GET HELP
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then PRESS 1
Text 838255
veteranscrisisline.net
24/7 confidential crisis support
You don’t have to be enrolled in VA benefits or healthcare to connect.
Service Women’s Action Network
24/7 Emergency Assistance Hotline for sexual assault
1-888-669-0907
One-on-one support from a trained support specialist- free and confidential.
National Sexual Assault Hotline
1-800-656-4673
Find VA locations
va.gov/find-locations
Locate a VA location or in-network community care provider.
There are numerous organizations nationwide that provide excellent services to veterans, active service members and their families. Below is a short list of services that not only assist with PTS, but other important areas of support.
General Mental Health
The Head Strong Project
theheadstrongproject.org/get-help
The Headstrong Project is a non-profit mental health organization providing confidential, barrier-free, stigma-free PTSD treatment for our veterans, service members, and family connected to their care. Headstrong’s network of trauma-informed clinical partners provide individualized, evident-based outpatient care.
Stop Solider Suicide
844.674.1060
stopsoldiersuicide.org
Stop Solider Suicide provides personalized, suicide-specific care to veterans and service members of all branches - at no cost to them - through ROGER, the wellness service of Stop Solider Suicide. Their website provides not only resources, but the latest groundbreaking research numbers.
Wounded Warrior Project (WWP)
877-832-6997
woundedwarriorproject.org
Veterans, active duty service members, and family members can register on the WWP website for access to their programs in areas like mental health, financial wellness, physical health, and peer and community connection.
Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memoires (RTM) Protocol
rtmassociation.clubexpress.com
RTM is a uniquely effective breakthrough treatment for PTSD created by Dr. Frank Bourke. You can learn more information and search for an RTM counselor on this site.
Healthcare & Benefits Navigation
AnCan Foundation Veterans Virtual Peer Support Group
VA/Tricare Healthcare and Benefits navigation to help veterans get the resources they need.
Free and drop-in, 4th Thursdays.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & TBI Info
TreatNow
Hyperbaric treatment resources for concussions, TBI & PTSD.
TreatNOW info line: 571-549-4268
treatnow.org
The TreatNOW Coalition is a nationwide network of veterans, doctors, clinicians, economists, and activists on a mission to save America’s veterans from the suicide and opioid epidemics. The Coalition promotes brain healing treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and connects veterans suffering from concussions, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with life-altering medicine. Its goal is to transition veterans from a lifetime of pain to a fulfilled, healthy, and robust life. Currently, TreatNOW has returned over 21,000 veterans, athletes, first responders, and citizens to work, school, or active duty.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy & TBI Info
TreatNow
Hyperbaric treatment resources for concussions, TBI & PTSD.
TreatNOW info line: 571-549-4268
treatnow.org
The TreatNOW Coalition is a nationwide network of veterans, doctors, clinicians, economists, and activists on a mission to save America’s veterans from the suicide and opioid epidemics. The Coalition promotes brain healing treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and connects veterans suffering from concussions, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with life-altering medicine. Its goal is to transition veterans from a lifetime of pain to a fulfilled, healthy, and robust life. Currently, TreatNOW has returned over 21,000 veterans, athletes, first responders, and citizens to work, school, or active duty.
Military Sexual Trauma
Protect Our Defenders (POD)
protectourdefenders.com
Protect Our Defenders is the pre-eminent national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence, victim retaliation, misogyny, sexual prejudice, and racism in the military and combating a culture that has allowed it to persist. We honor, support, and give voice to survivors of military sexual violence.
The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
202-798-5570
servicewomensactionnetwork.org
SWAN is the voice of women who have served or are currently serving in the military. A member-driven network dedicated to advocating, connecting, and supporting for the individual and collective needs of service women; past, present, and future.
Peer Support
Vets4Warriors
855-838-8255
vets4warriors.com
One of a kind, 24/7 confidential personalized peer support network. Originally supported by the National Guard Bureau and the U.S. Department of Defense, today Vets4Warriors operates independently of the U.S. military, complementing official government resources available to service members and veterans. Housed at the Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care National Call Center in New Jersey. Open to active duty, National Guard and Reserve service members, veterans, retirees, and their families/caregivers.
Womens Veteran Network
877-499-6836
wovenwomenvets.org
Women veterans supporting womens veterans. To provide a unique social network of women Veterans to foster connections and build relationships in local communities and across the nation.
Veteran Services NEW YORK specific
Black Veterans For Social Justice (BVSJ)
718-852-6004
bvsj.org
Only non-profit agency to date funded by the VA to reach NYC metropolitan area veterans at risk of suicide. BVSJ provides counseling, housing, employment, and veteran peer meetings that can make a difference for veterans on the edge in need of services. They can provide these services with or without the VA.
Veteran Services NORTH CAROLINA specific
Operation Angel Wing (OPAW)
704-929-9257
operationangelwing.org
OPAW is a non-profit organization that targets the individual needs of American veterans/first responses and their families suffering from the devastating effects of Post-Traumatic Stress. OPAW is dedicated to warriors, their families, and the communities they serve. Co-Founders Mary Millsaps and Zeke Vanderpool were featured in Final Fight: When the Trauma of War Comes Home.
Veteran Services SOUTH CALIFORNIA specific
Healing Wave Aquatics - San Diego
619-453-0953
healingwaveaquatics.org
Healing Wave Aquatics is a non-profit organization located in San Diego that provides 8 weeks of free or low-cost trauma-informed aquatic therapy to veterans, active duty military, and first-responders who are experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress, or have experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury or Military Sexual Trauma. The combination of warm water and practitioner expertise help inspire the key benefits of trust and calm. Our promise is to introduce the benefits of an aquatic therapy program to help alleviate trauma from body and mind.