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NAMI Veterans Resource Center

With more and more soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health concerns, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) created a Veterans Resource Center.  It consolidates the most useful online resources on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, mental illness, how to obtain Veterans Administration (VA) benefits and other important issues.

Paralyzed Veterans of America

The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) has worked to secure health care and benefits for veterans of the armed forces living with spinal cord injury and disease (SCI/D) and has funded research into finding care and cure. PVA works to maximize the quality of life for its members and all people with SCI/D as a leading advocate for health care, SCI/D research and education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs and disability...

Traumatic Brain Injury Website Resource

With traumatic brain injury (TBI) being one of the leading diagnoses of combat injuries, the Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) has launched a new website to provide useful content and assistance to those service members affected.  The site, developed with marketing innovation company Griffin York & Krause (GY&K), provides information about TBI from the military health perspective, and...

Brain Injury Support Group for Veterans and Military Families

Join the brain injury support group for Veterans and Military families.

The group meets on the first Monday of every month (excluding holidays).

When: 6:30-8:00p.m MT
Where: Western Nebraska Community College
            1601 E. 27th Street, Scottsbluff, NE 69361

For more information, contact Marcia Stuckey

Military OneSource

A 24/7 Resource for military members, spouses & families. Call toll-free at 800-342-9647 or visit:

http://www.militaryonesource.mil/MOS/f?p=MOS:HOME:0:

Returning Veterans Resource Network

The Returning Veterans Resource Network is composed from all branches of service and conflicts. Collectively, but not limited to, we have come together to help OIF/OEF Veterans with their problems after returning home from war. Provides mentoring, information, and referrals to appropriate and necessary services

Returning Veterans Resource Network
Meets Mondays
7:00 p.m.
Forty and Eight (lower level)
78th and Spring Streets
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American Veterans with Brain Injuries (AVBI)

Organized in 2004 as a grassroots effort whose mission is to offer support to the families of American Service members and Veterans who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

http://www.avbi.org/

Disabled American Veterans

Made up exclusively of men and women disabled in our nation’s defense, the Disabled American Veterans is dedicated to one, single purpose — building better lives for all of our nation’s disabled veterans and their families.

http://www.dav.org/

Wounded Warriors

The National Military Family Association strongly believes that wounded service members have wounded families and that our Nation must ensure the emotional, financial, and readjustment requirements of these families are met. 

http://www.militaryfamily.org/your-benefits/wounded-warriors/