Veterans Crisis Line: The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis and their families and friends with qualified, caring Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline, online chat, or text. Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1, chat online, or send a text message to 838255 to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Support for deaf and hard of hearing individuals is available.
Cover Me Vets: Cover Me Veterans™ seeks to intervene in the act of suicide by placing a personally relevant and meaningful image on an individual’s firearm.This powerful reminder will strongly encourage the Veteran to think twice before ending his or her life. Cover Me Veterans™ will provide service members with the opportunity to have a relevant and meaningful image placed on their firearm free of charge.
VA Community Provider Toolkit: Community providers play an essential role in ensuring America’s Veterans receive the support they have earned. The purpose of this toolkit is to link community providers with information and resources that are relevant to Veteran’s health and well-being. This toolkit supports the behavioral health and wellness of Veterans receiving services outside the VA health care system. Resources include information on screening for military service, handouts and trainings to increase knowledge about military culture and mini-clinics focused on relevant aspects of behavioral health and wellness.
Dryhootch An organization formed by Veterans to insure our newest generation of warriors and their families get the support they deserve. Provides peer support, outreach, legal help, help for families, mobile tools, support groups and more.
Wisconsin County Veterans Service Offices and Tribal Veterans Services: The County Veterans Service Officers Asociation of Wisconsin (CVSO) is an organization of professional veterans advocates. In Wisconsin the CVSO plays a critical role in the veteran's advocacy system and is often the initial contact in the community for veteran’s services. The CVSO provides a vital and efficient system of services and advocacy to veterans, their dependents, and survivors.
Transgender American Veterans Association The Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) is a grassroots organization that advocates for the equality of transgender veterans and active duty service members to receive fair and equal treatment in areas such as healthcare, benefits, and open transgender military service. TAVA helps veterans change their name and gender within the Department of Veteran affairs, update their DD 214 name and characterization of discharge, and provide services such as our transgender support locator, which offers local support for transgender persons. TAVA is committed to equal rights for all veterans.
Understanding Child Suicide for Military Parents: A Factsheet This guide from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network offers military parents information about military youth suicide. This fact sheet includes information about suicide and military youth, how to talk to your child about suicide, warning signs that your child may be experiencing suicidal thoughts and helpful responses by age group, as well as evidence-based treatments for suicidal youth, and how to address your needs as a parent.
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