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Provides a certified peer specialist (CPS) to a veteran diagnosed with severe mental illness. The CPS helps navigate recovery and personal challenges through support and guidance.

Provides assistance accessing benefits, and shelter to Veterans with limited or no access to care. Helps find shelter for Veterans who, due to health or means, are unable to find or keep shelter of their own, and Post Traumatic Stress resources to Veterans through our Veterans Unstoppable program. Provides assistance with nationwide integrated medical care in the future. Provides: A) Holiday Meals (Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas) B) Homelessness / Shelter C) Peer to Peer Support Groups and Companion / Service / Therapy Dogs D) Retreats (Fishing & Hunting) and Stand Downs (clothing, food, other items) E) Furniture, Household goods, and household repairs, and clothing and hygiene items F) Filing VA Benefits, SSA, Veterans Memorial Monument

Offers several online support groups that focus on mental health from a variety of perspectives and challenges. Groups include Anxiety & Depression, Black Minds Matter, Body Image, Borderline Personality Disorder, Chronie Pain & Chronic Illness, Connection Wellness & Recovery, Creative Minds Art Sharing, Family, Grief & Loss, LGBTQIA+, Moving Forward Goal Setting, Survivors of Suicide Loss, Welcome/Orientation, Veteran & Military, and Women's.

Offers treatments such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which offers clients a nontraditional approach to therapy. This therapy combines a licensed mental health professional, a certified equine specialist, and a therapy horse to create a research-based treatment model which strives to resolve emotional difficulties caused by disturbing, difficult, or frightening life experiences. The horse is an integral part of treatment because horses are prey animals and therefore are extremely alert and sensitive to the emotions of those around them. Clients learn to identify their own emotional state by observing the reaction from the horse. The horse also helps the client stay grounded as the client processes past traumas.

Promotes health, welfare, and dignity of women Veterans and their families by ensuring access to timely, sensitive, quality health care. Connects women Veterans to health care specifically designed around women's unique needs. The Women Veteran Program Manager is available as an advocate, adviser and navigator to connect women Veterans with the right services - including primary care, urgent care, gender specific care, and mental/behavioral health care. Erie VAMC has 1,836 enrolled female Veterans. Women’s Health services offered are Primary Care, Maternity Care, lactation support, PAP and HPV testing to screen for cervical cancer, community care consult for mammogram screening, mental health care and counseling, menopause treatment, reproductive health services including contraceptive care and infertility evaluation and lifestyle wellness series. A Gynecology Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner is available to provide specialty gynecologic care. Pelvic Ultrasound and Pelvic Floor PT are available at the Erie VA Medical Center. The Women’s Health Program includes a Program Support Assistant, Reproductive Health Navigator, Women’s Health Navigator, and a Women Veterans Program Manager. Lactation Services are available by an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. Women’s Health Primary Care Providers are available at the Erie VA and 5 CBOCS.

Assists veterans and their families with a variety of services. Offers outreach for PTSD, suicide prevention, a Veteran's Support Group, and Grief Support Counseling.

Provides individual, group, family, marriage, and military readjustment counseling, vocational and employment counseling, and drug and alcohol assessment and referral.

Offers Community Referrals, Resume Building, Workforce Re-entry Preparation, Financial Literacy, Peer Support, Veteran Support Services, Artistic Wellness, Trauma Support, Recovery Yoga, Nutrition Education, Computer Lab, 12-Step Meetings, Specialized Sober Community Events, Therapeutic Workshops, and Outdoor Recreational Activities.

Offers a Christ-centered ministry where vets grow, heal, and continue to serve together.

Provides opportunity for veterans to work together to discuss and address various challenges that they face, including things like PTSD, homelessness, economic hardship, family issues, etc.

Provides drug and alcohol support therapy to all veterans and their families with struggles related to substance and/or alcohol abuse through a peer-support program coordinated by a veteran certified recovery specialist.