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The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Vet Center Program provides readjustment counseling and outreach services to combat veterans. All vet centers are community-based. They provide counseling on mental health and employment to combat veterans and their families - plus services on family issues, education, bereavement and outreach. They are staffed by small teams of counselors, outreach specialists and other specialists, many of whom are combat veterans themselves.
The Vet Center Program was established by Congress in 1979 in recognition that a significant number of Vietnam veterans were still experiencing readjustment problems. Today, all veterans who served in combat are eligible for care at a VA vet center at no cost, as are their families for military-related issues. Also eligible are veterans who were sexually assaulted or harassed while on active duty and the families of service members who die on active duty.

Currently, VA maintains 209 vet centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. To find the Vets Center nearest you: http://www.vetcenter.va.gov/

Posted on August 18th, 2007 by jill
Filed under: Healthcare