United Way of Southern Cameron County June 2014 Veteran United Way rof Southernesource Cameron County Directory United Way of Southern Cameron County May 2009 Resource Directory forMay 2009 StrengtheningResource FamiliesDirectory for StrengtheningInside p2 Social Connections Familiesp4 Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) and Child Care Management Services (CCMS) p5Inside Success By 6 p7p2 ParentalSocial Connections Resilience p4 Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) and Child Care Management Services (CCMS) p5 Success By 6 p7 Parental Resilience United Way of Southern Cameron County May 2009 Resource Directory for Strengthening Families Inside p2 Social Connections p4 Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) and Child Care Management Services (CCMS) p5 Success By 6 p7 Parental Resilience LIVE UNITED™ Rose Gomez Board of Directors Community Volunteer Steve Hoelscher, Chairman of Table of Contents Olga Gonzalez the Board Assistant Vice President, Rio Bank Chief Operating Officer, Valley Regional Medical Center Chad Hainley Cameron County Coalition for Veterans ................................. page 3 IBC Insurance Dahlia Aguilar, Vice Chairman of the Board Chris Heins Cameron County Veteran Service Office ............................... page 4 Principal, Lopez High School Peri-Operative Business Manager, Valley Regional Medical Center Tropical Texas Behavioral Health ............................................. page 5 Bea Lopez, Past Chair Unit Director, HEB Weslaco Eddy Hernandez Director, Customer & Information Tech- Cameron County Veterans Treatment Court Program ........... page 6 Claudia Cantu-Grimaldo, Trea- nology, surer Brownsville Public Utilities Board Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank VA Veterans Justice Outreach Program .................................. page 7 Dr. Rita Hernandez Bean & Patti Ayala, Campaign Assistant Superintendent, Brownsville ISD UTB Veterans Upward Bound ..................................................... page 8 Chairs James McCann Brownsville Convention & Director of Power Supply, Brownsville PUB UTB Veterans Resource Center ................................................. page 9 Visitors Bureau and Frost Bank Bertha Presas Emily Alpert Principal, Cummings Middle School TSC Veterans and Military Services .......................................... page 10 Clinical Operations Director, Brownsville Community Health Center Amanda Sampayo Saint Joseph Academy TSTC Veterans Center ................................................................ page 11 Maribel Baca Select Staffing, Business Development Bernardino Salinas Texas Veterans Commission at Texas Workforce Solutions .... page 12 Manager Keppel AmFELS Fernando Balli Al Villarreal Texas Veterans Leadership Program at Owner Balli Group Executive Vice President, IBC Bank Karen Betancourt Texas Workforce Solutions ......................................................... page 13 Assistant U.S. Attorney Child Care .................................................................................. page 14 VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System ............... page 15 Incoming Deborah Portillo Texas RioGrande Legal Aid ...................................................... page 16 President Board of Directors Portillo Chic, Inc. Office of Congressman Filemon Vela ...................................... page 17 for 2014-2015 Jaime Martinez Human Resources Manager Family Resilience ....................................................................... page 18 Arnold Galvan Port of Brownsville Campaign Chair Substance Abuse ....................................................................... page 19 Financial Professional, Judith P. Lucio AXA Advisors Attorney Hamilton & Lucio , PC GreenPath Debt Solutions ......................................................... page 20 Antonio Juarez CPA Patti Ayala Community Development Corporation of Brownsville & Juarez CPA, PLLC Senior Vice President/Community Leader Frost Bank U.S. Small Business Administration ........................................... page 21 Armando Sanchez General Manager Ronnie Rodriguez H-E-B Grocery Company Principal Emergency Assistance.............................................................. page 22 Los Fresnos High School Aging and Burial Benefits ......................................................... page 23 Omar Duque Staff Internship and Career Coordinator Veter- Traci Wickett ans Liaison President & CEO Mariana Whitley Tumlinson Coordinator Partners for Irene Hinojosa Postsecondary Success Finance Director Wendy De Leon Monica Davis Administrative Assistant/ Workplace Campaign and Volunteer Coordinator Engagement Coordinator Wendy Hanson Keren Arista Community Impact Director Financial Stability Coordinator Lynette Benavidez Early Childhood Jonathan Cruz Education Director Communications Support Specialist United Way of Southern Cameron County 634 East Levee Street Brownsville, Texas 78520 Tel. (956) 548-6880 Fax (956) 548-6906 www.liveunitedrgv.org 2 • 2014 United Way Southern Cameron County LIVE UNITED™ Cameron County Coalition for Veterans MISSION: The Cameron County Veterans Coalition was formed in Spring 2011 and has brought together social service providers to serve veterans and their families by convening, collaborating, mobilizing and advocating for the health, education, welfare and livelihood of those who have served in the military. The Coalition meets monthly and consists of individuals and veterans who represent United Way of Southern Cameron County, Department of Veteran Affairs, Workforce Solutions Cameron, University of Texas at Brownsville, Tropical Texas Behavioral Health, Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, Cameron County Veteran Services, City of Brownsville and Brownsville Housing Authority. Coalition Members: F United Way of Southern Cameron County F VA Texas Valley Costal Bend Health Care System F Cameron County District Attorney’s Office F Cameron County Veteran Service Office F Texas Veteran Commission F Texas Veterans Leadership Program at Texas Workforce Commission F Tropical Texas Behavioral Health F The University of Texas at Brownsville F UTB Veterans Upward Bound F UTB Veteran Resource Center F Texas Southmost College F TSC Military and Veteran Services F Office of Congressman Filemon Vela F City of Brownsville F U.S. Small Business Administration F Brownsville Chamber of Commerce In memory of F Family Endeavors Eugene “Gene” Allen; F Texas Army National Guard-Weslaco for his great service to F Behavioral Health Solutions of South Texas Veterans 2014 United Way Southern Cameron County • 3 LIVE UNITED™ Veterans Service Office “Just got home from service? Make this one of your first stops and get help with benefit enrollment.” The Cameron County Veterans Services Office is committed to render our community of veterans and their dependents with the utmost dedicated service. We welcome our veterans and their dependents to contact our office to make an appointment. The Cameron County Veterans Services Office is a small office with a big purpose; “To Serve the Heroes of Our Nation!” This office provides veterans, dependents and surviving spouses with the help needed in order to apply for the following: Education Home Loans All Information available Health Care Life Insurance All information related to veteran and retiree benefits are available at our Compensation Burial Benefits office. Please allow us to serve you with Pension Headstones and Markers the same dedication as you have served our country. Widow’s Pension Military upgrade Dependency and Military Service Our dedicated staff is here to serve you Indemnity Records on all corners of our great County of Compensation Retirees Cameron! 964 E. Harrison St. • Brownsville, TX 78520 1390 W. Expwy 83 • San Benito, TX 78586 956-544-0811 956-247-3550 document can be a copy or an original, but it must show Drivers License Veteran Designator that the veteran received an honorable discharge or a A Texas driver license or ID card may be provided free-of- general discharge (under honorable conditions). charge to a veteran of the United States Armed Forces if the veteran: Eligibility 1. Was honorably discharged To be eligible for the veteran designation, an individual 2. Has a service-related disability of at least 60 percent must be a veteran who was honorably discharged. 3. Receives compensation from the United States For this purpose, a veteran is someone who served in the: because of the disability 4. Is not subject to sex offender registration requirements • U.S. Army • Navy Verification of Veteran and Discharge Status • Air Force Veterans must visit a driver license office and present their • Coast Guard or Marine Corps DD-214, DD-215, NGB-22, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs • Texas National Guard (but not Texas State Guard), disability letter, or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Proof including the Texas Army and Air National Guard of Service/Verification of Honorable Service Card. The 4 • 2014 United Way Southern Cameron County LIVE UNITED™ Veteran Services: Services are available for veterans in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties returning from OEF or OIF in order to find coping skills and support as they adjust to a civilian life style. Counseling: Veterans and family counseling using Seeking Safety Treatment Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Treatment that is developed to address both Case Management: provides community resource trauma and substance abuse in a one to one coordination related to basic needs for Veterans or group setting: Some of the tops covered are: and their