Help for Veterans

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We hope you enjoy and receive some benefit from our site. With so many veterans needing help today the Veterans Administration has a hard time keeping up. We offer counseling, education, support and guidance for the many of you who need help now. Our family has many veterans from all branches of service and we realize the needs that families and loved ones alike want to ensure the best care of their veteran. Please browse the resources available here. We add new things all the time so check back often!

Veterans Statistics

*Deptartment of Veterans Affairs

**National Coalition for Homeless Veterans

Here is my husband, Jon and myself with our dear friend, Clyde McMahan who turned 90 on his birthday this past May. Clyde served his country in WWII along with his wife Lillian,who is now past on.

Welcome!

Did you know.......?

...that emotions are stored in the organs of our bodies?

...that stress can cause illness and pain?

...even happy events can cause you to feel anxious?

...feeling loss over a death is only one thing we can grieve?

...your family may need to get to know you all over again?

...confronting harmful behaviour is better than denying it?

...your likelyhood of having PTSD can form in childhood?

...laughter can relieve harmful stress?

...you are worth everything it takes to help you regain a life worth living!

Veterans Statistics

Total Veterans-23.5 million (1,744,580 are women)*

Total enrollees in VA Health Care System-7.9 million*

Total of 100% Disabled Veterans-249,904*

Total Veterans compensated for PTSD-299,672*

VA Medical Centers-153*

VA Outpatient Clinics-724*

VA Veterans Centers-208*

23% of Homeless Population are Veterans**

76% of homeless have addicition &/or mental illness**

600,000 backlog of veteran's disability claims

120 Veterans commit suicide each week