Veteran Guide


Top Vet Needs

Benefits

Reintegration

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Suicide Prevention

Emotional Crisis Hotline (800) 273- 8255 (Hotline/Talkline/Warmline)

Counseling Services

Substance Abuse

Education

Jobs and Job Training

Benefits Counseling

Claims Examiners co-located with US Department of VA Regional Office in Bay Pines, each VA Medical Center and many VA Outpatient Clinics in Florida.  Assistance with claims is free.  Call (727) 319-7400

Burial and Memorial Benefits

Burial and memorial benefits are available for eligible service members, Veterans, reservists, National Guard members, and eligible family members. Service includes interment, headstones and markers, and Presidential memorial certificates. VA operates 128 national cemeteries in the United States and Puerto Rico.

ResourcePoint – Serving Those Who Serve Us

Unchanged thru times, the VA dedication has been to President Lincoln’s call “care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan”.  Below is a sample of resources available in our Central Florida Community. 

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Below are links of important and “need to know” websites of information on:

  • Benefits & Compensation
  • Financial Assistance
  • Depression and Anxiety
  • Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment
  • Employment, Income Tax
  • Medical Care
  • Legal Assistance
  • Food and Shelter
  • Martial Problems
  • Troubled Youth
  • Child Care

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a wide range of benefits including Disability, Education and Training, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment, Home Loan Guaranty, Dependent and Survivor Benefits, Medical Treatment, Life Insurance and Burial Benefits. Eligibility for most VA benefits is based upon discharge from active military service under other than dishonorable conditions. The Department of Veterans Affairs publishes a comprehensive guide: Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents and Survivors. If you are a returning service member (OEF/OIF), you may be eligible for special benefits. 

State summary for Florida Fact Sheet

The Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs serves Florida’s veterans and their families who are responsible for assisting, without charge, Florida’s veterans, their families and survivors in improving their health and economic well-being through quality benefits information, advocacy and education. 

Veterans and their families can visit the FLORIDA VETS FIRST one-stop web portal which provides links to services ranging from employment to health care, housing, education and benefits for veterans.  You can also subscribe to the FDVA’s monthly email newsletter by entering your email address in the subscription box on www.FloridaVets.org.

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More Resources

Services by Military Branch

Services by Target Population

Services by Category

Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse

Education and Employment

Financial and Supportive Assistance

• Retroactive Stop Loss Pay (RSLSP)
 

Several Central FL Food Resources

Shelter  Resources

• National Call Center for Homeless Vets 1-877-424-3838
• Homeless Veterans
• Other Shelter and Homeless Resources

Housing

• Special Adaptive Housing Program
• Regional Loan Center
• Loan Admin
• Construction & Evaluation
• Property Management

Physical Health Resources

• Health Care
• Emergency Medical Care
• Inpatient Residential Programs
• Home and Community Care
• Rehabilitation/Habilitation Services
• Dental
• Pharmacy
 

Veteran’s Area Clinics