Link for this page: http://www.militaryhomefront.dod.mil/tf/heroestohometowns
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Overview
Heroes to Hometowns (H2H) is designed to welcome home service members who, because of injuries sustained, can no longer serve in the military. H2H establishes a support network and coordinates resources for severely injured service members returning home. To request assistance, please fill out the Heroes to Hometowns Assistance Request Form.
The American public's strong support for our troops is especially evident in their willingness to help service members who are severely injured in the war, and their ever-supportive families, as they transition from the hospital environment and return to civilian life. Heroes to Hometowns is a program that focuses on reintegration back home, with networks established at the national, state, and local levels to better identify the extraordinary needs of returning families before they return home and to work with local communities to coordinate government and non-government resources necessary for long term success.
State Heroes to Hometowns Committees are the link among the military Services and Veteran's Affairs case workers at the military and VA hospitals, the severely injured member, their families, and their local community. Support has included:
- help with paying the bills
- finding suitable homes and adapting as needed
- adapting vehicles
- transportation to medical appointments
- finding jobs and providing educational assistance
- child care support
- arranging welcome home celebrations
- help working through bureaucracy and obtaining government benefits and entitlements
- sports and recreation opportunities
- holiday dinners
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