Health and Wellness
Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2)
1-800-581-9437
Army Wounded Warrior Program
Support programs for wounded soldiers who incurred an injury or illness after
10 September 2011 or in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT)
http://www.aw2portal.com/Default.aspx
Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2)
1-800-237-1336
Blinded Veterans Association
Field Service Program, Volunteer Services Program and Scholarship Program
2-800-669-7079
http://www.bva.org
Call Center for Homeless Vets
For vets that maybe losing there home and in need of immediate
assistance from VA
P: 1-877-424-3838
www.va.gov/homeless/national callcenter.asp
Deployment Health & Family Readiness Library
Online deployment cycle support resources
written in “plain English.”
http://deploymenthealthlibrary.fhp.osd.mil
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Chapter 17, Hammond, Indiana
Commander Tom Cooper
219-922-8782
Email: capncoop@aol.com
Foreign Medical program
1-888-820-1756
Health Care
1-877-222-8387
Health Care Eligibility
www.va.gov/healtheligibility
Indiana Veterans Behavioral Health Network, IVBHN
Focus on support/increased access (for veterans in rural areas) to veterans’
behavioral health services. Provided at the Roudebush VA Medical center
http://www.ivbhn.org
Joint Family Resource Center (JFRC)
No-cost, on demand, confidential counseling and
referral services, educational programs and materials
to support command sponsored deployment, personal
finance and transition programs. Command leaders
should call:
1-888-256-9920
http://jfsap.mhf.dod.mil/request
Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment
1-877-4USMCWW / 1-877-487-6299
Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.va.gov
Military & Family Life Consultant Program
Supporting Service Members and their families
Joyce Smith, LMFT 317-605-9575
My Healthy Vet
www.myhealtheVet.va.gov
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
A free 24 hour hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or
emotional distress
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
Pets Empowering Patriots
A service dog therapy program with PTSD, TBI, and/or other disabilites
http://empoweringpatriots.org/
Prosthetics
www.prosthetics.va.gov
PTSD and TBI on the rise
http://www.truth-out.org
PTSD – Brain Injury Survivor’s Guide
http://www.braininjuryguide.org
PTSD and Dogs
http://www.cnn.com
PTSD and Relationships
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/family/ptsd-and-relationships.asp
Rapid Resolution Therapy
For more information, contact:
Michael Cortina, MSW, LCSW, LCSW, LCAC, Certified RRT
Director – Outpatient Services South
A division of Regional Mental Health Center
8555 Taft Street
Merrillville, IN
219-972-0131
http://www.army.mil/article/44335/rapid-resolution-therapy/
Readjusting Counseling Services
107 E. 93rd Ave
Crown Point Indiana
219-739-5633
www.vetcenter.va.gov
Health issues
1-800-749-8387
Pets N Vets
An innovative dog training class for Returning Veterans with PTSD
Phone: 219-996-4770
219-756-7035
219-956-4723
www.dunsdogtrainingclub.com
Star behavioral Health Providers
Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD)
1-800-829-4833
VA Healthcare
1-877-222-VETS (8387)
http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility
Brochure download
http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/library/pubs/healthcareoverview
VA Homefront
For help with housing, jobs, health care, education and other Veteran benefits
1-877-424-3838
www.va.gov/homeless
Vet Center
Services readjustment counseling, PTSD, AODA, Job counseling & Referral,
Benefits counseling & Referral, Individual/Couples/Family and group therapy
Bereavment counseling, Community education outreach, Service connected
disability claims on Thurs: 9-11am and Wed: 8am-1pm
P: 219-736-5633
Veterans Affairs Health Care Program
Primary care, specialized care and related medical and social support services
http://www.1.va.gov/HEALTH/index.asp
Wounded Warrior Resource Center
1-800-342-9647
http://www.WoundedWarriorResourceCenter.com
Wounded Warrior Resources
Ensures wounded, ill or injured receive
support throughout all phases of recovery.
www.warriorcare.mil
Yellow Ribbon Fund
Volunteers of Walter Reed and Bethesda Medical Centers help injured service
members enjoy their community through outreach activities and services
240-223-1180
http://www.YellowRibbonFund.com
