Local Community Resources

The Veteran’s Closet provides resources to Veterans and their family members who have been affected by poverty, homelessness, or tragedy.

The Foundation for Women Warriors (Formerly Military Women In Need) is a unique support organization created exclusively for the women veteran community of Southern California. We provide essential programs to empower the resiliency and professional development of Women Warriors. Every step is dedicated to supporting these outstanding women to navigate obstacles and realize their maximum potential after their service career.

The San Diego Women Veterans Network (SDWVN) creates belonging and community for women veterans. They also engage service providers for women Veterans for collaboration and create a network of support for women Veterans in San Diego. The SDWVN president is a WoVeN trainer.

Veteran Family Wellness Center (VFWC) is part of a unique partnership between the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS). They provide a range of wellness services, including individual, couple and family resilience programming; events and workshops; and quality referrals to mental health care and other resources. The center also provides fun recreational activities designed to promote family and child well‐being in the adjacent garden. The VFWC is open to veterans and their families for both drop-in and scheduled services during family-friendly hours.

Women Veterans Alliance’s mission is to create a community both online and off-line including local women veteran networking groups, community events and national conferences world-wide which provide opportunities to connect and grow.

The California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) works to serve California veterans and their families. Their mission is to serve and honor all California veterans by connecting them and their families with their earned benefits through education, advocacy and direct services. California is home to nearly 145,000 women who served in our U.S. military. CalVet’s Women Veterans Division recognizes that women served in every major U.S. conflict and in peacetime since our Revolutionary War and are owed a great debt of gratitude.

The mission of the Connecticut Veterans Legal Center is to help veterans recovering from homelessness and mental illness overcome legal barriers to housing, healthcare and income.

My Seester Organization strives to open the communication on benefits as well as issues that concern the female veteran population. The organization recognizes the lack of programming that impacts women and girls in South Florida. My Seester Organization is headquartered in South Florida and focuses its energy on filling the void of resources for female Veterans.

Northeast Florida Women Veterans recognizes that many women veterans transition well and go on to be very successful in their lives. There are also women veterans who have not handled transition well or things have happened beyond their control and now find themselves needing a little help. Their staff is dedicated to help meet those needs. Women are the fastest-growing community of military veterans and are subject to the same challenges as male Veterans: PTSD, MST, high divorce rate, health issues, and even homelessness; however, the challenges for women go beyond those. Often childcare, domestic violence, gender discrimination, and other issues, push their needs beyond the normal transition challenges. The team at Northeast Florida Women Veterans is working daily with community partners to ensure that women veterans are no longer the “Invisible Veterans.”

Georgia Military Women is a social and professional networking club which covers the entire state of Georgia. There are about 2,500 members who share information and friendships. The group uses a wellness approach to helping women veterans transition home to the civilian world. The group is not a 501(3)c, so there is not financial support available, but women in need are referred to local organizations. The group also helps with referrals for VA benefits and employment leads. The closed group is limited to women only, with the majority living in Georgia, but any military woman from any state is welcome to join.

The Georgia VECTR Center serves as a gateway for veterans’ re-entry into Georgia’s public postsecondary educational systems and workforce. The center was established by the state and is designed to serve veterans and their families through career counseling, educational coaching, workforce training and more. The VECTR Center provides unique, accelerated programs in high demand and strategic industries tailored to abbreviate the process of receiving post-secondary certificates and degrees by recognizing the extensive training veterans receive during their military service.

VETLANTA is a club operated exclusively for veteran social and business networking and community service purposes. The club’s mission is to make Atlanta the premier community in the country for veterans and their families to work and live, with the purpose of helping veterans. VETLANTA works to improve the city of Atlanta by helping those that serve Atlanta’s military community.

The mission of National Women Veterans United (NWVU) is to ensure that women veterans are made aware of and have access to information regarding their VA benefits and entitlements, including current or pending legislation that impacts those benefits. The group places special emphasis on at-risk and homeless women veterans to ensure that they have safe and immediate housing or shelter. The group advocates for improved service delivery and adequate services for women veterans in federal, state, city and county services. They monitor existing services, delivery and distribution of housing HUD VASH Vouchers. They also extend military leadership skills to community youth programs.

The Veterans Law Unit represents veterans and their family members when they cannot afford an attorney in cases involving VA benefits, Massachusetts Veterans’ Services Benefits, discharge upgrades and estate planning matters. The group strives to help veterans and their families attain the maximum degree of stability and financial well-being. They also provide legal education trainings to community groups and service providers on topics relevant to veterans. The Veterans Law Unit is the primary vehicle through which LSC serves the legal needs of veterans; however, it is not the only way LSC helps veterans who have unmet legal needs. Four other LSC projects focus either exclusively or substantially on representing veterans.

Veterans Inc.’s mission is to be there for veterans and their families in their time of need, with the ultimate goal of ending homelessness among veterans. The group aims to help veterans regain self-sufficiency through the provision of
holistic supportive services, including housing, employment and training, case management, food security, health and wellness, family support programs, and women and childcare services.

The Veterans One-stop Center of WNY is a 501(c)(3) non-profit providing supportive services to Veterans and their families in a convenient, single location. The center empowers veterans to achieve economic success, housing stability and emotional health and well-being by offering a wide holistic range of social and health services needed to complete the transition from military to civilian life. Veterans One-stop Center of WNY provides barrier-free access in the comfort of a “home base” environment that is always welcoming, affirming and responsive to the needs of veterans and their families. Any veteran, regardless of status, is eligible for services.

University of Pennsylvania Servicemembers and Veterans Legal Assistance Project (SVLAP) is a student pro bono organization that seeks to provide Philadelphia’s veterans and servicemembers with legal resources and information, and to facilitate representation of these individuals in their civil legal matters. SVLAP was founded in the Spring of 2011, when Class of 2013 students Alisan VanFleet, Melissa Krain, Rachel Levick, and Max Rosenberg began searching for ways in which Penn Law students could volunteer to serve the Philadelphia veteran community. With help and supervision from the Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC), SVLAP has grown to include over 20 student volunteers and serves local veterans through a number of volunteer projects.

The Women Veterans Center’s (WVC) mission is to provide services, programs, opportunities and advancement to US Veterans and their families. The WVC just celebrated its five year anniversary.

At Ease Texas creates a safe space where women of military experience and women in the local community find common ground through connection, support and growth that promote collective service.

Empowering women to achieve economic independence by providing:

• A Network of Support
• Professional Attire
• Development Tools

to help women thrive in work and life.

Goodwill Houston helps veterans as they re-integrate into the civilian labor market after military service or overcome other barriers to employment. The organization serves all military veterans, regardless of discharge status or time in service. Other programs affiliated include: Veterans’ Employment and Training Services (VETS), which helps all veterans with employment and training resources; Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) which provides qualifying veterans with employment, training, and wrap-around services; Operation: Good Jobs (OGJ), which combines employment services with family financial strengthening services for veterans and their households; and VETS – Galveston, which helps all military veterans residing in Galveston County with employment and training resources.

Grace After Fire provides support for and helps women veterans of the United States military who are returning from active duty so that they can re-engage as mothers, wives and daughters in civilian life.

The mission of the Texas Veterans Commission is to advocate for and provide superior service to Veterans that will significantly improve the quality of life for all Texas veterans, their families and survivors.

The Virginia Veteran & Family Support Program (VVFS) provides resource referrals, care coordination, and supportive services to Virginia’s Veterans, National Guard, Armed Forces Reserves, family members and caregivers. The program’s supportive peer and family services are focused on helping individuals identify, address and successfully resolve presenting needs and challenges, with special emphasis on challenges resulting from stress related conditions or traumatic brain injuries connected to military service.