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  • After Deployment - After Deployment is a behavioral health resource that provides self-care solutions for service members, veterans, and their families who are facing post-deployment challenges such as post-traumatic stress, depression, and other behavioral health problems.
  • Air Force Aid Society - The Air Force Aid Society is the official charity of the United States Air Force.
  • Air Force Suicide Prevention Program - The Air Force Suicide Prevention Program seeks to lower the rate and number of suicides among active duty Air Force members by advocating for a community based approach to suicide prevention.
  • Alliance of Military and Veteran Family Behavioral Health Providers - The Alliance helps behavioral health providers enhance the resiliency, recovery, and reintegration of military members, veterans, their families, and communities during the military, post-military, and family life cycles.
  • American Legion Auxiliary - The American Legion Auxiliary honors, advocates, and enhances the lives of service members, veterans, and their families, both at home and abroad.
  • America’s Promise Alliance - The Initiative for Military Families, which is part of the work done by American’s Promise Alliance, is a research and policy center, as well as an interactive resource tool that helps state and local governments, child advocates, and military family supporters learn more about the best policies and practices that are used to support military families.
  • AMVETS - AMVETS is one of America’s foremost veterans’ service organizations with a focus on assisting veterans and sponsoring programs that serve the United States and its citizens. 
  • Armed Forces Services Corporation - The Armed Forces Services Corporation provides pro bono consulting to military nonprofits and also management consulting and program delivery to the federal government on programs that serve the military community.
  • Armed Services, YMCA - The Armed Services YMCA runs more than 150 programs around the world to deliver free and low cost services to the families of junior-enlisted military personnel.
  • Army Community Covenant - The Army Community Covenant is a formal commitment of support by state and local communities to Soldiers and Families of the Army, Active, Guard and Reserve, designed to foster and sustain effective state and community partnerships with the Army to improve the quality of life for soldiers and their families, both at their current duty stations and as they transfer to other states.
  • Army Emergency Relief - AER is a private nonprofit organization to help soldiers and their dependents.
  • Army OneSource - Army OneSource is a Web site dedicated to enriching and enhancing the lives of Army Soldiers and their Family Members.
  • Blinded Veterans Association - The Blinded Veterans Association is an organization comprised of blinded veterans working to enhance the lives of blinded veterans through service programs, regional groups, resources, and government advocacy.
  • Blue Star Families - Blue Star Families is a member-driven group with representatives in over seventy bases around the world that focuses on helping, connection, supporting, and empowering military families.
  • Brain Injury Association of America - The Brain Injury Association of America seeks to increase the access to quality healthcare and provide help, hope, and healing for individuals who suffer from brain injuries, as well as raise awareness and understanding of brain injuries through advocacy, research, and education.
  • Brain Trauma Foundation - The Brain Trauma Foundation’s mission is to increase public education and awareness when it comes to understanding the symptoms of a concussion, in order to help ensure that individuals are able to receive the appropriate care. 
  • Brainline - Brainline is a national multimedia project consisting of webcasts, an electronic newsletter, and an extensive outreach campaign that provides information and resources about preventing, treating, and living with a traumatic brain injury.
  • Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (CIAV) - CIAV is a national non-partisan partnership of organizations working with and on behalf of all military, veterans, families, survivors and providers to strengthen the existing system of care and support all those affected by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  • Combat Paper - Veterans use their uniforms worn in service to create works of art. Participants use the transformative process of papermaking to reclaim their uniforms as art and express their experiences with the military.
  • Community Blueprint - The Community Blueprint is a set of tools and practices that provide a framework for communities to produce positive, measurable outcomes for veterans, military members, and their families.
  • CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project - The Wounded Warrior Care Project mission is to provide service members, veterans, and their families a model advocacy program in order to enhance their quality of life and capitalize on regional resources
  • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center - The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center provides state-of-the-art clinical care for military veterans, active duty service members, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and provides innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs focused on TBI.
  • Defense Centers of Excellence
    • Center for Deployment Psychology - The Center for Deployment Psychology trains military and civilian behavioral health professionals to provide high-quality behavioral health services to service members, veterans, and their families, in order to better fulfill the unmet need for deployment-related behavioral health problems.
    • Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress - The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress works to advance psychological health by providing research, education, and consultation on trauma exposure.
    • Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center - The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center works to treat, support, train, and monitor service members, veterans, their families, and medical providers who have been affected by, work with, or care for military personnel diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.
    • Deployment Health Clinical Center - The Deployment Health Clinical Center provides information for healthcare providers, service members, veterans and their families about deployment health and healthcare, and assists clinicians with the delivery of post-deployment healthcare.
    • The National Center for Telehealth and Technology - The National Center for Telehealth and Technology is a leader in the development of telehealth and technology for psychological health and traumatic brain injuries. 
    • National Intrepid Center of Excellence - The National Intrepid Center of Excellence supports the families of military personnel that were lost in service or were severely wounded while serving their nation.
  • Department of Defense Public Affairs - The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) is the principal staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, community relations, information training, and audiovisual matters. 
  • Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service DOL VETS - DOL VETS provides resources and expertise to assist and prepare veterans and service members to obtain meaningful careers, maximize their employment opportunities, and protect their employment rights.
  • Deployment Health and Family Readiness Center - The Deployment Health and Family Readiness Center provides a one-stop resource for fact sheets, guides, and other products that focus on deployment health and family readiness for the military community.
  • Disabled American Veterans - The mission of Disabled American Veterans is to help disabled veterans build better lives by provide assistance, outreach, and representation for disabled veterans and their families.
  • Give An Hour - Give an Hour provides free mental health services to Iraq and Afghanistan service members, veterans, and their families through a nationwide volunteer network of mental health professionals.
  • Got Your 6 - Got Your 6 is a campaign led by the entertainment industry that will help create a new conversation in America, one where veterans and military families are perceived as both leaders and civic assets.
  • Hope for Warriors - Hope for Warriors works to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty.
  • Installation Management, Army - The mission of Army Installation Management Command is to provide soldiers, civilians and their families with a quality of life commensurate with the quality of their service.
  • Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America - Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to help improve the lives of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
  • Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America - The Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America helps bring together veterans and service members of the Jewish faith under the common principles of service to their nation.
  • Joining Forces Mentoring Plus - Joining Forces Mentoring Plusâ„¢ provides free resources, including mentors and online connections to women veterans and military and veteran spouses to help them obtain meaningful employment and a successful career. Almost 500 women are currently involved. We encourage you to go to www.joiningforcesmentoringplus.org/  and sign up today to become a mentee, mentor or subject matter expert.
  • Korean War Veterans Association - The Korean War Veterans Association is America’s oldest and largest organization for Korean War Veterans.
  • Military.com - Military.com is the largest military and veteran membership organization, with 10 million members, that connects service members, veterans, and their families with to all the benefits of service.
  • Military Acceptance Project - The Military Acceptance Project works to promote understanding, acceptance, and equality for all service members, veterans, and their families, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, faith, and/or trauma survivor status, by offering direct services, resources, and education.
  • Military Child Education Coalition - The Military Child Education Coalition helps ensure that all military children affected by mobility, family separation, and transition are able to receive quality educational opportunities.
  • Military Family Caucus – House - The Military Family Caucus seeks to educate the members of Congress and their staff on the resources the military has for families in regards to issues such as education, childcare, healthcare, spousal employment, and the effects of multiple employments.
  • Military Family Caucus – Senate - The Senate Military Family Caucus explores and addresses the unique and growing challenges faced by military families, and also works to bring together military families with Members of Congress, staff and organizations working on behalf of military families through events and briefings to increase education, communication and coordination on these issues.
  • Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) - MFRI conducts research and outreach and works closely with collaborators to improve the lives of service members and their families in Indiana and cross the country.
  • Military Home Front - Military Home Front is the official website by the Department of Defense on information about the Military Community and Family Policy program, which is responsible for establishing and supporting community quality of life programs for service members and their families.
  • Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) - MOAA is the nation’s largest and most influential association of military officers that advocates for a strong national defense and represents the interests of military officers and their families at every stage of their careers.
  • Military One Source - Military One Source is a free 24 hour online or telephone service, provided by the Department of Defense, for military members and their families to assist them with a broad range of concerns that affect the military community.
  • Military Suicide Research Consortium
  • Military Woman
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network
  • National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
  • National Military Family Association - Founded 43 years ago, the National Military Family Association is the leading non-profit organization focusing on issues important to military families.
  • Operation Homefront
  • Paralyzed Veterans of America
  • RAND Corporation
  • Sesame Workshop
  • Strategic Outreach to Families of All Reservists
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Surviving Deployment
  • Swords to Plowshares
  • The Mission Continues
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs
    • VA Social Work   
      Social workers work in every VA Medical Center, Vet Center, and in many community-based clinics.
    • VA Mental Health 
      The Office of Mental Health Services mission is to maintain and improve the health and well-being of Veterans through excellence in health care, social services, education, and research.
    • VA Caregiver Support  855.260.3274
      Support and services for family caregivers are offered by the VA.
    • VA National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans
      The National Center for Homelessness Among Veterans is working to meet the Department of Veterans Affairs Five Year Plan to End Homelessness by providing recovery-oriented care for homeless or at-risk veterans.
    • Veterans Crisis Line  800.273.8255  Text: VETALK (838255)
      The Veterans Crisis Line/Chat/Text is available for Veterans, families, and caregivers in crisis. Trained, caring VA professionals are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.
    • Vet Centers  877.WAR.VETS (877.927.8387)
      For Veterans who have served in any combat zone, Vet Centers are in communities to help them and their families with readjustment counseling and outreach services.
    • VA Clinical Practice Guidelines 
      Evidence-based interventions and skill sets that are aligned with the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines can address signature injuries and the more commonly experienced illnesses, depression, anxiety, and substance abuse disorders
    • Iraq War Clinician Guide 
      This manual, developed with the Department of Defense, addresses the unique needs of Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
    • National Center for PTSD
      The National Center for PTSD is the center of excellence for research and education on the prevention, understanding, and treatment of PTSD.
    • Returning Service Members (OEF/OIF)
      Services and resources for Service Members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
    • Coaching Into Care
      Coaching Into Care provides a “coaching” service for family and friends of Veterans who see that their Veteran needs help. Coaching involves helping the caller figure out how to motivate their Veteran to seek services. The service is free and provided by licensed clinical social workers and psychologists. The goal of the service is to help the Veteran and family members find the appropriate services in their community.
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Veterans Innovation Center
  • Veterans Health Council
  • Vietnam Veterans of America
  • Woodruff Foundation/ReMind
  • Women’s Research and Education Institute—Women in the Military Project
  • Wounded Warrior Project


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10/7/2013
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