Resources

Cabana, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Veterans Services, offers a free, confidential mental health support platform for Virginia’s Veterans, Guard and Reserve members, their spouses, and caregivers. Your organization can help them thrive.

Ready to get started? If you are a military-connected individual, access unlimited live group support by creating your free Cabana account here.

855-227-3640

info@caregiveraction.org 

Caregiver Action Network (CAN) is the nation’s leading family caregiver organization working to improve the quality of life for the more than 90 million Americans who care for loved ones with chronic conditions, disabilities, disease, or the frailties of old age. CAN serves a broad spectrum of family caregivers ranging from the parents of children with significant health needs, to the families and friends of wounded soldiers; from a young couple dealing with a diagnosis of MS, to adult children caring for parents with Alzheimer’s disease. CAN (the National Family Caregivers Association EIN 52-1780405) is a non-profit organization providing education, peer support, and resources to family caregivers across the country free of charge.

https://www.caregiveraction.org/ 

Coaching Into Care is a free service for families and friends of Veterans. Our responders will briefly assess your concerns and provide appropriate resources and referrals. Through 10 to 30 minute calls, licensed psychologists and social workers offer guidance and help for starting conversations with the Veteran in your life about their mental health or substance use and motivating them to seek treatment if it’s needed. Call us: 888-823-7458. Take look at a video that describes our service.

https://www.mirecc.va.gov/coaching/ 

While there are tens of thousands of resources available to those who serve and have served, finding and accessing them can be fraught with barriers. COSF helps those in need navigate and access critical services by providing one-on-one support. Through our digital PATRIOTlink platform and our direct Case Coordination services, COSF connects veterans and caregivers to the people and resources they need to live full, healthy lives.

Case Coordination 

Our Case Coordination Program provides personalized support to Service Members, Veterans, caregivers and their families who may be facing challenging hurdles by getting them the services and resources they need and have earned 

4220 King Street Alexandria, VA 22302 

(571)418-6339 

info@codeofsupport.org 

https://www.codeofsupport.org/ 

PATRIOTlink® is our innovative, no-cost network that provides direct access to a wide array of vetted resources for veterans, service members, and their families. This digital platform allows users to easily find and connect with the services they need to live full, healthy lives. Vetted Resources: All resources are thoroughly vetted to ensure quality and reliability. Easy Access: Available to users nationwide at no cost. Comprehensive Database: Includes resources for health care, housing, employment, and more. 

https://www.patriotlink.org/ 

At the Gary Sinise Foundation We serve our nation by honoring our defenders, veterans, first responders, their families, and those in need. We do this by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities.

https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/ 

Mental health needs of military service members and veterans continue to increase, and the reality is that the demand for support outweighs the military’s ability to meet those needs. Give an Hour is poised to step in and provide confidential, no-cost mental health care services to active-duty military, reservists, guard, veterans, and, in certain cases, spouses and caregivers. Programs include one-on-one counseling, peer support groups, and emotional wellness training. Additionally, mental health care professionals receive specialized training to address the unique challenges and strategies to support these clients.

Founded in 2005 by Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, Give an Hour® is a national organization dedicated to transforming mental health by building strong and healthy individuals and communities. We specifically provide mental health support to people impacted by humanmade trauma through an innovative approach that empowers those we help to actively take part in their own mental health journey.

https://giveanhour.org/military/ 

877-246-7349

info@hopeforthewarriors.org 

We believe those touched by military service can succeed at home by restoring their sense of self, family, and hope. Nationally, Hope For The Warriors provides comprehensive support programs for service members, veterans, and military families that are focused on transition, health and wellness, peer engagement, and connections to community resources.

https://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/ 

125 Hirst Road, Suite 3C Purcellville, VA 20132

703-209-4830

herohomesloudoun@gmail.com

Building houses, jobs, and community for those who have fought for the preservation of freedom and democracy for others. HeroHomes is a 501(c)3 not for profit foundation established to build houses for those who have fought for the preservation of freedom and democracy for others. These deserving vets and their families cannot regain what they lost defending our country, but we can give them a new start in building a solid foundation for their future and the dignity of an independent life in a wonderful small town community setting. We provide the opportunity for disabled veterans to rejoin society with the security and pride of home ownership.

https://www.herohomesloudoun.org/ 

5606 Dower House Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 

301-599-8000

Operation Tohidu® focuses on confidence-building, outdoor activities, and group discussion in a relaxed, positive environment using proven techniques for the self-management of symptoms, stressors, and responses. Our highly trained staff of certified recreational support professionals facilitate activities that highlight individual ability and teamwork, promote positive engagement, drive transformative discussions and reframe traumatic experience.

https://melwood.org/veterans-services/operation-tohidu/ 

33134 Magnolia Circle, Unit 10, Magnolia, TX 77354

832-521-7323

Info@MightyOaksPrograms.org 

The Mighty Oaks Foundation is committed to serving the brokenhearted by providing intensive peer-based discipleship through a series of programs, outpost meetings, and speaking events. Our Mighty Oaks Warrior Programs hosts such Men, Women, and Marriage Advance Programs at multiple locations nationwide. The Warriors who attend are fully sponsored for training, meals, and lodging needs to ensure that upon arrival to the ranch, each Warrior is focused solely on his or her recovery and identifying purpose moving forward.

https://www.mightyoaksprograms.org/

800-342-9647

Military OneSource is your connection to information, answers and support when MilLife happens. We can help you overcome challenges, reach your goals and thrive. As a member of our military family, you are eligible to use this Department of Defense-funded program anytime, anywhere. If we can’t get you the answers you need, we’ll connect you to someone who can.

https://www.militaryonesource.mil/ 

5777 West Century Blvd., Ste. 350 Los Angeles, CA 90045

310-642-0255

Lifeline for Vets™ - 888-777-4443

The National Veterans Foundation’s mission is to serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of all U.S. Veterans and their families through: Management and operation of the nation’s oldest toll-free, vet-to-vet helpline for all Veterans and their families. Public awareness programs that shine a consistent spotlight on the needs of America’s Veterans. Outreach services that provide Veterans and families in need with food, clothing, transportation, employment and other essential resources.

https://www.nvf.org/

1355 Central Parkway S, Ste. 100 San Antonio, TX 78232 

210-659-7756

Since 2002, Operation Homefront has been proudly serving America’s military families. Our organization provides relief, resiliency, and recurring family support programs and services throughout the year to help military families overcome short-term difficulties so they don’t become long-term hardships. Operation Homefront has consistently earned high ratings from leading charity rating services, including Charity Navigator, which gave Operation Homefront 4 Stars for 11 consecutive years for superior service and accountability. At Operation Homefront, 88 percent of expenditures go directly toward delivering programs and services to the military families who need it most.

www.operationhomefront.org/

336-227-0000

reach@reainc.org  

REAch ships fully loaded toolboxes to post 9/11 combat wounded veterans free of charge as an HONOR gift. Although Purple Heart recipients receive priority on our shipping list, our mission is to ship toolboxes to every qualified veteran listed. Each toolbox is filled with up to $500 worth of quality hand tools.

https://reainc.org/toolbox-sign-up/ 

4840 Waller Rd, Richmond, VA 23230

804-521-7979

reach@reainc.org  

REAch ships fully loaded toolboxes to post 9/11 combat wounded veterans free of charge as an HONOR gift. Although Purple Heart recipients receive priority on our shipping list, our mission is to ship toolboxes to every qualified veteran listed. Each toolbox is filled with up to $500 worth of quality hand tools.

https://reainc.org/toolbox-sign-up/ 

2101 L Street NW, Suite 840 Washington, DC 20037

(888) 838-7727 

mail@vetsprobono.org 

The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (Pro Bono Program) was created in 1992, with a dual mission: to provide assistance to unrepresented veterans or their family members who have filed appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (Court); and to recruit and train attorneys in the then fledgling field of veterans’ law.

https://www.vetsprobono.org/ 

1-855-838-8255

We are a national 24/7-peer support network for veteran and military communities 100% staffed by trained veterans and members of the military community, their families or caregivers.

https://www.vets4warriors.com/ 

101 North 14th Street, 17th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219

Karla Williams Boughey

Executive Director

804-225-4748

karla.boughey@vsf.virginia.gov 

The Virginia Veterans Services Foundation was established to support the interest of Virginia Veterans and their families. The Foundation is governed and administered by an appointed Board of Trustees. The Virginia Veterans Services Foundation provides supplemental funding for designated Veteran programs and services when state and federal funds are not available. The Foundation depends solely on contributions from the generosity of community and civic organizations, businesses and corporations, grants, and caring individuals.

https://virginiaveteransservicesfoundation.org/ 

16013 Waterfall Rd, Haymarket, VA 20169

571-248-0008

info@willingwarriors.org 

Provide cost-free retreat stays and programs that positively impact wounded, ill, and injured service members, disabled Veterans, and their families. The average hospital stay for our recovering warriors is about 300 days.  Following the healing of physical wounds, many of them are challenged with the “invisible wounds” of Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) for a lifetime. Willing Warriors is a privately-funded 501 (c)(3) charitable organization offering cost-free getaways from the hospital environment where Warriors and their families can come to relax, spend quality time together, and reconnect.  Our programs include more than 40+ cost-free educational and recreational activities, including seminars that address the issues of dealing with PTS and TBI. The intended outcome of these retreat stays is the Warrior and their family members return to the routine of rebuilding their lives feeling refreshed and inspired.

https://www.willingwarriors.org/ 

1-855-829-6636

00w@va.gov 

The Center for Women Veterans’ (CWV) mission is to monitor and coordinate VA’s administration of health care, benefits, services, and programs for women Veterans. We serve as an advocate for cultural transformation and to raise awareness of the responsibility to treat women Veterans with dignity and respect to #BringWomenVeteransHome2VA.

https://www.va.gov/WOMENVET/