MilitaryVeteranResources

The NJ Governor's Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse has published a Resource Guide for Military, Veterans and Families. The resource guide is a comprehensive statewide guide addressing such issues as: health care, education, employment and training services, legal assistance, domestic violence, women's assistance programs, housing, medical assistance and substance abuse assistance.

View resource guide, here.

General Veteran Resources

New Jersey Department of Military and Affairs Resources
To view NJ Department of Military & Affairs Resources Offices, click here.

Know someone coming home and not sure how to help? Here's a site that can help - www.supportyourvet.org

U.S. Department of Veteran & Military

The goal of US Department of Veterans Affairs is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. The department's employees continue to offer their dedication and commitment to help veterans get the services they have earned. Learn more here.

Veterans Service Organizations

The goals of the Department of Veterans Affairs is to provide excellence in patient care, veterans' benefits and customer satisfaction. They have reformed the department internally and are striving for high quality, prompt and seamless service to veterans. For a comprehensive directory of veterans services, go here.

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents

Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
2008 Edition
To download as a Portable Document File, click here.

National Veterans Foundation

A national toll-free helpline staffed by fellow veterans, trained to listen, counsel and guide those in need to whatever services they require, no matter where or when they are needed. You've Been There, We've Been There. Don't Wait. Call us 888-777-4443. Visit NVF.org

VFW National Home for Children

The National Home's Military Family Program assists the children, or spouse with children of active-duty military, National Guard and Reserves during a period of deployment. If the "family plan" falls through, the National Home for Children can provide a temporary safe, secure and loving home for children or spouses with children on its village-like campus of homes during the deployment.

To learn more about the Military Family program or any of the other programs, please visit http://www.vfwnationalhome.org/programs_and_services/index.shtml. For help, please call the National Home Helpline at
(800) 312-4200.

Paying for Your Education

Operation Promise for Servicemembers
The Web Resource for Operation College Promise

Our Mission ... Serving Those Who've Served

Resources for Veterans

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
EMAIL US AT: info@operationcollegepromise.com

For New Jersey Military & Veteran Center
Locations Near You
Click here.

A Blue Star Service Banner displayed in the window of a home is an American tradition. The banner lets others know that someone in the home is proudly serving the U.S. Armed Forces. As Americans do their best to support Operation Iraq Freedom and the ongoing war on terror, the Blue Star Service Banner tradition reminds us all that war touches every neighborhood in our land.

To learn more about the Blue Star Family Support Program, click here.

The Coming Home Project offers FREE confidential programs for Iraq and Afghanistan service members, veterans and their families: residential retreats; psychological counseling; education, training, consultation and retreats for service providers. Learn more, here.

The death of a military loved one often means the loss of the military identity and the familiar military community. T.A.P.S. helps to provide a new support system - one that understands the military culture. For more information, visit www.TAPS.org.

New Army Transition Access Available:

ACAP Express is your new fast access to the Army's transition program (ACAP). You can use ACAP Express to register for pre-separation counseling, schedule a Transition Assistance Program (TAP) employment workshop, schedule Veterans Administration (VA) briefings, learn how to find a job, or connect with ACAP employment professionals for advice and support.

Anywhere you have Internet Access, you can use ACAP Express. For more information, visit the ACAP Express Website.

Soldier's Heart is a veterans' return and healing project addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of veterans, their families and communities. Soldier's Heart promotes and guides community-based efforts to heal the effects of war based on strategies presented in "War and the Soul" by Dr. Edward Tick.

Soldier's Heart, a project of International Humanities Center, is dedicated to our veterans' successful return. Learn more, here.

Transitioning Veteran is dedicated to helping veterans who have or are in the process of separating from the military and who are looking for information on veteran benefits. Transitioning Veteran is a website that helps guide veterans directly to useful links, when searching for information on education, work and medical benefits. Learn more, here.

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