Resource Links - Disabled Veterans National Foundation

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RESOURCE LINKS

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Recreational Therapy

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Honoring Our Veterans

Honoring Our Veterans mission is to improve the quality of life for combat wounded veterans by offering them activities that strengthen their physical, cognitive, emotional,and social functioning.

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Outward Bound

Outward Bound for Veterans helps thousands of returning service members and recent veterans readjust to life at home through powerful wilderness courses that draw on the healing benefit of teamwork and challenge through use of the natural world.

The Rock Club

The Rock Club Music Is The Remedy. Is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives and well-being of Veterans, at-risk youth and other groups through music instruction, education, and mentoring.

Service Dogs

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Americas Vet Dogs

The service dog programs of America’s VetDogs were created to provide enhanced mobility and renewed independence to veterans, active-duty service members, and first responders with disabilities, allowing them to once again live with pride and self-reliance. America’s VetDogs specializes placing highly-skilled service and guide dogs to individuals with physical injuries, PTSD, hearing and vision loss, and seizures.

Hero Dogs

Hero Dogs, Inc. improves quality of life for our nation’s heroes by raising, training, and placing service dogs and other highly skilled canines, free of charge with lifetime support of the partnerships.

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4 Paws for Ability

4 Paws for Ability enriches the lives of children with disabilities by training and placing quality, task-trained service dogs. This provides increased independence for the children, and assistance to their families. And 4 Paws also works with veterans from recent conflicts who’ve lost the use of their limbs or their hearing while in active combat. In all cases, the results speak for themselves.

Mental/Physical Health

The Salute Military Golf Association

The SMGA’s mission is to provide rehabilitative golf programs, experiences, and family inclusive golf opportunities for post 9/11 wounded war veterans in an effort to improve the quality of life for these American heroes. Eligible veterans and service members include those wounded or injured in post 9/11 military operations, including those with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

National Alliance on Mental Illness

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

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Healing Our Heroes

Rocky Mountain Hyperbaric Association for Brain Injuries’ Healing Our Heroes program supports our veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom by assisting with payments for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatments as well as providing lodging for those veterans who will be traveling to Louisville, Colorado For HBOT treatments.

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Navy Safe Harbor Foundation

Navy Safe Harbor Foundation aims to ensure that every service member is given an opportunity for full recovery after a serious injury by coordinating the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors and Coast Guardsmen, and provides resources and support to their families.

Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center

The Mesothelioma + Asbestos Awareness Center brings attention to the dangers of asbestos and the deadly form of cancer it causes: mesothelioma. We are an independent group working to help mesothelioma patients, caregivers, advocates and others looking to learn more about the disease.

Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance

Veterans make up around 30% of mesothelioma diagnoses in the United States. This is primarily a result of asbestos exposure while veterans were in active duty in the military. Since mesothelioma has a long latency period of 10 – 50 years, many veterans are just now experiencing symptoms and facing a mesothelioma diagnosis, decades after serving.

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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

We can all help prevent suicide. The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.

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Marine Corps DSTRESS Line

The Marine Corps DSTRESS Line is an anonymous Marine-to-Marine phone and support service that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The line is staffed by veteran Marines, former Fleet Marine Force Navy Corpsmen, Marine spouses and family members, and licensed behavioral health counselors.

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The Wounded Warrior Project

The Wounded Warrior Project is a non-profit that honors and empowers wounded soldiers and veterans through a variety of programs and services that include mental health support, career counseling and long-term rehabilitative care.

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America's Navy Chaplain Corps

Minister in every echelon of command across the Sea Services and domains to build personal, unit, and family readiness and strengthen spirit, moral character, and toughness.

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Military OneSource

At Military OneSource, we have one mission — to connect you to your best MilLife. How can we help you achieve your goals today?

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FOCUS: Resilience Training for Military Families

FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) provides resilience training to military children, families, and couples. It teaches practical skills to help families and couples overcome common challenges related to a military life. It helps build on current strengths and teach new strategies to enhance communication and problem solving, goal setting and creating a shared family story.

Real Warriors Campaign

The Real Warriors Campaign encourages help-seeking behavior among service members, veterans and military families coping with invisible wounds.

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Transitional Housing, Mental Health Counseling, Employment

We operate 14 resource centers in California, Arizona, and Nevada that provide critical services and support for our veterans, their spouses and dependents. Our resource centers are staffed by a diverse, professional, and talented group of individuals who are committed to serving all veterans in a respectful and positive way.

Military Families Knowledge Bank

OUR MISSION is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

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Marine Corps’ Combat Operational Stress Control (COSC) Branch

Combat Operational Stress Control (COSC) encompasses all policies and programs to prevent, identify, and holistically treat mental injuries caused by combat or other operations.

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Addiction and Recovery Resources

Addiction Resource was founded in 2014 to provide a community for those recovering from addiction and to help patients find the highest quality care for a successful recovery. Our goal is to provide resources to help patients and their loved ones so that they may stay on the road to recovery, and can successfully overcome addiction for life

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Dental Care Resources & Benefits

Active duty and retired veterans deserve nothing but the best when it comes to their benefits. Serving the country is not an easy task, and coming home can be a very difficult transition.

Alcohol Addiction Recovery Resources

Veterans make the ultimate sacrifice. In order to protect the rights and freedoms of all Americans, veterans go to some of the harshest places and worst conflicts on earth. They come home to a hero’s welcome, but that does not mean the scars and stresses of their service disappear. Veterans face lots of obstacles when readjusting to civilian life, and alcohol is often a crutch to cope.

Local Drug and Alcohol Treatment facility locator

AllTreament.com was created to provide a better user experience for finding substance abuse treatment based on treatment models, payment, insurance taken, length of treatment and your location.

Free Rehab Centers

Free Rehab Centers is dedicated to helping individuals and families affected by drug and alcohol usage find the support they need. Through partnerships with institutions across the country, they offer freely accessible rehabilitation services and maintain a comprehensive directory of free rehab facilities. Their mission is to provide a lifeline to those struggling with addiction, including a confidential 24/7 Rehab Helpline to connect individuals with essential resources. Visit their website to find support in your area and access a library of free addiction resources.

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American Addiction Centers (VeteranAddiction.org)

VeteranAddiction.org aims to provide educational content and recovery resources to veterans struggling with alcohol abuse and drug addiction. They offer original content that explores the causes and effects of addiction in veterans, and educates veterans and their caregivers about how to receive addiction treatment under the VA. For those seeking addiction treatment for themselves or a loved one, the VeteranAddiction.org helpline is a private and convenient solution-the helpline is available 24/7. There is also a search function for available rehab centers in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Texas.