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Offers veterans and their families guidance in matters relating to military service and securing benefits earned through military service.

Provides wrap around services and temporary financial assistance(TFA). The services offered include, but are not limited to, emergency housing referrals, assistance searching for housing, connection to local, state and federal benefits, employment and training services, financial literacy services, budget advisory, rental and arrears assistance, utility arrears, security deposits, storage and moving costs, temporary financial assistance and connection to child care providers.

Provides free, compassionate care for veterans and military families who are experiencing the long-term effects of all phases of military service and other life stresses, including relationship difficulties, school problems, and unemployment and relocation issues. We welcome veterans, including anyone who has served in the United States Armed Services, regardless of role, discharge status, or combat experience, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve. We also extend our services to the parents, siblings, spouses and partners, children, caretakers, and other family members of active-duty personnel, veterans, and members of the National Guard or Reserve. Sample Military Family Center Programs & Services include: post-traumatic stress; traumatic brain injury; depression; anxiety; alcohol and substance use disorder; grief and loss; relationship and family conflict; military sexual trauma; readjustment issues; parenting concerns and children’s behavioral or academic problems. In addition to general clinical programs, we offer the following specialty programs: Online Doctor Visits; Psychiatric Medication Management; Dual Diagnosis Program; Traumatic Brain Injury Program; Child and Family Program, Couples Therapy and ADHD Assessments. All programs and services are free and confidential services for veterans and families. Call for detailed information.

Provides mental health services to active duty service members, National Guard and Reserve forces, and veterans who have separated or retired from any branch of military service. Also serves family members and loved one of those who have served in the military.Mental health professionals commit to provide free care for a minimum of one hour per week for one year. Clients are not required to provide insurance information or any other form of payment for the services rendered from Give an Hour volunteer mental health professionals. While Give an Hour is not a crisis service and does not offer emergency help, our providers can help in the following areas: Individual Services, Marital Services, Family Services, Group Counseling, Child and Adolescent Services, Parent Guidance, Post-Traumatic Street, Alcohol/Chemical Dependency, Pastoral Counseling, Grief and Loss, Traumatic Brain Injury, Anger Management, Anxiety, Separation/Divorce, and Sexual Abuse.To access Give an Hour services please visit www.giveanhour.org and select "Get Help" and fill out the criteria. Once you have identified providers in your area you may contact them directly. Be sure to identify as a Give an Hour client and be prepared to call a few providers to find someone who is a good fit.

Provides a 24 hour Emergency Communications system to keep military personnel in touch with families during family emergencies, such as illness, death, births and provides military personnel and their commanders the information needed to enable emergency leave, compassionate reassignment, and dependency discharge. Secures emergency financial assistance. Provides counseling, referrals, and other social services. Provides support services to patients in Veterans Administration Hospitals.

Provides housing and support services for eligible low-income Veteran families who are homeless, or are about to be homeless. Supportive services include: personal financial planning and credit counseling, income support services, legal services, housing counseling, healthcare navigation, vocational and rehabilitation services throughout the New York State Department of Labor, employment training assistance through the Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center, case management services, peer support/outreach services through Suffolk County United Veterans, assistance obtaining VA and other public benefits through Suffolk County Veterans Service Agency, other supportive services/temporary financial assistance (rental assistance, utility-fee payment, security or utility deposit, moving cost, emergency housing stability, child care financial assistance, transportation).

Offers veterans and their families residing in Nassau or Suffolk County a six-week workshop focusing on issues military families commonly encounter. Provides participants with strategies to deal with the stress of deployment, combat and re-transition home along with information on the root causes of stress and substance abuse. Aims to enhance family empathy, clarify family boundaries, roles and responsibilities, foster communication and resiliency.

Assists veterans seeking eligible benefits from the US Veterans Administration (VA). An attorney will help determine eligibility and assists with and submits necessary applications and pursues necessary appeals.

Offers free confidential counseling by licensed professionals (social workers, mental health nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists) to post 9/11 veterans and their families.

Provides, in partnership with the Navy and Marine Corps, financial, educational, and other assistance to members of the Naval Services of the United States, eligible family members, and survivors when in need and to receive and manage funds to administer these programs.

Provide housing or permanent housing for Veterans/Veteran families who are homeless or imminently homeless.

Helps foster, encourage and promote the improvement of the condition of all veterans and their families. Offers two scholarships annually. Speakers Bureau available upon request. Meeting held at Brookhaven Parks Office, 286 Hawkins Road, Centereach NY 11720, the 4th Friday of each month at 8pm. Call for more information.

Through a partnership with a leading provider of e-learning, qualified service members can take free, self-paced classes from among more than 1500 courses available, earning credit toward college degrees, continuing education units and business certifications with the goal of becoming self-sufficient.

Develops and supports comprehensive and integrated models of behavioral health treatment that promotes resiliency and recovery for military members, their families, military units and the community.

Provides a support network for the surviving families of those who have died in service to America. TAPS has a small professional staff and a large national volunteer network. Call for more information.

Provides a myriad of supportive services to very low-income Veteran families who are residing in permanent housing, are homeless and scheduled to become residents of permanent housing within a specified time period, or after exiting permanent housing, are seeking other housing that is responsive to such very low-income veteran family's needs and preferences. Support services include personal financial planning services, income support services, legal services, housing search and counseling, vocational and rehabilitation services through the New York State Department of Labor, employment training through the Suffolk County One-Stop Employment Center, outreach services, peer support, case management services, assistance obtaining VA benefits and other public benefits.

Provides a Military Forces Honor Guard to conduct appropriate military honors for deceased military veterans. Assists and instructs veterans service organizations in performing appropriate burial ceremonies. Services provided, subject to availability, at no cost to the family. Call these offices: Army and National Guard Veteran (631)962-1625; Marine Corps Veteran (866)826-3628; Navy Veteran (202)433-6892; Coast Guard Veteran (617)990-6249 or (617)519-7609; Air Force Veteran (800)531-5803. If you cannot get through to these phone numbers call (716)574-4431.

Helps foster, encourage and promote the improvement of the condition of all veterans and their families. Meetings are held at Hicksville VFW Hall, 320 South Broadway, 11801, on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 8pm.