Suicide hotline: 

•  VA Suicide Hotline – 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1
• send a text message to 838255
• Website:  http://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

• Crisislink – 1-800-SUICIDE (1-703-527-4077)
• Caregiver support line – 1-855-260-3274

Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm ET Saturday 10:30 am – 6:00 pm ET

Individual Therapy:    

•    Giveanhour.org – Providers are free.
• Website – http://www.giveanhour.org/
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/GiveanHour

•    Our Military Kids – Provides grants for activities for children of Wounded Warriors or deployed service members.
• Website – http://ourmilitarykids.org/
• Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/OurMilitaryKids

VA Links:

• My Health Vet – View Appointments, re-order meds, view health records from VA https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/anonymous.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfto=false&_pageLabel=mhvHome
• Ebenefits – You can request your veteran’s records here as well as view records.  https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/homepage
• PTSD Info/Resources – http://www.ptsd.va.gov/

 

National Resource Directory for Service Members, Veterans & their Families:   

https://www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/

 Legal Website-

• Stateside Legal Help – http://statesidelegal.org  

Legal help for Disability and/or Upgrade in Discharge:

• Swords to Plowshares: http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/legal-services/pro-bono-program/
• National Veterans Legal Service Program:   http://www.nvlsp.org/

 

 Jobs Information – 

• VA for Vets – http://vaforvets.va.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• USA Federal Jobs – https://www.usajobs.gov/      
• Feds Hire Vets info – http://www.fedshirevets.gov/
• Military.com transition career info – http://military.careerperfect.com/

 

Information – 

• Drugs side effects/interactions – http://www.drugs.com/
• Burn Pits – http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/burnpits/action-plan.asp
• Mefloquine/Larium information –  http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/mefloquine-lariam.asp

Records request:

• Military Medical Records: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/medical-records.html
• VA Medical Records: https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/anonymous.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfto=false&_pageLabel=spotlightArchive&contentPage=spotlight/01192013_EvergreenBlueButton.html
• Military Service Records (DD214, Personnel Records): http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/
• http://www.archives.gov/veterans/
• http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html

 

Support/Resource Websites: 

• Love our Vets –  http://www.loveourvets.org/
• Family of a Vet – http://www.familyofavet.com/
• Make the Connection – http://maketheconnection.net/
• VA Caregiver – http://www.caregiver.va.gov/support_landing.asp
• A Spouses Story PTSD – http://www.aspousesstoryptsd.com/
• Veteran Care Giver– http://www.veterancaregiver.com/
• Hearts of Valor – http://www.heartsofvalor.org/
• Disabled American Veterans – https://www.dav.org/
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America – http://iava.org/
• Gulf War Vets – http://www.gulfwarvets.com/
• Vietnam Veterans spouses – http://www.vietnamveteranwives.org/
• NAMI – http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=for_families
• Online PTSD Training 4 Families – certain states:  http://www.familyofheroes.com
• Sesame Street for Military Families: https://www.familiesnearandfar.org/resources/changes/invisible/
• River House PA:  www.riverhousepa.org
• Give An Hour Resource list: http://www.giveanhour.org/Resources.aspx 
• Warrior Gateway: http://www.warriorgateway.org/directory
• After Deployment: http://afterdeployment.dcoe.mil/
• Elizabeth Dole Foundation- Hidden Heroes– http://elizabethdolefoundation.org/hiddenheroescoalition/#sthash.edYriBSO.bwR9YCK5.dpbs
• Mobile Apps : http://t2health.dcoe.mil/news/new-mobile-app-helps-troops-self-manage-behavior-stress
• Military OneSource **Active Duty ONLY – http://www.militaryonesource.mil/
• Veteran Families United  – http://veteransfamiliesunited.org/

 

Facebook:

• Wives of PTSD Vets: https://www.facebook.com/WivesofPTSDVets
• Families of PTSD Vets and Military of Hampton Roads, VA: https://www.facebook.com/FamiliesofPTSDVetsandMilitaryHRVA
• A Spouse’s Story: https://www.facebook.com/ASpousesStoryPTSD
• PTSD Foundation of America: https://www.facebook.com/ptsdusa
• Military Justice for All:  https://www.facebook.com/MSTJustice
• PTSD & Agent Orange:  https://www.facebook.com/PtsdAgentOrange
• Wounded Warrior Peer Mentor:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wounded-Warrior-Peer-Mentor
• Hidden Wounds:  https://www.facebook.com/OurHiddenWounds
• Stop Soldier Suicide:  https://www.facebook.com/stopsoldiersuicide