, and pensions, and supervises more than 125 national cemeteries. With more than 275,000 employees (as of September 2008), VA is America’s second-largest federal agency.
Address: US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 20420
Phone: 1-800-827-1000
Website: www.vba.va.gov - Housing Benefits for Veterans – The Department of Veterans Affairs and various nonprofits can provide housing benefits to qualifying veterans and their families. Learn more about mortgage guaranty programs, housing grants, foreclosure prevention, and state assistance.
- Scholarships and Financial Aid Guide For Veterans – Both veterans and their families can take advantage of many scholarships with amounts up to $10,000 and more.
- Career Guide for Veterans– Transitioning from military to civilian life can be challenging for any veteran. This career guide for veterans offers resources and advice for job-hunting veterans. Learn more about transition assistance programs, job sites dedicated to veterans, and employment toolkits.
Community and Family
Military Child Care
Provides a single gateway for you to find comprehensive information on military-operated or military-approved childcare programs worldwide.
National Military Family Association
Provides advice and information for families of service members who have been wounded or become ill during their term of service.
Education & Training
Able Flight Program-Purdue University
Mission is to offer people with disabilities a unique way to challenge themselves through flight and aviation career training, and by doing so, to gain greater self-confidence and self-reliance.
Dog Tag Bakery
Dog Tag Inc. seeks to provide a transformative opportunity for veterans with disabilities by offering an education at Georgetown University and real-life work experience in our small business venture, Dog Tag Bakery. Upon completion of the Dog Tag Inc. program, transitioned veterans are business ready, competitive and employable.
Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)
Experiential training programs in entrepreneurship and small business management for post-9/11 veterans with disabilities resulting from their service to our country.
Home – Military Supportive Colleges
Connecting service members, veterans, and families with schools that respect military service and understand how VA benefits work. Get the most from the education benefits you’ve earned.
Emergency Assistance
Operation First Response
Assists families of wounded service members with rent/mortgage payments, utilities, vehicle payments and repairs, food, travel and transportation.
Operation Home Front
Offers emergency financial, legal and other assistance to families of service members and wounded warriors.
Semper Fi Fund
Provides financial assistance and other support services for service members and their families during period of hospitalization and recovery following injury or illness.
Health, Medical & Wellness
Addiction Resource
Our mission at AddictionResource.net is to connect individuals to treatment centers that best suit their individual needs. Individualized treatment leads to long-term recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) | Alcohol Rehab Help
Provides free resources and information to help struggling veterans & families get their lives back on track, including relapse prevention skills.
Make a Veteran Smile
Board Certified in Plastic Surgery and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, is offering reconstructive plastic surgery procedures free of charge to qualified veterans through his new Make a Veteran Smile program.
Dental Care Resources for Veterans
Thorough resource page on many solutions for veterans and dental care
Give an Hour
Provides free and confidential regular mental health care to veterans and their families. The team at Give an Hour will help connect you with a skilled mental health provider in your area and is able to navigate and partner with the VA if needed.
The Patriot Project
The Patriot Project is a grass roots movement to provide chiropractic care to all Active Military, their Families, Wounded Warriors & All Gold Star Dependents.
Sierra Tucson
Recommended by doctors and therapists across the world, we are recognized for providing safe and successful treatment for those who are struggling with addiction and a wide range of complex behavioral health disorders.
StartYourRecovery.org
Our goal is to offer people a single source of relatable, reliable information at any stage of their recovery journey.
USA Cares
Warrior Treatment Today program helps service members obtain treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Veterans Crisis Line
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention hotline with 24/7 access to trained professionals prepared to help any veteran in crisis.
Homes and Housing Repairs
Building Homes for Heroes
Builds, modifies and finances homes for severely wounded veterans and their families to help them lead more independent and productive lives.
Operation Finally Home
Provides custom-built, mortgage-free homes to wounded and disabled veterans and spouses of the fallen who live in California to help get their lives back on track and become productive members of their communities.
The Ultimate Guide to a VA Loan – VA.org
VA Home Loan Guidance
Tunnels to Towers
Builds mortgage-free smart homes for our most catastrophically injured service members. Each home is customized for the veteran in need.
Legal Assistance
AMVETS
Develops and promotes public policy on veteran-related issues such as VA funding, homelessness, retirement pay and disability compensation, employment and training.
National Veterans Legal Services Program
NVLSP recruits, trains, and assists volunteer lawyers and advocates in support of efforts by veterans to obtain benefits they have earned through military service.
Miscellaneous
America’s Vet Dogs
Provides a trained service dog free of charge for someone who has served in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces that is visually or hearing impaired or physically disabled.
Hope for the Warriors
Helping veterans by restoring their sense of self, family, and hope. Provides comprehensive support programs for veterans and their families that are focused on transition, health and wellness, peer engagement, and connections to community resources.
Folds of Honor
Provides educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service-members.
WINC: For all Women Veterans
A national peer support network for women of the military that offer peer support groups, retreats, military sexual trauma intensive therapy retreats, workshops, summits, and more.
Coalition Peer Support Program – Veteran Circle
Coalition Caregiver Support Program – Veteran’s Caregiver Alliance
Operation Family Caregiver
Nationwide Assistance for caregiver of service members.
PTSD Foundation of America
The PTSD Foundation exists to combat the impact of post-traumatic stress. It provides some counseling and networking service veterans, but it also works to raise awareness about PTSD so that families are better prepared to deal with it.
PsychArmor Institute
PsychArmor Institute is a national nonprofit that provides FREE Online Education and support to all Americans who work with, live with or care for Military Service Members, Veterans and their families.
Recreation, Mobility & Retreats
Adaptive Sports Foundation
Provides basic knowledge and learning programs in the practice of wellness and the importance of lifelong healthful living through sports, outdoor activity and recreation.
KAMO Adventures
KAMO Adventures is dedicated to serving and honoring our returning wounded and disabled veterans as they transition into civilian life.
Independence Fund
Offers mobility, caregiver support and adaptive sports programs for veterans. Gives catastrophically wounded veterans the chance to get outdoors with a variety of devices.
Veterans and Military Organizations
American Legion
Programs and services, such as Heroes to Hometown, that aid and support wounded warriors and their families.
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
DAV is a nonprofit charity that provides a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families. Specializing in navigating the benefit process, transportation and employment.
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association (IAVA)
Programs of aid and assistance to veterans and their families, promotes awareness about veterans’ issues and advocates for supportive legislative policy and all governmental levels.
Purple Heart Foundation
Provides services, programs and resources to help combat wounded and disabled veterans and their families with financial grants, claims assistance, PTSD resources, and employment counseling.
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Assists veterans with VA claims, educational benefits, and financial support to meet obligations in mortgage and rent, home and auto repairs, insurance, utilities, food and clothing.
Getting Started
If you or a loved one is a veteran in need of support, don’t hesitate to reach out to At A Way Home VA. Our caring and experienced team is here to help you on your journey to improved mental health. Contact us today to schedule an appointment or inquire about our services.
Thank you for your service, and we look forward to being a part of your healing journey.
At A Way Home VA, Striving to restore confidence, strength and self-esteem, individuals will be better equipped for the road ahead. For all in need, we aim to provide: temporary housing, practical training and employment resources for achieving independence; an environment that promotes accountability; and a community that offers compassion and hope.
For all with the capacity to serve – volunteers, donors, community and corporate partners – we seek to engage you in a profound experience of empowering individuals to achieve what once seemed impossible by providing a way home.