Hope For U. S. Veterans
http://www.hopeforusveterans.com/
Hope for U. S.
Veterans is an organization built by
Veterans and individuals who care about
Veterans. Its goals include offering the
opportunity to all qualified Veterans for
professional training and skills to become
successful in technology related
occupations. Hope for U. S. Veteran has
established affiliate opportunities with
technology-related Employers that may be in
a position to offer possible internships as
well as possible employment opportunities
to our graduates.
Boots Across America
http://www.bootsacrossamerica.org/
Helping families all
across the country beginning with the
families of "Boots Across America", the men
and woman of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marines, National Guard, Coast Guard, and
Reserves. These families face unique
challenges through location, separation,
and pay. When a family member is deployed
it burdens the family structure. Also, when
veterans return from service new
experiences and challenges await.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -Servicemember Affairs Office
www.consumerfinance.gov/servicemembers/
Servicemembers
should be able to accomplish their mission
without worrying about illegal or harmful
financial practices. The Office of
Servicemember Affairs is here to ensure
that military personnel and their families
have a voice at the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau. Military life can have
some extra challenges that can sometimes
have powerful financial repercussions.
Hope for Warriors
www.hopeforthewarriors.org
The mission of Hope
For the Warriors® is to
enhance the quality of life for post-9/11
service members, their families, and
families of the fallen who have sustained
physical and psychological wounds in the
line of duty. Hope For The
Warriors® is dedicated to
restoring a sense of self, restoring the
family unit, and restoring hope for our
service members and our military families.
Hope For The Warriors® has
earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity
Navigator ( www.charitynavigator.org ), an
independent organization that evaluates
fiscal responsibility and accountability of
nonprofits.
VA Mortgage Assistance
www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans
If you have a VA loan, this link will provide you with a list of resources focused on the workout process.>
USA Cares
http://www.usacares.org/
USA Cares exists to
help bear the burdens of service by
providing post-9/11 military families with
financial and advocacy support in their
time of need. Assistance is provided to all
branches of service, all components, all
ranks while protecting the privacy and
dignity of those military families and
veterans who request our help. USA Cares is
a Kentucky based 501(c)3 non-profit,
charitable organization.
Army OneSource
http://www.myarmyonesource.com
A comprehensive resource for Army service members.
Hope for Warriors
http://www.bootsacrossamerica.org/
The mission of Hope
For the Warriors® is to
enhance the quality of life for post-9/11
service members, their families, and
families of the fallen who have sustained
physical and psychological wounds in the
line of duty. Hope For The
Warriors® is dedicated to
restoring a sense of self, restoring the
family unit, and restoring hope for our
service members and our military families.
Hope For The Warriors® has
earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity
Navigator ( www.charitynavigator.org ), an
independent organization that evaluates
fiscal responsibility and accountability of
nonprofits.
Ride 2 Recovery
www.ride2recovery.com
Ride 2 Recovery organizes the commemorative bike rides that take wounded warriors from Ground Zero on September 11 through Pennsylvania to the Pentagon a week later.
Soldier Ride
http://www.sr.woundedwarriorproject.org/site/c.buISJ9NSKqLaG/b.6201801/k.BCD9/Home.htm
Like Ride 2
Recovery, the Wounded Warrior Project's
Soldier Ride is dedicated to getting the
wounded up out of their wheelchairs or
rehab clinics and out onto bicycles. Both
organizations are looking for riders,
volunteers and fundraisers across the
United States.
The Fisher House
http://www.fisherhouse.orge
The Fisher House
provides free housing to wounded troops on
the grounds of major military hospitals.
"It's a terrific program because otherwise,
to have my family with me it would have
been a hotel or some other strange place,"
said Bobby Henline, who was badly burned in
an IED explosion in 2007 and moved into The
Fisher House with his family.
Hero Miles
http://fisherhouse.org/programs/hero-miles/
Through its Hero
Miles program, the Fisher House Foundation
also provides free air transportation for
the families of wounded warriors who must
travel between home and hospital. The
program uses donated frequent flyer miles
from the public.
Adaptive Adventures
http://adaptiveadventures.org/
Adaptive Adventures
takes disabled veterans on ski trips,
organizing adaptive sports, enabling
disabled warriors to go fishing, ride
horses, mountain climb, even paraglide.
Still others provide job counseling and
training and help wounded veterans find
jobs.
Semper Fi Fund
http://semperfifund.org/
The Semper Fi Fund
brings specially adapted clothing to
amputees.
The Mission Continues
http://www.missioncontinues.org/
To build an America
where every returning veteran can serve
again as a citizen leader, and where
together we honor the fallen by living
their values through service.
Project Healing Waters
http://www.va.gov/adaptivesports/va_groups_sportCommunity.asp
Many communities
across the country are home to
organizations dedicated to providing sports
and recreation activities to people with
physical, cognitive (e.g., PTSD, TBI) and
visual disabilities, including disabled
Veterans. Programs may be offered through
your city's Parks and Recreation
department,a local rehabilitation
hospital, or an independent organization
that has been established in your area.
Find a program near you.
Disabled Sports USA
http://www.dsusa.org/
Disabled Sport USA's
mission is to provide national leadership
and opportunities for individuals with
disabilities to develop independence,
confidence, and fitness through
participation in community sports,
recreation and educational programs.
Wounded Warrior Wives
http://www.operationhomefront.net/www/
Wounded Warrior
Wives relieves the wives of the severely
wounded away from their 24/7 bedside
caregiver role and flies them away for a
weekend of fun and companionship.
Give an Hours
http://www.giveanhour.org/skins/gah/home.aspx
Give an Hour links
up mental help professionals, who donate
their time, with military service members
and their families, to receive free
counseling. This organization can provide
assistance beyond the VA, in terms of
mental health counseling.
Wounded Warriors
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
The Wounded Warrior
Project aims to honor and empower warriors,
who were injured on or after Sept. 11,
2001, through its athletic, employment and
rehabilitative programs.
Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Of America
http://iava.org/
Iraq And Afghanistan
Veterans Of America works to improve the
health, education, employment and community
opportunities for the veterans through
programming and public policy
initiatives.
United Service Organizations
http://www.uso.org/
United Service
Organizations aims to boost our troops'
morale through its entertainment and
educational programming. The USO works to
provide "a home away from home" for
military servicemen and servicewomen
stationed in 27 states and 14
countries.
Operation Homefront
http://www.operationhomefront.net/
Operation Homefront
offers a range of programs, including food
assistance, vision care and moving
services, for military families facing
financial hardship.
ServiceNation
http://www.servicenation.org/
Launched in 2008,
ServiceNation envisions a United States
where a commonly asked question is "Where
do you serve?" Through its promotion of
national days of service and strategic
partnerships across the philanthropic,
government, military, entertainment, retail
sectors, this nonprofit hopes to inspire a
national culture of volunteering among
citizens across the United States.
Navy Seal Foundation
http://www.servicenation.org/
The Navy Seal
Foundation provides immediate and
continuing support to the Naval Special
Warfare community and their families
through its endowments and health and
education programs.
National Military Families Association
http://www.militaryfamily.org/
The Military
Families Association ensures that those who
serve in the military -- and their family
members -- gain access to the education and
financial benefits that they deserve.
T.A.P.S.
http://www.militaryfamily.org/
The Tragedy
Assistance Program for Survivors has
assisted more than 30,000 surviving family
members, casualty officers and caregivers
with its peer-based emotional support,
case-work assistance, and crisis
intervention.
Homes For Troops
http://www.homesforourtroops.org/site/PageServer
Homes For Troops
builds specially-adapted homes for
servicemen and servicewomen returning home
with serious injuries so that they can live
in an environment that provides maximum
freedom of movement and the ability to live
independently.
Navy Marine Corps Relief Society
http://www.nmcrs.org/
The Navy Marine
Corps Relief Fund provides trauma care
nurses and volunteers to augment
short-staff hospital wards.
Disabled American Veterans
http://www.dav.org/
The Disabled American Veterans employs a virtual army of 250 national service officers who work from 88 offices across the country to help veterans and their families settle claims with the VA, the Defense Department and other government agencies.