Service Resources

 
• AbleData
  Phone: 800-227-0216
  Website: www.abledata.com
  AbleData provides objective information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources to consumers, organizations, professionals, and caregivers within the United States.
• After Deployment
  Phone: 866-966-1020
  Website: www.afterdeployment.org
  AfterDeployment.org is a wellness resources for the military community. It includes a variety of topics including the National Suicide Hotline and outreach chat.
• America's Heroes at Work
  Phone: 866-487-2365
  Website: www.americasheroesatwork.gov
  America's Heroes at Work is a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) project that addresses the employment challenges of returning service members living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and/or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  Phone: 800-638-8255
  Website: www.asha.org
  The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 140,000 members and affiliates who are speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
• American Veterans with Brain Injuries
  Phone: Not listed
  Website: www.avbi.org
  American Veterans with Brain Injuries (AVBI) is an online resource for American veterans who have suffered a brain injury and their families.
• The Arms Forces
  Phone: 419-491-1555
  Website: www.thearmsforces.org
  The Arms Forces provides education and programs that allow a veteran with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder to be more easily understood and live a higher quality of life.
• Blinded Veterans Association
  Phone: 202-371-8880
  Website: www.bva.org
  The Blinded Veterans Association (BVA) was established specifically to help veterans and their families meet and overcome the challenges of blindness.
• Brain Injury Association of America
  Phone: 703-761-0750
  Website: www.biausa.org
  Founded in 1980, the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is the leading national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals who are touched by a life-altering, often devastating, traumatic brain injury (TBI).
• Brain Injury Association of West Virginia
  Phone: 304-400-4506
  Website: www.biausa.org/WVirginia
  The Brain Injury Association of West Virginia provides support, resources, and information to West Virginia Brain Injury survivors and their families.
• Brain Injury Network
  Phone: 707-544-4323
  Website: www.braininjurynetwork.org
  Founded in 1998, the Brain Injury Network is a non-profit advocacy organization operated for and by survivors of acquired brain injury (ABI).
• Brain Injury Partners
  Phone: Not listed
  Website: http://free.braininjurypartners.com
  The Brain Injury Partners program was created by a team of researchers, software developers and web designers at the Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc. (ORCAS), in Eugene, Oregon.
• Brain Trauma Foundation
  Phone: 212-772-0608
  Website: www.braintrauma.org
  The Brain Trauma Foundation was founded to improve the outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients by developing best practice guidelines, conducting clinical research, and educating medical personnel.
• Career Center at the Military Severely Injured Center
  Phone: 888-774-1361
  Website: www.military.com/support
  The Career Center provides links to Veteran-friendly employers, resume building and skill translation tools, and Veteran specific benefits, health care, and more.
• Center for Excellence in Disabilities at West Virginia University
  WV Traumatic Brain Injury Program
  Phone: 877-724-8244
  Website: www.tbi.cedwvu.org
  The Center for Excellence in Disabilities Traumatic Brain Injury Services provides resource coordination, education and training, technical assistance, linkage, Funds for You, and information to TBI survivors.
• Center for Women Veterans
  Phone: 800-827-1000
  Website: www1.va.gov/womenvet
  Center for Women Veterans is the primary advisor to the secretary of Veterans Affairs on all matters related to policies, legislation, programs, issues, and initiatives affecting women veterans.
• Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program's Wounded Service Member Initiative
  Phone: 703-681-8813
  Website: http://cap.tricare.mil
  The Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) increases access to information and works to remove barriers to employment opportunities by eliminating the costs of assistive technology and accommodation solutions.
• Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health & Traumatic Brain Injury
  Phone: 877-291-3263
  Website: www.dcoe.health.mil
  The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) was created in November 2007 to be the open front door of the Department of Defense for warriors and their families needing help with psychological health and traumatic brain injury issues.
• Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
  Phone: 202-782-6345
  Website: http://www.dvbic.org
  The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their beneficiaries, and veterans with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs).
• Disabled American Veterans
  Phone: 877-426-2838
  Website: www.dav.org
  Disabled American Veterans provides free assistance in obtaining disabilities benefits and services earned through their military service. They also provide Veterans Information Seminars, Disaster Relief grants, and the Homeless Veterans Initiative.
• Disabled Sports USA
  Phone: 301-217-0960
  Website: www.dsusa.org
  Disabled Sport USA, a national nonprofit organization, was established in 1967 by disabled Vietnam veterans. DS/USA now offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent disability.
• Epilepsy Foundation
  Phone: 800-332-1000
  Website: www.epilepsyfoundation.org
  The Epilepsy Foundation of America is the national voluntary agency dedicated solely to the welfare of the almost 3 million people with epilepsy in the U.S. and their families.
• Family Caregiver Alliance
  Phone: 415-434-3388
  Website: http://caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp
  Founded in 1977, Family Caregiver Alliance was the first community-based nonprofit organization in the country to address the needs of families and friends providing long-term care at home.
• Give an Hour
  Phone: Not listed
  Website: www.giveanhour.org
  Give an Hour is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of the troops and families affected by the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The program is asking mental health professionals nationwide to literally give an hour of their time each week to provide free mental health services to military personnel and their families. The website includes a list of participating professionals.
• Homeless Veterans Treatment Programs
  Phone: 877-424-3838
  Website: www.va.gov/homeless/
  Offers a continuum of services to Veterans that include: outreach to homeless veterans, clinical assessment and referral for medical treatment, long term sheltered transitional assistance, case management, and rehabilitation, employment assistance, and supported permanent housing.
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
  Phone: 212-982-9699
  Website: www.iava.org/index.php
  The mission of this organization is to ensure the enactment of policies that properly provide for our Troops and Veterans, keep our military strong, and guarantee our national security.
• Marine for Life Injured Support
  Phone: 866-645-8762
  Website: www.m4l.usmc.mil
  The Marine for Life Injured Support program offers information and advocacy to injured Marines and sailors. The Traumatic Brain Injury link has information and resources for TBI patients and their families.
• Military OneSource
  Phone: 800-342-9647
  Website: www.militaryonesource.com
  The Military OneSource program provides information, resources, education, and various programs and opportunities to military members and their families. The organization also offers 12 free counseling sessions.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness
  Phone: 800-950-6264
  Website: www.nami.org/veterans
  NAMI provides a Veteran's resource center to help support active duty military, veterans, and their families facing mental illness such as depression and PTSD.
• The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Phone: 802-296-6300
  Website: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov
  A special center within Veterans Affairs that has its mission to advance the clinical care and social welfare of America's veterans through research, education, and training in the science, diagnosis, and treatment of PTSD and stress disorders.
• National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV)
  Phone: 800-VET-HELP (838-4357)
  Website: www.nchv.org
  The resource and technical center for a National network of community-based service providers and local, state, and federal agencies that provide emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement, legal aid, and case management support.
• National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury
  Phone: 804-828-9055
  Website: http://www.nrc.pmr.vcu.edu/
  The mission of the National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury (NRCTBI) is to provide relevant, practical information for professionals, persons with brain injury, and family members.
• National Resource Directory
  Phone: 800-342-9647
  Website: www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov
  The National Resource Directory provides information and resources for Wounded Warriors and their families. Resources on benefits and compensation, education and training, employment, family and caregiver support, health, homelessness assistance, housing, transportation and travel, and other services and support.
• Navy Safe Harbor
  Phone: 877-746-8563
  Website: www.npc.navy.mil/CommandSuppoert/SafeHarbor
  The Navy Safe Harbor program provides information and resources on programs offered through the VA and DoD for severely injured service members.
• Project Victory
  Phone: 713-877-0489
  Website: www.tirrfoundation.org/victory.asp
  Project Victory is a brain injury rehabilitation program developed specifically to treat US military service members who have sustained a TBI. They provide soldiers with access to a brain injury rehabilitation program at no cost to the service member.
• Real Warriors Campaign
  Phone: 866-966-1020
  Website: www.realwarriors.net
  The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their families.
• Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Integration of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury
  Phone: 713-630-0526
  Website: www.tbicommunity.org
  The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Community Integration of Persons with TBI seeks to make available information, resources, and services that maximize participation of people with TBI in their communities. The center focuses on all aspects of community integration, including traditionally under-emphasized areas such as friendship, intimacy, and creative expression.
• Sesame Street Workshop--Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments, Homecomings, Changes
  Phone: 212-595-3456
  Website: www.sesameworkshop.org
  In recognition of the contributions made by the United States Armed Forces, Sesame Workshop presents its bilingual educational outreach initiative, Talk, Listen, Connect, designed for military families and their young children to share.
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  Phone: 877-SAMHSA-7 (726-4727)
  Website: www.samhsa.gov/vets
  SAMHSA provides resources for returning veterans and their families. The site includes a mental health services provider locator map with directory and a substance abuse treatment facility locator map with directory.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: The Journey Home
  Phone: 719-333-7565
  Website: www.traumaticbraininjuryatoz.org
  Traumatic Brain Injury: The Journey Home is a CEMM web resource on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), including information for patients, family members, and caregivers.
• U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program
  Phone: 877-393-9058
  Website: www.aw2.army.mil
  The US Army Wounded Warrior Program providers support, information, and advocacy for severely injured soldiers and their families. The site has resource information, and links to other websites. It provides information to help soldiers transition from military to the civilian community.
• VA Polytrauma Center
  Phone: 800-827-1000
  Website: www.polytrauma.va.gov
  Polytrauma care is for veterans and returning service members with injuries to more than one physical region of their body which results in physical, cognitive, psychological, or psychosocial impairments and functional disability. The system of care includes 4 Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers , 21 Polytrauma Network sites, and Polytrauma Support Clinic teams.
• Veterans and Families
  Phone: 916-422-5005
  Website: www.veteransandfamilies.org
  Veterans and Families provides help to families, employers, and communities with Homecoming Veterans who are transitioning to civilian life. They provide guides that help families and Veterans address the emotional and psychological readjustment needs of coming home.
• Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW)
  Phone: 816-756-3390
  Website: www.vfw.org
  The VFW has many programs that support Veterans, those currently serving in the military, and families through a variety of programs: National Veteran Service, National Legislative Services, National Military Services.