Resources on Military Bases
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Legal Assistance: Department of Defense
To help Service members, their families, and other eligible clients, Department of Defense (DoD) provides the Legal Assistance Program. Legal Assistance Attorneys within the Program can assist eligible clients with some personal legal matters and provide legal advice on a variety of topics to ensure that Service members, their families, retirees, and DoD civilians are prepared and protected under their legal rights.
Pre-deployment needs:
- Power of Attorney (advice to veterans on the necessary type of power of attorney)
- Wills
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) information
- Interest on Credit Cards
- Rent/Mortgage payments
Post-deployment needs:
- Violations of the Soldiers and Sailors Act
- Implementation of USERRA
Associations, Foundations, Organizations and Programs
Air Compassion for Veterans
Air Compassion for Veterans provides transportation via private aircraft, airlines, or bed-to-bed air ambulances of injured OIF/OEF military personnel. This program helps to alleviate the financial hardship of veterans, care givers, and family members.
Air Force Sergeants Association
Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA) is the Air Force enlisted organization dedicated to the people behind the stripes. AFSA is:
- all enlisted grades of Air Force Active Duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve Command, including retired, veteran, and family members;
- the men and women who have a long and rich heritage of being the force behind the high-tech machinery, of being well-educated decision makers, of being the people who make procurement recommendations, and of being the people who work on systems and platforms and assisting in research and development; and
- the people who have invested their lives in the cause of freedom in America.
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) is the largest national nonprofit cross-disability member organization in the United States, dedicated to ensuring economic self-sufficiency and political empowerment for the more than 50 million Americans with disabilities. AAPD works in coalition with other disability organizations for the full implementation and enforcement of disability nondiscrimination laws, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
American Ex-Prisoners of War
The American Ex-Prisoners of War is a national organization for American citizens who were captured by the enemy. Membership is open to all former prisoners of war from any theater in any war, all former civilian internees, and the families of such persons. There is no such thing as an "associate" member and we have no auxiliaries. Each and every member is entitled to all privileges of membership. Our purpose is our motto: "We exist to help those who cannot help themselves."
American GI Forum
Out of the days of World War II arose stories of valor of America's young men and women and of hope and renewed idealism. As millions of veterans returned home, many looked to the GI Bill of Rights, which guaranteed educational, medical, housing, and other basic benefits. But these benefits were being denied in large part to Americans of Mexican descent and other Hispanics throughout the United States.
This aroused a young Army Major veteran, Hector P. Garcia, a physician from Corpus Christi, Texas, and in 1948 he was inspired to rally his former comrades-in-arms. Thus was born the American GI Forum dedicated to addressing problems of discrimination and inequities endured by Hispanic veterans.
The Forum, its Women's and Youth Auxiliary Forums, soon became an advocate for all Hispanics and broadened its activities throughout the states to promote civic affairs.
American Legion
The American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, wartime veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community-service organization, which now numbers nearly three million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.
American Merchant Marine Veterans
The American Merchant Marine Veterans (AMMV) is a not-for-profit organization of American Mariners dedicated to gaining recognition for the Merchant Marines' service to our country in war and peace. AMMV has finally obtained Veteran Status for those Mariners who served in World War II, in which thousands of shipmates lost their lives, and continues this work.
Since 1988, only about 90,000 of an estimated quarter million Mariners who served during WWII, or their survivors, have applied for veteran status. The organization is actively seeking them and their loved ones. Any Mariner, whether presently active or a veteran of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf, or other "National Emergency," is invited to join, including Naval Armed Guard shipmates with whom "We Delivered the Goods," spouses, widows, and children of Mariners and Naval Armed Guard.
American Military Retirees Association
The four main purposes of the American Military Retirees Association are:
- To protect and preserve the vested rights, benefits and privileges of military personnel.
- To provide a means to sponsor, foster, and encourage legislation affecting the status of all military retired personnel regardless of rank.
- To foster the welfare of survivors and dependent children of retired military personnel.
- To provide a means of social contact for all members and their families.
American Pain Foundation
American Pain Foundation began the Military/Veterans and Pain Initiative in 2004 to reach out to Active Military and Veterans who are in pain. Along with providing resources, they work to advance pro-veteran/military legislation and policy on national and state levels.
America Supports You
America Supports You is a Department of Defense program that provides opportunities for citizens to show their support for the US Armed Forces. The program was launched in 2004 in an effort to highlight citizen support for our military men and women and communicate that support to the members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.
American Veterans (AMVETS)
For more than 60 years, AMVETS has taken to heart the credo of service set forth by the organization's founding fathers. In so doing, AMVETS endeavors to provide its fellow veterans with the type of support they truly deserve. This outreach effort takes many forms, from the professional advice AMVETS service officers offer on earned veterans benefits, to its legislative efforts on Capitol Hill, and to the work done by AMVETS hospital volunteers.
Armed Services YMCA of the USA
Armed Services of the YMCA of the USA provides support services to military service members and their families, particularly focused on junior-enlistee men and women- the individuals on the front line defending our nation and their families.
Army & Navy Union
The Army & Navy Union of the United States of America, founded in 1886, is the oldest veterans organization in America. It is the only American veterans organization in which membership is not limited to any specific form, in branch, place, or nature of the military service rendered, nor is membership restricted by considerations of racial origin or religious creed. Any and all individuals who have ever served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States, or who are still serving honorably in uniform, are eligible to membership, provided they obligate themselves - To Serve Our Country In Peace As Well As In War.
AW2
The U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program - AW2 - embodies the Warrior Ethos "we will never leave a fallen comrade." AW2's personalized recovery services for severely wounded Soldiers are not limited by geography or physical location and are not constrained by recovery or rehabilitation timelines.
Blinded Veterans Association
The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) is an organization specifically established to promote the welfare of blinded veterans. BVA helps veterans and their families meet the challenges of blindness. The 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;
- to preserve and strengthen a spirit of fellowship among blinded veterans so that they may give mutual aid and assistance to one another; and
- to maintain and extend the institution of American freedom and encourage loyalty to the constitution and laws of the United States and of the states in which they reside.
Catholic War Veterans
The primary objective of the Catholic War Veterans is to make the entire nation acutely aware of the struggle and needs of many veterans, their widows, and children. The organization believes that survivors have an obligation to their fallen brothers and sisters to inform the people of our country that many veterans and their families need assistance; that these veterans have made sacrifices for their country and deserve to be treated accordingly, with proper respect and support.
The Dallas Foundation
The Dallas Foundation created a $5 million Texas Resources for Iraq and Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) Fund which will be awarded to nonprofit groups that provide needed services to active and former military personnel serving in OIF/OEF and their families.
Disability.gov
Disability.gov provides people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, educators, employers, service providers and others with disability-related information and resources. The web site features comprehensive information from federal agencies,educational institutions, non-profit organizations and state and local governments. Topics include: benefits; civil rights; community life; education; emergency preparedness; employment; health; housing; technology; and transportation.
Disabled American Veterans
With more than 1.4 million members, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is an organization of disabled veterans who are focused on building better lives for disabled veterans and their families.
The organization accomplishes this goal by providing free assistance to veterans in obtaining benefits and services earned through their military service. It is fully funded through its membership dues and public contributions. It is not a government agency and receives no government funds.
DAV is the foremost representative of the interests of disabled veterans and their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans before federal, state, and local governments. DAV's National Legislative Program ensures disabled veterans are not forgotten by lawmakers.
Fisher House Foundation
The Fisher House Foundation is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of the men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
Fleet Reserve Association
Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) is the leading voice of enlisted Sea Service personnel on Capitol Hill and has been since 1924. A Congressionally chartered, nonprofit organization that represents the interests of the Sea Service community before the U.S. Congress, the Association's membership comprises current and former enlisted members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. FRA was chartered in 1924 and, after more than 80 years, FRA remains dedicated to its primary mission of serving the interests of current and former enlisted Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard personnel. In addition to its legislative advocacy efforts, FRA assists its members with career problems by maintaining close liaison with the U.S. Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security, and other government agencies. FRA continues to educate members of Congress, many of whom have little or no military experience, on the challenges facing career personnel. FRA presents a strong, unified voice to ensure that enlisted issues are heard by Congress and urges support for legislation to increase pay and benefits.
Helmets to Hardhats
The Helmets to Hardhats training and employment program connects National Guard, Reserve, and transitioning active-duty military members with quality career training and employment opportunities within the building and construction industry.
The Helmets to Hardhats program is jointly sponsored by the fifteen unions of the Building and Construction Trades and their signatory Construction Industry Employer Associations. The trades and the employer associations recognize that, in addition to having certified skills, veterans possess hard-to-find traits like maturity, accountability, responsibility, and teamwork. The trades and the employer associations support the program because it fulfills an important promise to returning veterans to help ensure their successful return to civilian life.
Homes for Our Troops
Homes for Our Troops provide specially adapted homes for our severely injured service members. through monetary contributions, donations from building contractors, supplies, corporate supporters, and local volunteers, they are able to provide assistance at no cost to the Veterans they serve.
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund
Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund helps defray the expenses incurred during hospitalization, rehabilitation, and recovery of inured Marines and sailors. Their many programs include the Family Support Program, Mobility Program, Modification Program and the Specialized Equipment fund.
Jewish War Veterans
The mission of Jewish War Veterans (JWV) is to maintain true allegiance to the United States; to foster and perpetuate true Americanism; to combat whatever tends to impair the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions; to uphold the fair name of the Jew and fight his or her battles wherever unjustly assailed; to encourage the doctrine of universal liberty, equal rights, and full justice to all men and women; to combat the powers of bigotry and darkness wherever originating and whatever their target; to preserve the spirit of comradeship by mutual helpfulness to comrades and their families; to cooperate with and support existing educational institutions and establish educational institutions; to foster the education of ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen and our members in the ideals and principles of Americanism; to instill love of country and flag; to promote sound minds and bodies in our members and our youth; to preserve the memories and records of patriotic service performed by the men and women of our faith; and to honor their memory and shield from neglect the graves of our heroic dead.
Korean War Veterans Association
The Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA) is a federally tax-exempt organization that was incorporated in the State of New York on June 25, 1985. Its original founder was Mr. William T. Norris of New York, a member of F Company, 27th Infantry Regiment (Wolfhounds), 25th Infantry Division, when he served as a sergeant in the Korean War.
The organization was formed for seven purposes:
- To organize, promote, and maintain for benevolent and charitable purposes an association of persons who have seen honorable service during the Korean War at any time between June 25, 1950, and January 31, 1955, both dates inclusive, and of certain other persons, the particular qualifications for membership to be set forth in the By-laws of KWVA.
- To grant charters to groups of members at large of the association.
- To provide a means of contact and communication among the members of the association.
- To promote the establishment of and to establish war and other memorials commemorative of any person or persons who served in the Korean War.
- To aid needy association members and their wives and children, and the widows and children of persons who were members at the time of their death.
- To establish and maintain a national headquarters.
- To do any and all things necessary or proper for the accomplishment of the foregoing business and objects of the association, including, for such purposes, to contract and pay for personal and other services; to contract for, buy, take by deed, gift or devise, hold, possess, manage, borrow, rent, lease, loan, assign, convey, sell, and dispose of in any manner real and personal property; and to act as trustee, or be a beneficiary of a trust.
Legion of Valor
The Legion of Valor was organized on April 23, 1890, in Washington, DC, by a group of Civil War and Indian War Campaign veterans who were recipients of the Medal of Honor. The objectives of the Legion are to:
- cherish the memories of the valiant deeds for which the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross are the insignia;
- promote true fellowship;
- advance the best interest of members of the Armed Forces of the United States and enhance their prestige and understanding by example and personal activity;
- extend all possible relief to needy members and their widows and children;
- stimulate patriotism in the minds of our youth and engender a national pride and interest in the Armed Forces of the United States.
Marine Corps League
Members of the Marine Corps League join together in camaraderie and fellowship for the purpose of preserving the traditions and promoting the interests of the United States Marine Corps; banding together those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy; voluntarily aiding and rendering assistance to all Marines and former Marines and to their widows and orphans; and perpetuating the history of the United States Marine Corps by fitting acts and observing the anniversaries of historical occasions of particular interest to Marines.
Military Officers Association of America
Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) is the nation's largest and most influential association of military officers. It is an independent, nonprofit, and politically nonpartisan organization. MOAA is governed by a chairman and board of directors consisting of 36 officers from the seven uniformed services representing both regular and reserve association members.
Military OneSource
Categories included on the Military OneSource web site include: body, career, crisis, deployment, education, elder care, Guard/Reserve, legal, mind, money, moving, parenting, recreation, relationships, severely injured, special needs, and transition.
Military OneSource membership includes access to features such as:
- online articles, worksheets, and suggested reading lists;
- educational materials: booklets, CDs, and audiotapes;
- locators (summer camp, child care, etc.);
- interactive tools; and
- personalized homepage.
Military Order of the Purple Heart
The mission of the Military Order of the Purple Heart is to foster an environment of goodwill and camaraderie among combat-wounded veterans; promote patriotism; support necessary legislative initiatives; and most importantly, provide service to all veterans and their families.
National Association of Uniformed Services
National Association of Uniformed Services (NAUS) is the only military-affiliated association whose membership is open to the entire military/veteran family - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, USPHS and NOAA, and Guard and Reserve. NAUS serves all ranks and grades and represents a broad spectrum of interests. The Society of Military Widows supports the interests and needs of spouses and survivors, and is affiliated with NAUS.
Working at both the national and grassroots levels, NAUS protects veterans' hard-earned benefits while promoting a strong national defense.
National Chief Petty Officers Association
Founded in 1988 to provide a platform for airing issues that affect active duty, retired, and/or veteran chiefs.
The organization's objective is to honor and publicize as a group (or in some cases individual) those who have served or are serving as Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, or the Reserve Components of those services and who performed such services in an honorable manner.
National Guard Association of Texas
The National Guard Association of Texas (NGAT) was founded in 1959 as the professional organization of the Texas National Guard and its members.
For over 45 years, NGAT has been instrumental in obtaining many improvements and benefits for the Texas National Guard, and is committed to enabling this generation of the Guard to leave its successors a legacy of excellence and success.
National Veterans Legal Services Program
National Veterans Service Program trains, coordinates, and mentors volunteer attorney's nationwide to assist OIF/OEF active duty and veterans with disability discharge issues or obtaining VA benefits.
Navy Marine Corps Relief Society
The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is to provide, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational and other assistance to members of the Naval Services of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors when in need; and to receive and mange funds to administer these programs.
Non Commissioned Officers Association
Non Commissioned Officers Association (NCOA) works daily to enhance and maintain the quality of life for noncommissioned and petty officers in all branches of the Armed Forces, National Guard, and Reserves.
The Association, founded in 1960, is a leader on Capitol Hill and is an active member of the Military Coalition. In addition, NCOA offers its members a wide range of benefits and services designed especially for current and former enlisted service members and their families.
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Association
The Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Association is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to provide assistance to Gulf War Veterans, their families, civilians, and current Active Duty military members.
Designed and formulated exclusively for the purpose of providing an archival and support organization for the participants of Operation Desert Shield, this was expanded to include the participants of Operation Desert Storm and those involved in supportive military operations in the Southwest Asian region, and their families.
Operation Homefront
Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, to the families they leave behind and to wounded warriors when they return home. A nonprofit 501(c)(3), Operation Homefront leads more than 4,500 volunteers in 30 chapters nationwide and has provided critical assistance to more than 45,000 military families in need. Operation Homefront also operates CinCHouse, the online community of nearly 400,000 military wives and women in uniform.
Paralyzed Veterans of America
The Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members - veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction. Paralyzed Veterans will use that expertise to be the leading advocate for:
- quality health care for our members;
- research and education addressing spinal cord injury and dysfunction;
- benefits available as a result of our members' military service; and
- civil rights and opportunities that maximize the independence of our members.
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
The National Pearl Harbor Survivors Association is officially recognized by the United States Congress Federal Charter Grant, Public Law 99-119, dated October 7, 1985. The organization is a symbol of America's commitment to preparedness against unprovoked acts of aggression. It is dedicated to ensuring that this and future generations remain cognizant of the events of December 7, 1941.
Permian Basin Area Foundation
The Permian Basin Area Foundation is funded through the Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment Fund to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations that provide needed service to active and former military personnel serving in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, and their families.
Project Victory and the Memorial Hermann TIRR Challenge Program
Project Victory and the Memorial Hermann TIRR Challenge Program have joined together to provide rehabilitative care for military service members injured in OIF/OEF. TIRR's Project Victory seeks to enable soldiers with a traumatic brain injury to regain skills and functions that were lost through their injury.
Reserve Officers Association
The Reserve Officers Association (ROA) represents members of the seven United States Uniformed Services. The men and women who serve the nation in the cause of freedom need and deserve a voice in creating government policy. ROA provides that voice. Respected, vigorous, effective - ROA has a long list of policy accomplishments, and an ambitious long-range program for the coming decade and beyond.
Retired Enlisted Association
The mission of the Retired Enlisted Association is:
- to enhance the quality of life for uniformed services enlisted personnel and their families and survivors, including active components, Reserves, and National Guard, and all retirees;
- to stop the erosion of earned benefits through our legislative efforts; to maintain our esprit de corps, dedication, and patriotism; and
- to continue our devotion and allegiance to God and Country.
Returning Warriors.org
The Returning Warriors program was developed to assist in the treatment of veterans of all wars who are struggling with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The website provides information about the program, as well as about PTSD itself. A checklist of symptoms is included for self-assessment on the site.
Samaritan Center's Hope for Heroes
The Samaritan Center's Hope for Heroes is providing counseling at no charge for those who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and their families. They offer outreach services and can arrange to meet with you in-office, in your home or in a private setting near your home. Some of the no charge services they provide are: individual and group counseling, family and couples counseling, workshops and play therapy. All services are confidential.
San Antonio Area Foundation
San Antonio Area Foundation supports the efforts of nonprofit organizations that provide needed services to active and former military, personnel serving in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, and their families through funds provided by The Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment (TRIAD) fund.
Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation
Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation provides four-year "life scholarships" to help severely injured veterans become self-sufficient. Their mission is to provide life changing opportunities for members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have suffered severe injuries and need the support of grateful communities to realize their dreams.
Texas Association of Vietnam Veterans
The Texas Association of Vietnam Veterans is a nonprofit organization whose membership is composed of not only Vietnam Veterans, but other veterans from other wars, including World War II, Korean War, Desert Storm, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The goals and purpose are to help all veterans and military members, regardless of war or branch of service - whether they are on active duty, retired, or disabled - by assisting the veteran community.
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs (THSD) is a nonprofit organization that trains dogs for injured OEF and OIF veterans who have lost their hearing or lost the use of either their arms or legs. The organization rescues the dogs from animal shelters and then trains them at their facility. The dog and the cost of training are underwritten by THSD as is the education and the preparation the veteran receives for one week at their facility in Austin and 13 weeks at the veteran's home when they receive their dog. For more information and to see if you qualify for this program call 877-TEX-DOGS (877-839-3647) or email sheri@servicedogs.org.
USA Cares Inc.
USA Cares Inc exists to provide military families with financial support and other critical resources in their time of need. They will respond to every request, and a written reply will be sent to each requestor thanking them for their sacrifice and explaining the decision of USA Cares in regards to whether or not the requested assistance can be provided.
U.S. Veterans Initiative
U.S. VETS is the largest nonprofit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans, and is a nationally recognized leader in the field of service delivery to veterans.
Its mission is successful reintegration of homeless and at-risk veterans. U.S. VETS provides housing in conjunction with clinical counseling and employment assistance. Additionally, coordinating services with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other partners brings in resources that foster the skills necessary for every veteran to return to the community, remain self-sufficient, and break the cycle of homelessness.
U.S. Navy Armed Guard WWII Veterans
The U.S. Navy Armed Guard WWII Veterans Association was formed approximately 17 or 18 years ago by C. A. Lloyd. Mr. Lloyd has served as chairman since the association's inception. The association issues a newsletter called "The Pointer," usually quarterly. A national reunion is held each year.
The organization has a list of ships served on by many Armed Guards and a computer program that searches the database and prints a free personal report showing matches of the requestor's ship with all other ships in the database.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The Veterans of Foreign Wars has a rich tradition of enhancing the lives of millions through its community service programs and special projects. From providing free phone cards to our nation's active-duty military personnel to raising money for the World War II memorial, VFW is there, "honoring the dead by helping the living."
Vets4Vets
Vets4Vets is a noon-partisan veterans' peer support organization dedicated to helping Iraq and Afghanistan veterans heal from any negative aspects of service and war. Vets4Vets pays A: expenses for OIF/OEF vets to fly to weekend peer support workshops.
Vietnam Veterans Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Vietnam Veterans Foundation of Texas (VVFT) fosters, encourages, and promotes the improvements and social welfare of Vietnam veterans and their dependents; assists homeless and unemployed veterans; maintains a scholarship for the children of Texas veterans; funds programs designed to bring relief to veterans who suffer from drug or alcohol abuse; and develops channels of communication that assist veterans in maximizing self-realization and enhancing self-fulfillment.
Vietnam Veterans of America
Founded in 1978, Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) is the only national Vietnam veterans organization congressionally chartered and exclusively dedicated to Vietnam-era veterans and their families. VVA is organized as a not-for-profit corporation and is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.
VVA's goals are to promote and support the full range of issues important to Vietnam veterans, to create a new identity for this generation of veterans, and to change public perception of Vietnam veterans. VVA has more than 50,000 members, 46 state councils, and 630 local chapters. Special programs include:
- aggressively advocating on issues important to veterans;
- seeking full access to quality health care for veterans;
- identifying the full range of disabling injuries and illnesses incurred during military service;
- holding government agencies accountable for following laws mandating veterans health care;
- creating a positive public perception of Vietnam veterans;
- seeking the fullest possible accounting of America's POWs/MIAs;
- supporting the next generation of America's war veterans; and
- serving communities.
Vet to Vet
Vet to Vet assists disabled veterans in transitional care and VA hospitals by hosting events and fundraisers that provide veterans and their families with a sense of community and appreciation.
Vet to Vet provides 4,000 gifts to 1,600 patients each Christmas, as well as hosting monthly bingo games and barbecues throughout the year.
Vet to Vet hosts fundraisers to support Texas VA hospitals and hopes to open a chapter in all 162 VA hospitals across the country. Additionally, the organization is building homes on land near VA hospitals that will accommodate veterans and their families free of charge during their rehabilitation.
Veteran Aid and Assistance
The Aid and Attendance (A&A) Special Pension provides benefits for veterans and surviving spouses who require the regular attendance of another person to assist in eating, bathing, dressing and undressing or taking care of the needs of nature. It also includes individuals who are blind or a patient in a nursing home because of mental or physical incapacity. Assisted care in an assisting living facility also qualifies.
