Veterans Services:
Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline: Suicide Hotline for Vets: 1-800-273-8255 (press 1) The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has founded a national suicide prevention hotline to ensure veterans in emotional crisis have free, 24/7 access to trained counselors. To operate the Veterans Hotline, the VA partnered with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Veterans can call the Lifeline number, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), and press "1" to be routed to the Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline.
US Dept. of Veteran Affairs: http://www.gibill.va.gov/
Federal VA Benefits: WWW.VA.GOV
NJ Veterans’ Benefits: WWW.STATE.NJ.US/MILITARY
Atlantic County Veterans’ Services: http://www.aclink.org/Veterans/
Cape May County Veterans’ Bureau: http://www.capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e- Access/webpage.cfm?TID=5&TPID=453
Veteran Centers:
6601 Ventnor Avenue, Suite 302 Ventnor, NJ 08406 Phone: 800-461-8262 Fax: 609-823-3547
4005 Route 9 South Rio Grande, NJ 08242 Phone: 609-886-2762 Fax: 609-886-4161
National Mental Health Association 800-969-NMHA (6642)
National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness 800-444-7415
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-TALK (8255)
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 800-662-HELP (4357), 800-487-4889 (TDD), 877-767-8432 (Spanish)
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information 800-729-6686
Su Familia (a bilingual service of the Office of Minority Health Resource Center) 866-783-2645
National Center for PTSD: http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp Department of Transportation's Hotline for Air Travelers with Disabilities 1-800-778-4838 (voice) or 1-800-455-9880 (TDD)
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings: http://www.caigrp.org/ 609-641-8855 24 Hour Hotline: 1-800-604-HELP(4357)
Narcotics Anonymous Meetings: http://www.narcoticsanonymousnj.org/meetings/mtg_output_asc.asp Meetings and Information: 732-933-0462 Help Line: 1-800-992-0401 For more information about our Fellowship and Program of recovery, or to purchase Narcotics Anonymous literature, please visit Narcotics Anonymous World Service web site at http://www.na.org.
For information about assistance for family members and friends of addicts, please contact Nar- Anon at 877-424-4491 or 800-238-2333 (in NJ), or check their web site at http://www.naranonofnj.org
Al-Anon: For meeting information call 1-888-425-2666, Monday – Friday 8am-6pm ET. http://www.nj-al-anon.org/meetings.htm
Veteran Students Need Your Attention
While most veterans return from deployment without problems, some have exhibited Mental Health issues. This website is to help campus professionals learn more about the challenges and problems our veteran students are facing and how you can help them with the available VA resources and services. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
VA training for college and university staff: http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/College/
Resources for Veteran Students & their families
ULifeline*
ULifeline is an anonymous, confidential, online resource center, where college students can be comfortable searching for the information they need and want regarding mental health and suicide prevention. ULifeline is available where college students seek information the most - at their fingertips on the Internet. Half of Us*
Did you know that nearly half of all college students reported feeling so depressed that they couldn’t function during the last school year? More than that have faced an emotional problem of some sort. Through Half of Us, mtvU and The Jed Foundation want to initiate a public dialogue to raise awareness about the prevalence of mental health issues on campus and connect students to the appropriate resources to get help. View a video of stories of veterans who have made the transition from the battlefield to the classroom. Filmed by MTV, and featuring four veteran students, this clip highlights the emotional challenges faced by these individuals in their adjustment to life back home and the importance of finding support.
Student Vets Speak Out*
Students who served in the Iraq War speak out about the emotional challenges of adjusting to life back at home and the importance of finding support.
Post Deployment Adjustment Information for Veterans and their Families
For veterans, their friends and families, the return home is often just the first step in a longer re- adjustment process. This site provides resources on a wide range of issues to help vets following deployment, topics such as transitioning to life at home, uncovering signs of emotional problems, and dealing with war trauma.
VA OEF/OIF website
This is a new VA website designed to provide returning service members (OEF/OIF veterans) with information about VA benefits, including such topics as What Can VA Do for Me? How Do I get Help? Welcome Home & Outreach.
Safe Driving Manual*
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in veterans in the early years after returning from deployment. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Transportation, along with the Department of Defense, are combining forces to reduce the risk of motor vehicle crashes among veterans, particularly those returning from the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drinker’s Checkup*
The Drinker’s Check up is a program designed to help you develop a better understanding of your drinking including any risks that it could pose, consider whether you might want to change your drinking, and understand the ways you could change if you decide to.
VA/DoD National Resource Directory*
The National Resource Directory provides wounded, ill and injured Service Members and Veterans, their families, families of the fallen and those who support them with a web-based directory of valuable resources. It delivers information on, and access to, the full range of medical and non- medical services and resources needed to achieve their personal and professional goals across the transitions from recovery to rehabilitation to community reintegration.
Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families of Military Personnel
This guide is for services members and their families. It contains information to help military family members understand what to expect during the reintegration following time in a war zone, and to help them adapt back to home life with their loved one.
Helping a Family Member with PTSD
This fact sheet from the National Center for PTSD provides information to help family members understand PTSD, why it happened, how it is treated, and what you can do to help.
Student Veterans of America*
Student Veterans of America (SVA) is a coalition of student veterans groups from college campuses across the United States. SVA works to develop new student groups, coordinate between existing student groups, and advocate on behalf of student veterans at the local, state, and national level.
Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America*
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America is the nation’s first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the civilian supporters of those Troops and Veterans Online Community for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans*
A joint effort of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and the Ad Council, this site is designed as a resource to our nation’s newest Veterans.