Mesothelioma.com is a resource for individuals who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and their families. Their mission is to continually provide relevant, timely, and factual information about asbestos exposure and its causal links to mesothelioma.
www.mesothelioma.com/veterans_and_mesothelioma.htm
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a non-profit charity dedicated to building better lives for America's disabled veterans and their families.
dav.org/
ONE Freedom provides education and training for our nation's warriors and their families regarding the challenges of military deployments and the return to home. The programs help the individual, the family and the community by teaching the natural elements of the stress response and self-guided tools for increasing personal resiliency and strength.
www.onefreedom.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America works to maximize the quality of life for its members and all people with SCI/D as a leading advocate for health care, SCI/D research and education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs, and disability rights.
www.pva.org
The Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) is a national, non-profit amputee consumer educational organization representing people who have experienced amputation or are born with limb differences. The ACA includes individual amputees, amputee education and support groups for amputees, professionals, family members and friends of amputees, amputation or limb loss related agencies, and organizations.
www.amputee-coalition.org
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) is an organization of blinded veterans helping blinded veterans.
www.bva.org
The American Pain Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization serving people with pain through information, advocacy, and support. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.
www.painfoundation.org
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors is a non-profit Veterans Service Organization offering hope, healing, comfort and care to all those who are grieving the death of a loved one in the Armed Forces.
www.taps.org
The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund is a nonprofit organization that has provided over 6,000 grants totaling over $16 million in assistance to our Nation's wounded heroes and families. This assistance helps with immediate financial needs and perpetuating needs, such as modified transportation, home modifications, and specialized equipment.
www.SemperFiFund.org
The Coming Home Project is a non-profit organization devoted to providing compassionate care, support and stress management tools for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families. They help veterans and family members rebuild the connectivity of mind, heart, body and spirit that combat trauma can unravel; renew their relationships with loved ones; and create new support networks. Single veterans are also most welcome.
www.ComingHomeProject.net
Give an Hour is a nonprofit organization who provides counseling to individuals, couples and families, and children and adolescents. They offer treatment for anxiety, depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, sexual health and intimacy concerns, and loss and grieving.
www.GiveAnHour.org
Air Compassion For Veterans (ACV) mission is to ensure that no financially-needy veteran / active duty military person or their family member(s) is denied access to distant specialized medical evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or rehabilitation for lack of a means of long-distance medical air transportation by providing that transportation at no cost.
www.aircompassionforveterans.org
Vet Centers - The Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center program operates a system of 207 community based counseling centers. The Vet Centers are staffed by small multi-disciplinary teams of dedicated providers, many of which are combat veterans themselves.
www.vetcenter.va.gov
Click here to find your local Vet Center
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) - The Military Outreach Campaign assists all active and retired military with mobility impairment from a spinal cord injury or a traumatic brain injury. The PRC has two locations and an extensive website to help those living with paralysis make more informed decisions about their treatment.
www.paralysis.org
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) serves active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
www.dvbic.org
Traumatic Brain Injury.com is an internet resource for education, advocacy, research and support for brain injury survivors, their families, and medical and rehabilitation professionals.
www.TraumaticBrainInjury.Com
Center for Neuro Skills TBI Resource Guide - This is a source for information, services and products relating to traumatic brain injury, brain injury recovery, and post-acute rehabilitation.
www.neuroskills.com
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the a national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI). Together with its network of more than 40 chartered state affiliates, as well as hundreds of local chapters and support groups across the country, the BIAA provides information, education and support to assist the 5.3 million Americans currently living with traumatic brain injury and their families.
www.biausa.org
Mental Health Self-Assessment Program - These are completely anonymous and voluntary self-assessments. These questions are designed so you can review your situation with regard to some of the more common mental health issues. The screening will not provide a diagnosis - for that you need to see a professional. But, it will tell you whether or not you have symptoms that are consistent with a condition or concern that would benefit from further evaluation or treatment. It will also give you guidance as to where you might seek assistance.
www.militarymentalhealth.org
Project Victory is looking to serve veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom who are experiencing the following symptoms: Trouble with memory, attention or concentration, Difficulty organizing tasks, Blurred vision or eyes tire easily, Easily angered or irritated, Difficulty inhibiting behavior- impulsive, More sensitive to sounds, lights or distractions, Impaired decision-making or problem-solving, Feeling tired all the time, Headaches or ringing in the ears, Slowed thinking, moving, speaking or reading. If you are a warrior or a family member whose loved one is exhibiting these symptoms, Project Victory may be able to help.
www.tirrfoundation.org/?id=232
Vets4Vets is a non-partisan veteran organization dedicated to helping Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans feel good about themselves and heal from any negative aspects of service and war through the use of peer support
www.vets4vets.us
MilitarySexualTrauma.org is designed to assist victims and loved ones of victims get the help and education they need to combat these problems in a very personal time.
www.militarysexualtrauma.org
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization. RAINN operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1.800.656.HOPE and the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline at rainn.org, and publicizes the hotline's free, confidential services; educates the public about sexual assault; and leads national efforts to prevent sexual assault, improve services to victims and ensure that rapists are brought to justice.
www.rainn.org
