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Veterans with Disabilities: Family Support Resources
Family support resources help families that are struggling with family stability, such as dealing with the emotional impact of deployment, and assist families that provide care to a child or other family member with a disability. The following are family support resources for veterans and their families.
Resources for a family member with a disability
Air Force Aid Society - Respite Care
Provides a grant for respite services to active duty Air Force families who have a family member with special needs who lives in the household. The program is intended to assist those who cannot afford to pay for respite services. For more information: Respite Care
Department of Defense Education Activity - Special Education
Provides information about the Department of Defense's special education program. For more information: Department of Defense Education Activity - Special Education
Exceptional Family Member Program
Provides comprehensive and coordinated community support, housing, and educational, medical, and personnel services to families with special needs. This is a mandatory enrollment program for soldiers on active duty who have a family member with a physical, emotional, developmental, or intellectual disability. For more information: Exceptional Family Member Program
Exceptional Parent Magazine - Military
Provides articles and information, written by Exceptional Parent Magazine, about latest news and issues affecting military families with a child who has a disability. For more information: Exceptional Parent Magazine - Military
Marine Corps Exceptional Family Member Program
Provides assignment coordination and family support services to Marines who have a family member with a disability. For more information: Marine Corps Exceptional Family Member Program
MilitaryHOMEFRONT - Special Needs
Provides resources for spouses, children, or dependent parents of military personnel who have a diagnosed physical, intellectual, or emotional condition and assists the service member during the assignment process. For more information: MilitaryHOMEFRONT - Special Needs
Navy Exceptional Family Member Program
Assists sailors about services for family members with a disability during the assignment process. Special needs include any special medical, dental, mental health, developmental or educational requirement, wheelchair accessibility, adaptive equipment or assistive technology devices and services. For more information: Navy Exceptional Family Member Program
Operation Autism
Supports U.S. military families who have a child with autism by providing resources, services, and support. For more information: Operation Autism
Special Restorative Training (US Department of Veterans Affairs)
Provides special restorative training and counseling to eligible spouses and children to help them overcome or lessen mental or physical disabilities. This is a part of the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program of the US Department of Veterans Affairs. For more information: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
STOMP - Specialized Training of Military Parents
Provides support and assistance to military parents who have a child with a medical condition or disability. For more information: STOMP - Specialized Training of Military Parents
TRICARE
Several options are available for service members or a family member with a disability or serious illness. Options may include behavioral/mental health care, durable medical equipment, home health care, hospice care, skilled nursing facility care, and case management. Also provides Educational Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorders services that are not covered under basic TRICARE coverage, and only partially covered through the Extended Care Health Option. For more information: Special Needs and Autism Services Demonstration
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program (US Department of Veterans Affairs)
Provides services to children of Vietnam veterans who were born with Spina Bifida or may have other covered birth defects. Services include vocational training, education, employment service and other career-directed support services. For more information: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
Resources for family stability
Family Assistance (Ohio)
Lists Ohio-specific and other resources for families of veterans. This information is provided by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. For more information: Family Assistance
Blinded Veterans Association
Offers spouses and dependent children of veterans who are blind a chance to continue their education through a scholarship program. For more information: Blinded Veterans Association
Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act
Law signed on May 5, 2010 that will ensure that families of veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan receive comprehensive, coordinated financial and other support that will enable them to provide these service members with homecare. For more information: Wounded Warrior Project
Coaching into Care
A telephone service of the VA to provide assistance to family members and friends trying to encourage their veteran to seek health care for possible readjustment and mental health issues. For more information: Coaching into Care
Military Projects at Zero to Three
Provides training, support, and resources about the impact of trauma, grief, and loss on young children (birth to three years old) of military families, particularly those families that experience trauma and loss as a result of a service member's deployment. For more information: Military Projects at Zero to Three
Military HOMEFRONT
Provides Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy program information, policy and guidance designed to help troops and their families, leaders, and service providers. For more information: Military HOMEFRONT
Resources for Returning Veterans and Their Families
Lists mental health resources, services, conferences, and publications for veterans and their families. For more information: Resources for Returning Veterans and Their Families
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
Provides assistance to family members who have lost a family member serving in the Armed Forces. For more information: Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)
VA Caregiver Support
An initiative of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that provides services to support caregivers of veterans. This program offers a National Caregiver Support Line that is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The toll-free number for the support line is 1-855-260-3274. For more information: VA Caregiver Support: Caring for those Who Care
Veterans and Caregiving
The Family Cargiver Alliance provides answers and resources to a list of frequently asked questions for caregivers of veterans.
Wounded Warrior Project
Provides ways for severely injured service members to aid and assist each other, and provides programs and services to meet the needs of veterans and their families. For more information: Wounded Warrior Project