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Organizations that offer specialized programs and resources to service members, their families and their health care providers on a state or local level. These organizations may be affiliates of national organizations as well, but have programming specific to a smaller geographic area.
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America Supports YouAmerica Supports You is a Department of Defense Community Relations initiative that communicates to U.S. military members what thousands of individual citizens, community groups, corporations, businesses and others are doing to support them and their families, at home and abroad. On the Department’s Community Relations website under Support for Our Troops, nonprofit groups are categorically listed to easily depict the types of actions that citizens are taking to show their support. Many stories of citizen support also may be found at www.ourmilitary.mil under Community Relations News and Headlines. |
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American Foundation for Suicide Prevention National Capital Area ChapterThe American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is the leading, national not-for-profit organization exclusively dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through research, education and advocacy. The organization also reaches out to people with psychological disorders and those impacted by suicide. The National Capital Area Chapter currently serves Montgomery and Frederick Counties in Maryland, Fairfax County in the Northern Virginia area, and the District of Columbia. |
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BraveHeart: Welcome Back Veterans Southeast InitiativeBraveHeart: Welcome Back Veterans Southeast Initiative is a partnership between the Atlanta Braves and Emory University focused on decreasing stigma associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and connecting Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans and their families with treatment resources. The program provides online services, educational outreach, clinical care coordination, anonymous online self screening tools and local referral sources. |
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California Department of Veterans AffairsThe California Department of Veterans Affairs works to serve California's veterans and their families to ensure all former service members achieve the highest quality of life and live with dignity and honor. The department's Operation Welcome Home Campaign is a statewide effort to connect with each and every returning veteran to determine their needs and connect them with services that can help them transition successfully from the battle front to the home front. |
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Connect VeteransThe Young Professionals in Foreign Policy's Connect Veterans program helps support the transition of veterans to civilian life by connecting service members with its membership through volunteer and mentoring opportunities. The program launched a new initiative, Operation CV, which provides veterans with career and job assistance, including help with resumes, cover letters, interviews, job searches, networking and transition to living in the Washington, D.C. area. |
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Faces of America's BraveFaces of America's Brave is a charitable, humanitarian organization dedicated to the well-being of combat-veterans and military personnel who have experienced combat-related stress. The organization provides educational resources, assists those with post-traumatic stress disorder and locates support group space for veterans to share their experiences and emotions in an open, caring setting. The organization's programs are not intended to replace traditional counseling or medical care, but were designed to work in harmony with traditional treatment options and serve individuals through community support. |
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Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc.Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc. is a non-profit organization located in southern Florida that provides support for veterans, active duty service members and their families through supportive services, financial assistance, housing, life skills education, community outreach and mental health services for combat- and non-combat-related issues. Current programs include OIF/OEF community reintegration services and Stand Down, a multi-tiered program that assists and supports male veterans who are struggling with addiction and have become homeless as a result of that struggle. |
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Family Resiliency CenterThe Family Resiliency Center provides support to active duty service members, veterans and their families before, during and after deployment. The center provides trainings and resources to help service members and veterans learn the skills for self, peer and family directed care in prevention and intervention of operational stress induced behavior and post-traumatic stress disorder. |
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Lest We Forget PTSD Family & Military SupportLest We Forget is a peer-to-peer advocacy and support group for veterans, service members and their families in the Charleston, WV area. The organization provides education, literature and outreach related to post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Lest We Forget also connects veterans, service members and families affected by post-traumatic stress disorder with the proper resources and services to meet their needs. The group meets weekly on Thursday nights from 6:30-7:30pm at 520 Kanawha Blvd W, Charleston, WV. Free childcare and snacks are provided. |
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Lone Star Veterans AssociationThe Lone Star Veterans Association was established as a social networking group to support Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and their families in the Greater Houston Area. The association provides a support system and social outlet for service members transitioning from military to civilian life. Through programs, events and peer mentoring, the Lone Star Veterans Association works to ease the transition process for local service members, veterans and their families. |
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Marine Corps Community Services Henderson Hall - Marine & Family ServicesMarine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Henderson Hall's Marine and Family Services supports Marines, civilian Marines, and family members attached to the Headquarters Battalion in the National Capital Region Command to promote individual and family readiness and retention. The group offers programs designed to provide support and quality of life efforts focused on behavioral health, personal and professional readiness, and family care and readiness. |
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Mental Health Association of Central OklahomaThe Mental Health Association of Central Oklahoma works to improve the understanding, prevention and treatment of mental illness through education, services and advocacy. Committed to helping individuals access needed mental health services, the organization serves as an advocate for clients who encounter barriers to receiving care. |
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Military Support Programs and Networks (M-SPAN)Military Support Programs and Networks (M-SPAN) was developed to address the needs and challenges faced by members of the National Guard, reservists and their families throughout the deployment cycle. The organization offers innovative approaches to outreach, overcoming stigma and the design and delivery of programs for military families. M-SPAN was developed in partnership with the Michigan Army National Guard Yellow Ribbon Program, Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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NAMI AlabamaNAMI Alabama, the state affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is dedicated to improving the quality of life for persons with a mental illness in Alabama. Through its programs, NAMI Alabama provides information, support and a sense of belonging to persons and veterans with serious mental illness and their families. |
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NAMI New HampshireNAMI New Hampshire, the state affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is dedicated to improving the quality of life of persons of all ages affected by mental illness and/or suicide, through education programs, individual and group supports, professional trainings and legislative advocacy. NAMI New Hampshire's Connect Suicide Prevention Project is designated as a National Best Practice Program that increases the competence and confidence of professionals and communities to respond to suicide incidents across the lifespan. |
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NAMI TennesseeNAMI Tennessee, the state affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, offers service members, veterans and their families statewide programs designed to unite civilian and military psychological health agencies. The NAMI Tennessee Veterans' Council advocates for early and effective psychological healthcare to support recovery and community reintegration of veterans, service members and their families. Their programs provide an outlet to share firsthand experience with the day-to-day challenges of coping with and recovering from psychological concerns. The Battle Buddies Program connects veterans with service members, veterans and military families to help them deal with the common challenges of military service. Other programs include classes and support groups for family members, as well real people sharing personal testimonies of success. |
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Project New Hope of MassachusettsProject New Hope assists combat veterans and their families with making the transition from wartime back to peacetime living through weekend retreats. By providing the opportunity to get away and reconnect, the organization offers tools for recognizing the symptoms and triggers of military-related occupational stress injuries, as well as assists in developing coping mechanisms within the family structure to manage the injuries and help all family members live a fulfilled life. Project New Hope offers retreats at Elm Hill Farm in Brookfield, MA and Clara Barton Center in North Oxford, MA. |
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Quantum Leap FarmQuantum Leap Farm exists to enrich and enhance the lives of active and injured soldiers and their families, by engaging them in a variety of evidence based and equine assisted activities designed to promote and improve physical, mental and social well-being. |
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Returning Veterans ProjectThe Returning Veterans Project is a nonprofit organization comprised of politically unaffiliated and independent health care practitioners who offer free and confidential services to returning veterans and service members of the current Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns and their families. The services provided are available in Oregon and Southwest Washington. |
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Rotary Club of ArlingtonThe main objective of Rotary is service - in the community and throughout the world. Rotarians build goodwill and peace and provide humanitarian services. The Rotary Club of Arlington was founded on July 4, 1929. The organization meets each week to share each other's company, enjoy a fine meal and hear an informational presentation from a community leader. |
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SAFE: Soldiers and Families EmbracedSAFE aims to support the psychological health needs of service members, their families and the communities that support them. The organization offers training for both psychological health professionals and families to enable them to provide care that meets the specific needs of military personnel. SAFE currently has a small network of trained providers in Tennessee and expects to expand to other states in the near future. |
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Star Behavioral Health ProvidersStar Behavioral Health Providers is a registry that helps service members and those who care about them locate civilian behavioral health professionals with military understanding within the state of Indiana. To ensure providers are qualified to be listed in the registry, the organization recruits and trains interested civilian psychological health providers in military specific culture and treatments that focus on the needs of the military population. The training curriculum was created and is partially taught by the Center for Deployment Psychology, and is available to all licensed psychological health providers in the state of Indiana. |
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The Virginia Wounded Warrior ProgramThe Virginia Department of Veterans’ Wounded Warrior Program provides timely supplemental behavioral health, rehabilitation services and support to veterans, National Guard members, reservists and family members who are coping with the effects of combat stress, operational stress and other combat-related injuries resulting from their service and sacrifice. The program focuses on TBI and PTSD, and is administered through three regional directors working closely with existing local Community Services Boards. Services that may be available through networks of public and private providers include assessment, case management, outpatient treatment, rehabilitative services, family support and linkage to benefits services, housing, employment and educational programs. |
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Trauma and Resiliency ResourcesTrauma and Resiliency Resources is dedicated to healing the trauma of our nation’s warriors and their families. The organization provides resources and referrals in addition to supporting two programs, Warrior Camp and Horses’ Hooves. Warrior Camp is a seven-day intensive residential mindfulness-based decompression camp specifically designed to address trauma experienced by warriors serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Horses’ Hooves and Warriors' Hearts is an outpatient equine assisted psychotherapy program available to active duty service members, veterans and family members. |
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Veteran's Heart GeorgiaVeteran's Heart Georgia attends to the spiritual and emotional needs of veterans and their families by addressing the effects of war through a community-based network of services, resources and education. The organization provides consultations with trained counselors, clergy and mental health clinicians, develops workshops for veterans and families, and organizes community gatherings to promote community education and involvement.
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Veterans Helping Veterans NowVeterans Helping Veterans Now supports veterans coping with post-traumatic stress disorder or other concerns associated with leaving the military and transitioning to civilian life. The organization provides a variety of programs including educational forums, weekly support groups and a drop-in (non-alcoholic) facility for veterans. All programs are initiated by requests from veterans or their family members, and they are open to veterans in the Longmont, Colorado area. |
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Virtual Counseling Center at Arizona State UniversityThe Virtual Counseling Center at Arizona State University designs and evaluates standardized tests and evidence-based intervention programs to help students, graduates and veterans develop career plans and life skills. The center also provides links to related materials created by other researchers. To ensure maximum benefit, all resources have a solid scientific basis and are capable of being administered over the Internet. |
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Warrior Family Community PartnershipThe Warrior Family Community Partnership (WFCP) serves the Fort Carson community as a multi-faceted partnership of Army and community resources. The WFCP's mission is to assure an optimal quality of life for Fort Carson soldiers and their families by integrating existing systems, both virtual and physical, of support and services. The organization's website serves as a "shopping mall" of assistance and provides information on topics including personal growth, wellness, community resources/donations and VA medical resources. |
