Resources

Wounded Service Members

• A Warrior's Wish Foundation The Warrior's Wish Foundation enhances the lives of United States military veterans and their families who are battling a life-limiting illness.
• Aid & Attendance and House Bound Benefits This article explains eligibility and the application process for Aid & Attendance and House Bound Benefits for service members.
• Air Compassion for Veterans The mission and purpose of Air Compassion For Veterans is to ensure that no financially-stressed wounded warrior / 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.  ACV is committed to the ongoing healing process of our wounded warriors and will provide transport for activities that aid in the process as long as needed.
• America's Heroes at Work A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) project that addresses the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).   Designed for employers and the workforce development system, this Web site is your link to information and tools to help returning service members affected by TBI and/or PTSD succeed in the workplace - particularly service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
• Army Wounded Warrior Program The Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) is the official U.S. Army program that assists and advocates for severely wounded, injured, and ill Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families, wherever they are located, for as long as it takes. AW2 provides individualized support to this unique population of Soldiers, who were injured or became ill during their service in the Global War on Terrorism.
• Blinded Veterans Association Our mission is to promote the welfare of blinded veterans so that, notwithstanding their disabilities, they may take their rightful place in the community and work with their fellow citizens toward the creation of a peaceful world. Field Reps are responsible for linking veterans with local services, assuring that the newly blinded take advantage of VA Blind Rehabilitation Services, and assisting them with VA claims when necessary. When blinded veterans are ready to return to the workforce, BVA Field Reps can assist them with employment training and placement.
• Canine Companions for Independence Through their Wounded Veterans Initiative, Canine Companions for Independence provides assistance dogs to veterans with physical disabilities resulting from military service. The dogs and vets are matched together, based on a number of factors and then they attend a two-week intensive training program where they learn how to work together.
  
• Challenge America Challenge America answers the question of “When it happens, where do we go?” for returning injured military and their families by connecting to resources.  We work with communities across the United States, linking new and existing services and supporting the development of recreational, occupational and housing programs to better serve those who have sacrificed so much for us.
• Cleaning for Heroes Cleaning for Heroes is committed to promoting a healthy, clean home environment for our disabled or elderly community heroes and their families.  We accomplish this mission by providing free house cleaning services to help make their lives easier but we don't stop there!  We also provide other services such as window cleaning, carpet cleaning, air duct cleaning, landscaping, pest control and much, much more! Whether our heroes belong to the United States Military, our local police force or fire department, providing free cleaning, landscaping and repair services is our way of saying “thank you!” for the sacrifices our community heroes make every day for us, our community and our country.
• Coming Home Project The Coming Home Project is a non-profit organization devoted to providing compassionate expert care, support, education, and stress management tools for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, service members, their families, and their service providers. We are a multidisciplinary, experienced team of psychotherapists, veterans and interfaith leaders committed to helping transform the wounds of war.
• Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) CAP provides needs assessments, assistive technology, and training to our nation’s wounded service members throughout all phases of recovery and the transition to employment.
• Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) through state-of-the-art clinical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.  DVBIC fulfills this mission through ongoing collaboration with military, VA and civilian health partners, local communities, families and individuals with TBI.
• Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) DCoE assesses, validates, oversees and facilitates prevention, resilience, identification, treatment, outreach, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs for psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) to ensure the Department of Defense meets the needs of the nation's military communities, warriors and families.
• Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC) The core mission of the U.S. Department of Defense, Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC) is to improve deployment-related health by providing caring assistance and medical advocacy for military personnel and families with deployment-related health concerns. DHCC serves as a catalyst and resource center for the continuous improvement of deployment-related healthcare across the military healthcare system and the Center is a component of the Defense Centers of Excellence (DCoE) For Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.
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• Disabled American Veterans Made up exclusively of men and women disabled in our nation’s defense, Disabled American Veterans is dedicated to one, single purpose — building better lives for all of our nation’s disabled veterans and their families.
• Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities Training in entrepreneurship and business management to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines disabled as a result of their service to their country.
• Faces of Honor The purpose of Faces of Honor is to offer pro bono medical and surgical expertise to veterans who were deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan and received face or neck injuries. Our motivation is simple: provide a "thank you" to the brave men and women who have served our country so well by offering what we have worked hard to achieve, our surgical expertise and skills as caring physicians.
• Fisher House Fisher House™ Foundation provides a "Home Away from Home" near military medical centers for families experiencing a personal medical crisis and is one of the premiere quality of life organizations supporting military families. They are also proud to administer and sponsor Scholarships for Military Children, the Hero Miles program, and co-sponsor the Newman's Own Award.
• Freedom Service Dogs Freedom Service Dogs (FSD) is a nonprofit organization that rescues dogs from shelters and custom trains them to assist people with disabilities, providing lifetime support to ensure the success of the team and increasing the independence, endurance, and peace of mind of our clients.  VA recently partnered with this organization and VA hospitals nationwide are integrating service dogs into treatment plans for disabled veterans.
  
• Handbook for Injured Service Members and their Families The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the Wounded Warrior Project have designed this handbook to assist injured service members and their families by providing information about what lies ahead, an overview of resources at their disposal, and a discussion of certain issues they are likely to confront.
• Heartbeat (Washington State) Heartbeat—Serving Wounded Warriors provides emergency assistance, therapeutic services, support groups, and morale-building programs for wounded service members and their families in the state of Washington.
  
• Helping A Hero Helping A Hero is a non-profit, non-partisan organization created to fund programs and services which will provide financial, emotional, educational, mentoring, recreational and scholarship support for severely injured military personnel and their families.
• Hire Heroes USA Hire Heroes USA’s (HHUSA) mission is to offer transition assistance, job search assistance, and job placement services to those who have honorably served in the US military – and to their spouses – in order to reduce veteran unemployment. HHUSA prioritizes veterans statistically most likely to be unemployed: veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom  and Enduring Freedom, and veterans that are wounded or disabled.  As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, HHUSA’s services are provided at no cost to the veteran.
• Homes for Our Troops Homes for Our Troops is a national non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization strongly committed to helping those who have selflessly given to our country and have returned home with serious disabilities and injuries since September 11, 2001. They assist severely injured Servicemen and Servicewomen and their immediate families by raising donations of money, building materials and professional labor and coordinate the process of building a home that provides maximum freedom of movement and the ability to live more independently.  The homes provided by Homes for Our Troops are given at NO COST to the Veterans we serve.
• Hope for Heroes Our mission is to provide aid and assistance in a variety of ways to Disabled Veterans and the Children of deceased Armed Forces Service Members, resulting from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  When resources are available, to provide aid and assistance in a variety of ways to Disabled Veterans and the Children of deceased Armed Forces Service Members, resulting from wars or conflicts other than Iraq and Afghanistan.
  
• Hope For The Warriors The mission of Hope for the Warriors™ is to enhance quality of life for US Service Members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Hope for the Warriors™ actively seeks to ensure that the sacrifices of wounded and fallen warriors and their families are never forgotten nor their needs unmet, particularly with regard to the short and long-term care of the severely injured.
• Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund The Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund provides financial assistance and quality of life solutions for Marines, Sailors and other military personnel assigned to Marine Forces, injured in post 9-11 combat, training, or with life threatening illnesses, and their families. Our fund provides relief for immediate financial needs that arise during hospitalization and recovery as well as perpetuating needs such as home modifications, customized transportation and specialized equipment.
• Lotsa Helping Hands Community members support military families who feel alone when a spouse and/or parent is deployed. Others use the service to coordinate daily activities and events among families living on a military base, or help the families of wounded soldiers returning home.
• Medal of Honor Medal of Honor recipients speak out to save lives by encouraging America's military to seek help when adjusting to life after combat, particularly for post-traumatic stress (PTS).
• Military Warriors Support Foundation Supporting wounded combat veterans during their transition to civilian life.  Programs include:  Homes 4 Wounded Heroes, CEO’s 4 Heroes, Skills 4 Life, supporting combat wounded veterans during their transition to civilian life, and Education 4 Heroes.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) NAMI is proud to provide resources for everyone touched by military service. The people who are currently serving, those who have served and their families face unique stressors and need mental health information and treatment tailored to their needs. Our Veterans Resources Center consolidates the most useful online resources, whether you are looking for information on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mental illness or how to obtain Veterans Administration (VA) benefits.
• National Center for PTSD The National Center for PTSD (NCPTSD) aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders.
• National Organization on Disability The mission of the National Organization on Disability (NOD) is to expand the participation and contribution of America’s 54 million men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
• National Resource Directory The National Resource Directory (NRD) is an online tool for wounded, ill and injured Service Members, Veterans, their families, and those who support them. The NRD provides access to more than 11,000 services and resources at the national, state and local levels that support recovery, rehabilitation and community reintegration.
• Navy Safe Harbor Navy Safe Harbor is the Navy's lead organization for providing non-medical care to seriously wounded, ill, and injured Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and their families. Safe Harbor works to address pay and personnel issues, invitational travel orders for caregivers, housing and lodging arrangements, child and youth programs, recreation and leisure programs, transportation needs, education and training benefits, support services, and much more.
• NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page Information and resources on Traumatic Brain Injury provided by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
• Not Alone Not Alone started in 2008 when a group of warriors and professionals discovered a significant gap in the government's capacity to help warriors and their families come home from war. There needed to be a confidential online community where those warriors could congregate to help each other. Our personal experiences with war trauma led us to reach out to those that need help.
• Operation First Response The Mission of Operation First Response, Inc (OFR) is to support our nation's wounded Heroes and their families with personal and financial needs.
• Operation: Music Aid A non-profit organization whose mission is to secure musical instruments of all types in order to help aid in the rehabilitation of our valiant men and women who have been wounded while serving their country. Keyboards, guitars, and other musical instruments will be provided to the military hospitals, where our American heroes are rehabilitating. 100% of all donations go to the purchase of musical instruments for our severely wounded heroes.
• Our Forgotten Warriors Our Forgotten Warriors mission is to focus on treatment for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by providing integrated quality programs and services for individuals with physical and cognitive impairment in order to help develop their fullest physical, psychological, social, and economic potential consistent with their cultural traditions and their environmental limitations.
• Paralyzed Veterans of America Through our broad range of services and experts, Paralyzed Veterans of America works to positively change lives and build brighter futures for our nation's veterans with disabilities and their families. Paralyzed Veterans leads the way in empowering people with disabilities with everything they need to live full and productive lives
  
• Patriot PAWS Service Dogs Patriot PAWS is committed to train service dogs that will enhance the lives of disabled veterans who have sacrificed so much for our nation.
• Paws and Stripes Paws and Stripes is a nonprofit organization for wounded veterans of our United States military that works to provide service dogs for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury.  The service dogs are obtained only from shelters, and are trained by professionals specializing in service dogs.  It is the aim of this organization to provide these dogs and training for no cost to the veteran.
• Paws4people Foundation Through the paws4vetsTM Assistance Dog Placement Program (p4vADPP) Veterans, Active-Duty Service Members (ADSM) or their dependents with physical, neurological, psychiatric or emotional disabilities can receive Psychiatric Service Dogs, Mobility Service Dogs and Rehabilitative Assistance Dogs, free of charge.
• PenFed Foundation The PenFed Foundation is a nonprofit national charity working to meet the unmet needs of military personnel and their families in the areas of financial literacy, housing and support for the wounded. We seek to prevent medical emergencies turning into financial hardships for our nation’s defenders. 
  
• Pets2Vets The mission of Pets2Vets is to pair homeless pets with combat veterans, law enforcement/emergency personnel, and those affected by PTSD in order to:  help our nation's heroes and their families with rehabilitation through pet therapy, save sheltered pets from being euthanized by providing them with homes and raise public awareness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
  
• PleuralMesothelioma.com PleuralMesothelioma.com offers free assistance to veterans filing a VA claim who believe they have developed the disease due to asbestos exposure during their military service.  To speak with someone in our Veterans Assistance Department please call 1-800-615-2270 or visit us online.
• Project Blueberry at Veterans Farm Our mission is to help disabled combat veterans reintegrate back into society through the use of horticulture therapy, while working together in a relaxed, open environment. Veterans will work as a team to develop solutions that will enable them to overcome physical and mental barriers.
• Project HEAL The program honors and empowers Wounded Warriors by providing specially trained Service Dogs to increase independence and make a difference in their lives.
• Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing assist in the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active duty military personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings.
• Quality of Life Foundation The Quality of Life Foundation’s Wounded Warrior Family Care Program supports families who provide a substantial amount of care giving to a wounded, injured or ill veteran.  Our client families include veterans with combat and non-combat-related traumatic brain injuries; PTSD, stroke; spinal cord injuries; multiple amputations; and other poly-trauma injuries. The Quality of Life Foundation focuses on the whole family because often times, care giving responsibilities, coupled with financial strain, result in family members forgoing their own quality of life needs.
• Quilts of Valor Foundation The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL war wounded and injured servicemembers and veterans from the War on Terror, whether physical and/or psychological wounds, with Wartime Quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVS).
• ReMind.org ReMIND.org is a movement of the Bob Woodruff Foundation that educates the public about the needs of injured service members, veterans and their families as they reintegrate into their communities and empowers people everywhere to take action.
• Semper Fido Semper Fido is a non-profit organization committed to the rehabilitation of service members and veterans that have been injured while defending our country and have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or traumatic brain injuries (TBI). It has been proven that using dogs for mental, as well as physical rehabilitation, can greatly benefit these warriors recovery. Semper Fido has partnered with K9 Basics Dog Training in Marlton, NJ to provide all training for the service member/veteran and their dog as a team.
• SemperMax SEMPERMAX is a service disabled veteran owned corporation devoted to the support, employ and advocacy of wounded warriors and their families.  Their mission is to enhance morale and welfare of service disabled veterans and their families through peer to peer, on-site visits by other service disabled veterans, employed and trained to motivate and advocate on their behalf; so that service disabled veterans understand they have the continued support of a team.  In doing so it is our hope that we can reduce the suicide rate among veterans and their family members.
• Social Security Benefits for Wounded Warriors Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability claims from Social Security. Benefits available through Social Security are different than those from the Department of Veterans Affairs and require a separate application.
• Special Operations Warrior Foundation The Special Operations Warrior Foundation  provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.
• Standup4Vets Stand Up For Veterans is an advocacy campaign of the Disabled American Veterans. Its purpose is to generate greater public awareness and support for strengthening federal policies that provide health care assistance to disabled veterans injured in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as those from prior eras and conflicts.
• The Home Front Cares (State of Colorado) The Home Front Cares provides support for military families (in the state of Colorado) impacted by deployment in harms way.  Our programs include: grants to families fund, energy assistance program, wounded troops/casualty assistance fund, adaptive housing and vehicle modification program and welcome home events.
  
• The Mission Continues The Mission Continues was built on the belief that our returning wounded should be recognized not only for the sacrifices they have made, but for everything they have left to give. We award fellowships to empower wounded and disabled veterans to serve in their communities. In doing so, we send the message: "We still need you."  America owes these men and women a great deal, but as a nation, we have much left to learn from them. While injury may have changed the nature of their service, their mission continues, and it is as important as ever.
• The Well Spouse Association The Well SpouseTM Association, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization, advocates for and addresses the needs of individuals caring for a chronically ill and/or disabled spouse/partner.  We offer peer to peer support and educate health care professionals and the general public about the special challenges and unique issues "well" spouses face every day.  Annual membership is waived for military spouses.
• Train a Dog - Save a Warrior The Mission of Penny’s from Heaven Foundation’s Train a Dog Save a Warrior program is to unite wounded warriors, suffering with PTSD, with homeless, rescue shelter dogs, who are evaluated and deemed viable, to nurture a healing and rejuvenating bond between the two. The result is a positive, non judgmental, unconditional relationship desperately needed by both. 
• Travis Manion Foundation The Foundation's mission is to assisted wounded Veterans and the families of Fallen Heroes.  We will continue the service to community and country exemplified by these Fallen Heroes and Veterans.  In the spirit of the Fallen, we will foster strength of mind and body to create a generation of future leaders. 
• TroopsFirst Foundation With unduplicated relevance as a core principle, Troops First Foundation is several programs and specialized events designed for Wounded Warriors and their families that address relationship building, mentoring, reintegration and looking forward.
• USA Together At USA Together, our mission is to use the power of the Internet to help the men and women of the US military who have suffered life-altering injuries in service to their country.  By publishing specific needs for goods, financial assistance and services, we hope to connect injured service members and their families with those who are willing and able to assist them.
• VA - Paralympic Program Motivating disabled Veterans to participate in adaptive sports supports their rehabilitation and recovery and contributes to their health and wellness. The VA Paralympic Program website (designed for disabled Veterans and their families, VA clinical staff, and community-based sport programs) provides the tools and resources needed to get started and stay fit. 
  
  
• VA Caregivers Government information site targeted to caregivers of veterans that provides information on VA services, caregiver resources, etc.
• VetDogs America’s VetDogs® – The Veteran's K-9 Corps® is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded by the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind and serves the needs of disabled veterans and active duty personnel. Since 1946, the Guide Dog Foundation has provided guide dogs and training at no cost to people who are blind or visually impaired, including veterans.
• Veterans Across America (VAA) Veterans Across America is a non-profit organization dedicated to working on behalf of America's veterans, and to creating an employment demand for them among a broad network of leaders of American business and other organizations and institutions.
• Veterans of Valor Veterans of Valor is a non-profit organization serving American Veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. The organization exists to assist combat wounded veterans, and to provide supplies, services and programs to meet their specific physical, mental and emotional needs throughout the healing process.
• Vets 4 Vets Vets4Vets is a non-partisan organization dedicated to helping Iraq and Afghanistan-era veterans to heal from the psychological injuries of war through the use of peer support.
• VR&E Vet Success Program The Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) VetSuccess Program assists Veterans with service-connected disabilities to prepare for, find, and keep suitable jobs. For Veterans with service-connected disabilities so severe that they cannot immediately consider work, VetSuccess offers services to improve their ability to live as independently as possible.
• Warrior Care The mission of the Office of Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy is: to ensure equitable, consistent, high-quality support and service for wounded warriors and their families, as well as transitioning members of the Armed Forces, through effective outreach, interagency collaboration, policy and program oversight.
• Warrior Transition Command (WTC) WTC’s mission is to develop, coordinate, and integrate the Army’s Warrior Care and Transition Program (WCTP) for wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families or caregivers to promote success in the force or civilian life.
• WarriorCare.mil The Office of Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy ensures recovering wounded, ill, injured, and transitioning members of the Armed Forces receive equitable, consistent, and high-quality support and services. We help our wounded warriors and their families through effective collaboration efforts, pro-active communication, responsive policy, and program oversight.
• Welcome Back Veterans Welcome Back Veterans (WBV) was created to inspire Americans to give back to our returning veterans and their families. These heroes were there when we needed them--they served us all and kept us safe--and it's our turn to be there for them. WBV is committed to transforming the lives of our returning veterans by changing the way people think and talk about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) while providing ongoing treatment for veterans and their families in addition to funding research.
• Wounded Warrior Project The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors.  The organization's purpose is:   to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other; and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members.
  
• Wounded Warrior Regiment The Wounded Warrior Regiment's mission is to provide and facilitate assistance to wounded/injured/ill Marines, Sailors attached to or in support of Marine units, and their family members throughout the phases of recovery.
• Wounded Warrior Resource Center The Wounded Warrior Resource Center Web site (WWRC) is a Department of Defense Web site which provides wounded Service Members, their families, and caregivers with information they need on military facilities, health care services, and benefits. It supports access to the Wounded Warrior Resource Call Center and trained specialists who are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by phone at 1-800-342-9647 or by e-mail at wwrc@militaryonesource.com.
• Wounded Warriors Support Sometimes the best support is from someone who has walked in your shoes.  Wounded Warriors Support Group - Where we can share ideas, lean on one another, and embrace hope for the future of our families.
• Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc. Created in early 2005, the Yellow Ribbon Fund assists injured service members and their families while they recuperate at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center.  The organization provides assistance with lodging, meals, transportation, meals and community activities for the families they serve. 
  

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