From Sore to Soar
Military Resources
Lifelines, Helplines & Hotlines
Hotline for veterans 877-424-3838 or crisis line 800-273-8255 ext. 1
Supportive Advosources
Active Heroes
Website: https://activeheroes.org/
Description: A retreat
Air Warrior Courage Foundation
Website: https://airwarriorcourage.org/
Description: Meeting veteran and their family wherever the need is with financial assistance for medical, educational, and other extraordinary expense
American Corporate Partners
Website: https://www.acp-usa.org/
Description: helping veterans find their next career
American Legion
Website: https://www.legion.org/operationcomfortwarriors/assistance/individual
Description: Provides comfort clothing to wounded, injured or ill military personnel
Army Emergency Relief
Website: https://www.armyemergencyrelief.org/
Description: Zero-interest loans to soldiers and depends to help pay for emergency financial situations
Association of the United States Army (AUSA)
Website: https://www.ausa.org/
Description: Nonprofit educational and professional development association serving America’s Army and supporters of a strong national defense, to educate, inform, and connect with soldiers, families, Army civilians, the voice for the army, and honoring those who served
* Children of Fallen Heroes Program
Website: https://www.fallenpatriots.org/
Description: Scholarships to military families such as laptop computers to the children and spouses of military personnel who gave their lives in the ongoing conflicts in Iraq or Afghanistan.
* Children of Fallen Heroes (military, foster care, first responders)
Description: remember heroes, support groups, memorial activities, community outreach, resources and referrals, honoring heroes tour with professional parachute demonstration
Eizabeth Dole Foundation
Description: Focus on veteran and military caregivers
Forgotten Not Gone
Website: https://forgottennotgone.org/
Description: Focus on suicide through suicide prevention and emotional, physical, and spiritual health
Helping Hands for Freedom (HHFF)
Description: Emergency assistance to active duty, veterans, wounded veterans, and gold star families with honorable discharge experience dramatic life change, wounded, facing multiple deployments, killed in actions, and suffering from injuries in the line of duty. Children 18 or under must reside in the home. Assisting with emergency payments, housing costs, utilities, transit, car repairs, financial assistance
$ Hidden Heroes
Website: https://hiddenheroes.org/
Description: serves combat wounded, critically ill, and catastrophically injured service members and families to inspire, and raise awareness for military caregiver issues, provides inspiration and a national registry to help find resources and support, applications for free respite care for someone who cares for a military spouse, child, parent, or friend; financial assistance through the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation to caregivers on bring of homeless and hungry, struggling to pay bills, unexpected care costs, unpredictable benefits review application the first 10 days of each month
$ H.E.R.O.E.S. Care
Website: https://www.heroescare.org
Description: combines the power of national organizations dedicated to providing emergency financial aid, employment opportunities, and mental health care services through a network of specially trained caregivers before, during, and after deployment.
Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC)
Website: https://www.militarychild.org/
Description: Supports all military-connected children by educating, advocating, and collaborating to resolve education challenges associated with the military lifestyle.
Military Housing Assistance Fund (MHAF)
Website: https://usmhaf.org/
Description: Assists active military and veterans with purchasing a home
Military Child Education Coalition
Description: MCEC supports all military-connected children by educating, advocating, and collaborating to resolve education challenges associated with the military lifestyle. Program features include call for the Arts program, newsroom, guides for transition, milkids soar on-demand webinars
Military Spouse Jobs formally known as Military Spouse Corporate Career Network
Website: https://www.militaryspousejobs.org
Description: To increase job placement and career development for military spouses and family members through the elimination of employment obstacles. Increase job placement and career development for military spouses and family members through the elimination of employment obstacles.
Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS)
Website: https://www.nmcrs.org/
Description: Helps active duty and retired sailors and marines with financial assistance for emergency payments, food, healthcare, housing, utilities, financial assistance, financial education, loans and grants
Navy Seal Foundation
Website: https://www.navysealfoundation.org
Description: Provides critical support for the warriors, veterans, and families of Naval Special Warfare.$ Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS)
Packages for Warriors
Wesbite: https://www.packagesforwarriors.org
Description: Donations support our non-profit mission to send care packages to deployed service members
Project New Hope
Website: https://www.projectnewhopema.org
Description: To restore hope for all Veterans and their families where hope may have been lost.
* Soldier’s Angel - Deployed Adoption Team
Website: https://soldiersangels.org/
Description: Matches soldiers with an angel, sending 4 letters and one care package a month until the service member returns home
Salvation Army for Veteran Families (SSVF)
Website: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org
Description: Assists low-income veterans and their families in obtaining permanent stable housing through case management, peer mentoring, and advocacy, linkage to resources, training in life skills, coping skills, housing preparation, budgeting, credit counseling, legal services, job preparation, and employment search, financial assistance addressing housing barriers, mediation between landlord and tenants
Stand Beside Them
Website: https://www.standbesidethem.org
Description: Free coaching in career development, leadership life and relationships, small business development, health and wellness
Scholarships/Grants
The My Career Advancement Account Scholarship Program (MyCAA) allows active-duty spouses to pursue careers
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