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Where Vets and theirs supporters build community online.
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Mosaic Multicultural Foundation will be facilitating Voices of Vets programs periodically around the country. Please check the schedule on their website for information.
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This is the website of Dr. Ed Tick, author of War and the Soul. He also leads healing retreats for veterans and community members. Please see his website for details and schedules.
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A resource for severely injured vets and families.
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Great resource for Vets, esp. in San Francisco Bay Area.
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Peggy Rubin's website.
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Women Vets and Native American vets, Service Women's Action Network and Turtle Women Rising.
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Resource website for vets and families.
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Buckhorn Springs is in a peaceful, rustic setting providing a unique environment nestled in its own small valley with a year-round creek, old oaks, Ponderosa Pines, tall aromatic cedars and open meadows.? Ideal for group gatherings.
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Retreats for Vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Located in the San Francisco area, the retreats for vets are completely free of charge. Other programs offer support for families, women, care givers of veterans, etc.
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A fantastic list of programs for OIF and OEF veterans.
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Grants Pass Vet Center 211 S.E. 10th St. Grants Pass, OR 97526 541-479-6912
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Completely free of charge, including travel within the US, an intensive outdoor program for OIF and OEF vets.
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We are a group of licensed mental health professionals who offer free psychological treatment to military service members (active duty, National Guard, Reserves and veterans) who have served or who expect to serve in OEF and/or OIF.
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Retreats for veterans led by Gene McMahon, Vietnam Vet. Very powerful program.
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Huge resources website
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This is a really good website for vets and family members. They are collecting stories and providing a place for connecting. Jenny, who created this, is another civilian who cares.
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Veterans program, writing, creative programs, etc.
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This website is dedicated to the raising of awareness of the Plight of our Veterans trying to get help through the VA system! And to educate the American Public to the existence of the Vet Center program with the intent of procuring additional funding
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Great veterans resource, PTSD and a lot of other links.
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Excellent interactive website for vets, families, friends of vets.
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Great website by two vets with PTSD and a great ability to articulate their experience. Very supportive of vets and families.
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Supporting the Relocation, Travel, and Lifestyle Needs of the American Military Family
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One of several sites resulting from the work of Nadia McCaffrey, Gold Star mother of Patrick McCaffrey, who was killed in Iraq on June 22, 2004. Nadia is a force who is a major friend to all vets and their families.
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Texas based program bringing musicians together around veterans. Some great music on the site and a very cool project
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T Shirts with original art designed in support of veterans around the nation. Purchase on line, proceeds for vets.
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Brings veterans to the country, teaches skills, provides temporary housing and training. An excellent program and worth a look.
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A great example of the community (in this case, farmers) joining together with returning veterans to give purpose, training and meaningful direction.
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Counseling resources for members of the military and their families. Free and confidential.
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Incredible website to connect vets, both with each other and with jobs, opportunities around the country.
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A site hosted by our friend, Andrew Wilson, a veteran of Vietnam and Afghanistan, and a friend to all vets, esp. in Utah
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John is a Vietnam Vet who works with Ed Tick and leads trips back to Vietnam for Veterans, Families and Friends. A good guy who knows his stuff. Trip details on his site.
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Two women, one ex army, both wives of deployed service men - A very personal and supportive site for family members and interested friends.
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A really good web site about a program in the UK that is raising a lot of money to support wounded veterans in England. Very inspiring.
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Wonderful site and blog for vets from (primarily) Canada. The author has a big heart and is doing great work.
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She wrote Moving a Nation to Care - This site has a huge resource list and articles, etc. Tremendous resource.
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Services for Vets, housing, mental health, jobs, etc.
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Outreach and support for all veterans, on many levels. Lots of news about current programs, events, etc. They have been around since 1944
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Valley Forge Village - a project that has the potential to provide a unique place for military service members, veterans and their families to heal, to learn new skills and enhance their inherent resiliency.
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On going study on positive effects of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) for working with PTSD. Looks extremely promising
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This is the Coalition for Iraq + Afghanistan Veterans website. Fantastic resource list of others working with OEF< OIF Vets and Families
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Site by and for family members of deployed service members.
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Chapters all over the country. See their site for local listings
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Iraq Veterans organization, also national
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A really inspiring site - based on the understanding that veterans' mission continues when they get home - they have something deep and different to offer. Great site.
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Helping American Veterans Endure, H.A.V.E. works with the VA to prevent veteran suicides due to PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, by facilitating workshop programs in Music, Creative Writing, Humor, and Art.
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Excellent site, very interactive, lots of news and a huge resource data base, especially for vets.
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Silver Star Families of America, "shining for sacrifice, honoring wounded, ill and dying members of our Armed Forces, and bringing remembrance to those so deserving of our thanks."
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National organization for wounded Vets, tremendous resource for news, benefits information, etc.
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Just what the name says - a group of Moms in support of vets and their families. They are offering some great stuff!
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A phone stress line for veterans only. Available 24/7 for vets struggling with PTSD, suicidality, benefits issues, etc.
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The Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans (CIAV) is a national non-partisan partnership of organizations committed to working with and on behalf of all military, veterans, families, and survivors.
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A great site for all issues dealing with Military Sexual Trauma, founded by Susan Avila Smith
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Great list of resources for returning Vets and families. Page opens to lots of others.
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These are incredibly moving poems by the wife of a deployed soldier, a clear voice about life at "home" by Amalie Flynn
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I am the Founder & CEO Of PTS Treatment, LLC. I am an alternative clinician and therapist who brings balance and normalcy into the lives of people with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Chronic Disease. When You Life Matters, We Listen! -- Fuzzy Manning P
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This is a page specifically aimed at military families and kids, and the issues of moving, deployment and relationships that are core experiences of the current military.
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* When Johnny and Jane come Marching Home: How all of us can help Veterans, by, Paula J. Caplan, Ph.D, Fellow, Women and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School, Harvard University (www.whenjohnnyandjanecomemarching.weebly.com)
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