HEALING & SUPPORT

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General Veteran & Family Resources

The official website of the Department of Defense
provides links to the home pages of each of the services and other Defense-related sites.

The official site of the Department of Veterans Affairs
with links for a wide variety of resources.

Veterans' Counseling Services
Vet Centers provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to all veterans who served in any combat zone. Services are also available for family members for military-related issues.

Center for Women Veterans
is a center within the Department of Veterans Affairs that ensures that women veterans receive benefits and services on a par with male veterans, without discrimination.

Disabled American Veterans
works to build better lives for America’s disabled veterans.

Military Order of the Purple Heart
is community of combat wounded veterans.

MAPsite
is sponsored by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Community and Family Policy and its offices. This site offers information and tools for military members and their families in such family support areas as relocation, employment and financial management.

Armed Services YMCA
provides services and programs to young enlisted military members and their families.

NMFA
is a national organization dedicated to identifying and resolving issues affecting military families.

National Veterans Foundation
provides a toll-free number that veterans in need of assistance can call from anywhere in the country, free of charge, to receive individual referrals to services close to their own homes.

The American Legion
was chartered by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic, war-time veterans organization, devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is a not-for-profit community service organization that now numbers nearly 3 million members, men and women, in nearly 15,000 American Legion posts worldwide.

Veterans of Foreign Wars
was originally founded in 1899 as the American Veterans of Foreign Service.  The VFW continues to be a voice for veterans, currently deployed members of our Armed Forces and their families. The 2.4 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliaries are located in 8,500 VFW Posts around the world.

Gold Star Mothers of America
offers a variety of programs provided by a network of mothers who perpetuate the noble principles for which their children fought and died. 

American Gold Star Mothers
serves military widows/widowers whose spouses died while on active duty or from service-connected disabilities. 

TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc.)
serves the families and friends of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their country.

Operation Transition offers a registry and referral system for résumés of military and federal civilian personnel and their spouses who are separating from the military.

Department of Defense Web Portal for Military Transitioners
is a website designed specifically to assist service members leaving active duty.

Honoree Sgt. James Scaruffi and host Joe Mantgena (2006 National Memorial Day Concert)

REFLECTIONS

“I was so moved by last night’s [2007] presentation. I would like to know if there is some way I can write to some of the men and women in our Armed Forces in Iraq to let them know I am praying for them nightly. I pray also for their families – especially those who have lost someone that I may be free.”

Sister Kathleen Leary, SSJ
PA