National Military Resources

Operation Family Caregiver (OFC) is a service of The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving. OFC offers caregiver coaching and training to the families of newly returning service members and veterans to manage the difficulties they face when they come home. OFC is a personalized program, tailored specifically to the struggles of each family.

The Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.) Equine Services for Heroes® assists military veterans through services provided by PATH International members and by providing leadership and guidance for equine assisted activities and therapies. To accomplish this mission, PATH International centers connect with Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and Clinics, as well as individual veterans. Veterans of any age can benefit from the program and by being involved with equines.

The core mission of the Psychological Health Center of Excellence is to improve deployment-related health by providing caring assistance and medical advocacy for military personnel and families with deployment-related health concerns. (Formerly the Deployment Health Clinical Center (DHCC).

Public Counsel's Center for Veterans' Advancement (CVA), a national leader in veteran's advocacy, provides direct representation, or representation through pro bono partners, to veterans and their families. CVA provides legal representation at both the local and national levels, and coordinates its work with efforts underway to establish special "Veterans' Courts" in Northern and Southern California designed to meet the unique needs of returning veterans. CVA also manages legal clinics, including one of the largest pro bono advocacy programs in the United States.

The Real Warriors Campaign is an initiative launched by the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury to promote the processes of building resilience, facilitating recovery and supporting reintegration of returning service members, veterans and their families. In addition to promoting help-seeking behavior for service members and veterans with invisible wounds, the campaign provides valuable tools, resources and information for members of the military community throughout all phases of the deployment cycle.

In recognition of the contributions made by the United States Armed Forces, Sesame Workshop presents its bilingual educational outreach initiative, Talk, Listen, Connect, designed for military families and their young children to share. Sesame Workshop has created this programming to help guide military families through multiple challenges, such as deployments, homecomings, and changes that occur when a parent comes home.

The Columbia Lighthouse Project’s mission is to light the way to ending suicide. The Project was formed under the auspices of Columbia University to disseminate the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), optimize the scale’s impact through support for its users, and continue to build the science behind the scale. The C-SSRS supports suicide risk assessment through a series of simple, plain-language questions that anyone can ask.

The Traumatic Brain Injury-The Journey Home website provides an informative and sensitive exploration of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), including information for patients, family members, and caregivers. Topics include types and symptoms of brain injury, TBI treatment and recovery, and helpful insights about the potential long-term effects of brain injury. Animation is used to help users clearly understand the brain, and the results of injuries to different parts of the brain.