Vet Centers

They may be in a strip mall or on main street downtown. For many returning Veterans, VA Vet Centers are the first helping hand. Here’s a look at what they provide and how to find yours.

Vet Center counseling and referral services are available at the medical station during its operating hours, which are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily. 

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300 Vet Centers across the country, including in American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico, provide individual and group counseling free of charge in a safe and confidential environment to Veterans who served in a combat zone or area of hostility, experienced a military sexual trauma or served as part of a mortuary affairs or drone crew.

Participants will learn about counseling, outreach, referral services and are encouraged ask questions in the comments section.

Suicide prevention is VA’s top clinical priority.

Three Mobile Vet Centers and 10 staff members are augmenting VA support in Las Vegas and providing on-site individual and family counseling and assisting with resource referrals.

Work continues, around the clock, to put the city of Beaumont, Texas, back in operation. But, care at the Beaumont VA clinic hasn’t stopped. It's gone mobile.

Kerry Haynes, mental health chaplain and Gold Star Fellow at South Texas VA health Care System, created the Chaplain Groups for Veterans with Moral Injury to bring peace of mind and soul to Veterans suffering from a wounding of the conscience, whether from their own involvement or the action of someone in authority over them.

Inside the Deer Creek conference room of Building 16 at the Salt Lake City VA Health Care System sit two World War II Veterans and two Korean War Veterans. Combined they share 352 years of wisdom, strength and courage.

In honor of Public Service Recognition Week, VA shares the accomplishments of employees who have been selected as nominees for the Service to America award.