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Veterans
Affairs Home
Montgomery
County Government does not endorse or assume responsibility
for any product, method, service or treatment listed
that is not a County program.
| Center
for Women Veterans - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Review
VA programs and services for women veterans, and assure that women
veterans receive benefits and services on par with male veterans,
encounter no discrimination in their attempt to access them, and
are treated with the respect, dignity, and understanding by VA service
providers. |
| Grace
Under Fire |
| E-mail: lindy@graceafterfire.org
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1-888-414-5974
(Toll Free)
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| Online
community where women can gather to anonymously address their issues
and concerns, including post traumatic stress disorder, substance
abuse, military sexual trauma, marital issues, reintegration challenges,
or depression. Live chat for women vets to talk with other vets
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Resource page has listing
of mental health, behavioral health, public, and private providers.
Also host an online classifieds where you can find free services,
donated items from the public, as well as coupons, discounts, free
household items, cars and clothing. |
| Military
Woman |
| Website
for women in the military, women contemplating military service,
and women veterans to share their views and experiences. |
| NAMI's
Veteran Resource Center |
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1-800-950-6264
(Information Helpline)
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| Gender-specifici
information, resources, and support specific to women. Also offer
resources on posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain
injury, public policy and legislation, veterans affairs and Veterans
Integrated Service Networks (VISNs), mental illness, information
for families, children, and spouses, multicultural resources,
suicide prevention, homelessness, and an online discussion group
and forum for veterans to connect. Individuals have to create a
free account in order to view these resources. |
| National
Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| E-mail: ncptsd@va.gov
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802-296-6300
(V)
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Women report
exposure to many different types of traumatic events, and are
especially likely to experience sexual assault in childhood, adulthood,
or both. Sexual assault is a type of trauma that often leads to
the onset of PTSD for both women and men. Given greater exposure
to this type of trauma, women are particularly at risk for PTSD.
These fact sheets have information that is specific to women and
trauma:
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| She
Serves |
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1-888-JOIN-VFW
(Toll Free)
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| She
Serves if an outreach of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Stay
connected to those you've served with, to veterans in your area
and to women who are dealing with many of the same situations you're
facing. She Serves also keeps you updated
on news, membership benefits and more. Most of all, by belonging
to She Serves, you'll feel the support
of other veterans. Sign up to receive eSalute, an informative,
entertaining email from the VFW, each month. eSalute focuses only
on the most meaningful headlines, videos and resources for women
who've served in the military. Request
a free copy of the Women at War magazine that salutes
women veterans from the Revolutionary War to today. |
| Vietnam
Veterans of America (VVA) |
8605 Cameron
Street, Suite 400
Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
1-800-882-1316
(Toll Free)
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| The
VVA National Women Veterans' Committee, as a representative body,
is the voice of those who seek strength and support in resolving
problems and addressing concerns related to all women veterans.
The Committee identifies issues and needs specific to women veterans
and develops strategies to address and resolve them. Publication:
Women
Veterans Assistance & Resources |
| Women
Veterans Health Care - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Baltimore VA
Medical Center
10 North Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
410-605-7000
(V)
1-800-463-6295 (Toll Free)
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| Website
provides information on health care services available to women
veterans, including comprehensive primary care as well as specialty
care such as reproductive services, rehabilitation, mental health,
and treatment for military sexual trauma. At each VA Medical Center,
a Women Veterans Program Manager is designated to assist women veterans. |
| Women's
Research & Education Institute |
1828 L Street,
NW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
E-mail: wrei@wrei.org |
202-280-2720
(V)
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WREI puts
vital information on key issues affecting women into the hands
of policy-makers in the form of reports and facts sheets that
are prepared by WREI staff or outside scholars. Family leave policies
in the U.S. and abroad, housing, access to health care, women's
employment, and women in the military are some of the issues and
projects currently on WREI's research agenda. Publish a biannual
publication ("Women In The Military - Where They Stand") and host
annual conferences ("Women In The Military").
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