Resources For The Military Community
Mental Health/Therapy/Health Services
- Adler University
- Lake County Veterans and Family Services
- Fisher House
- Milwaukee Soldiers Home
- Avalon Network (by the Gary Sinise Fnd)
- Lone Survivor Foundation
- Boulder Crest Foundation
- Rush University – Road Home Program
Continuing Education
Family & Children
Legal Aid/Financial Services
Entrepreneurial Services/Business
Employment
Community Service/Volunteering/Camaraderie
Local, State, and National Resources
Chicago Office of Veterans Affairs – City of Chicago Veterans Resource Office
- Services offered, location, hours, and contact info
- Veteran benefits and services are available at Chicago’s six Community Service Center locations
- Employment
- Housing and Veteran Homelessness
- Legal Assistance
- Supportive Services/Mental Health
- Healthy Chicago – Veterans and Suicide
- LGBT and Related Identities
Cook County
- Housing, Homelessness, and Emergency Services
- Employment and Job Training
- Veterans Education
- Veterans Affairs Newsletter
- Veterans Discount Card Program
- LGBT and Related Identities
State of Illinois
- Office Locations
- Education
- Housing
- Veterans Driver’s License
- Service Animal
- Survivor and Burial
- Illinois Joining Forces
- Illinois Warrior Assistance Program
- LGBT and Related Identities
- Allen J. Lynch Medal of Honor Veterans Foundation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Chicago Regional Office
- Benefits Questions: A-Z
- Agent Orange Exposure
- Enhanced Medical Benefits for OEF/OIF/Operation New Dawn Veterans
- Transitioning Service Members – Post-Deployment
- My Health – After Deployment
- Self-Check Screening Tools (PTSD, Depression, Substance Abuse, Alcohol Use)
- VA Anger and Irritability Management Skills Course
- Depression
- Suicide Prevention
- Support for Caregivers
- Caring for Seriously Injured Post 9/11 Veterans
- PTSD: National Center for PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Polytrauma/TBI System of Care
- War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
- VA Environmental Health Registry Programs and Evaluations for Veterans
- LGBT and Related Identities
- Women Veterans Health Issues
- Gulf War Illness linked to service in Southwest Asia
- Gulf War Illness linked to service in Afghanistan
- Depleted Uranium
- Studies on Possible Health Effects of Burn Pits
- VA Opens Hazards and Burn Pit Registry
- Camp Lejeune: Past Water Contamination
- Education and Training
- Homeless Veterans
- Home Loans
- Compensation – Burial Benefits
- National Cemetary Association Burial Benefits