AW2 Community Support Network
Housing Assistance
Each organization listed in the AW2 Community Support Network offers services that are either covered by insurance or free to AW2 Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families. AW2 Soldiers, Veterans, and Families are encouraged to contact these organizations directly for more information about the services they offer.
Federal Organizations
VA Specially Adapted Housing Grant 
Certain Veterans and servicemembers with service-connected disabilities may be entitled to a Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build a new specially adapted house, adapt a home they already own, or buy a house and modify it to meet their disability-related requirements. Eligible Veterans or servicemembers may now receive up to three grants with the total dollar amount of the grants not to exceed the maximum allowable.
VA Home Loan Guaranty
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) home loan guaranties are issued to help eligible servicemembers, Veterans, reservists and unmarried surviving spouses obtain homes, condominiums, residential cooperative housing units, and manufactured homes, and to refinance loans. The loan may be used to buy, build, repair, alter, or refinance a home or install energy efficient improvements.
Extenal Organizations
Air Warrior Courage Foundation
The Air Warrior Courage Foundation sponsors three primary programs: Wounded Warrior Support, IRS-529 scholarship savings accounts for children of aviators killed in performance of aircrew duties, and a Therapeutic Riding program for military children. The Air Warrior Courage program attempts to meet or assist in any valid need that is not provided for by the government, including co-pays. They assist active duty, retired, and former military personnel and their Families.
Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors
Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors is a free, safe and healing sanctuary where our wounded warriors and their families can relax, reconnect and recover from the horrific effects of war. Our facility includes developing partnerships with local non-profit organizations who will offer various nature-focused, evidence-based, non-clinical therapy programs for the service member, their spouses and their children. Located 60 miles outside of Washington, DC, in Bluemont, VA, Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors serves outpatients from the new Walter Reed National Medical Center at Bethesda and the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital.
Bring Everyone In The Zone, Inc.
Our mission is to provide education and support to service personnel and their Families who are experiencing the devastating effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. To train facilitators in recognizing cases that require additional services including medical referral and providing them with needed resources. We fulfill our mission through our P-C-S programs: Preparing, Caring, and Sharing. We Prepare volunteers through our professional basic intermediate facilitator training programs and have trained over three hundred facilitators since our first training in August 2008. We Care by connecting our customers to a myriad of community resources and connections that assist Veterans and leverage these resources. Since May 2009, we have collaborated to leverage funds to assist with basic needs including rent/mortgage, utilities, care repair, food, and case management services. Financial assistance is provided on a case by case (donation by donation) basis. We share through Peer support that is provided by our volunteers on a one to one or a group basis currently have over sixty groups meeting throughout the state. Our first weekly group began in August of 2008.
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund, Inc.
The Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund, Inc., provides financial and educational assistance to surviving and severely wounded servicemembers and their Families with children at home under age 18, who have been affected by the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. Their college grants program provides scholarships for single wounded servicemembers as well. They also provide immediate emergency funding that provides assistance to Families at risk of foreclosure or loss of housing.
Combat Wounded Veterans of South Mississippi
Combat Wounded Veterans of South Mississippi is a non-profit organization that provides support to our local wounded warriors of all services to include, financial resources, assistance with VA benefits, employment, and spiritual. We collaborate with other local organizations to facilitate the needs of our Mississippi Wounded Warriors.
Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing
Disabled Veterans Committee on Housing is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) assistance organization. At the core of our mission and efforts every day is the goal of assuring that disabled Veterans are able to obtain the highest quality housing that meets their accessibility and mobility needs. Our organization is firmly committed to helping each and every disabled Veteran that we can reach. Our efforts to assist Veterans in achieving appropriately adaptive housing will allow them to be as independent and productive as possible.
Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs (FDVA) is a state agency responsible for assisting, without charge, Florida Veterans, their Families, and survivors in improving their health and well-being through quality benefit information, advocacy, and education. FDVA also provides long-term health care services through five Veterans' homes and one assisted living facility. FDVA's primary mission is Veterans' advocacy.
The G.I. Go Fund
The G.I. Go Fund focuses on assisting Veterans as they transition from military to civilian life. The G.I. Go Fund offers assistance on securing employment, enrolling in Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, education advancement, and other programs. The G.I. Go Fund also offers a Transition Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is a global non-profit that welcomes people of all races, religions and nationalities to construct, rehabilitate or preserve homes; advocates for fair and just housing policies; and provides training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Habitat serves military members, veterans and their families with volunteer, homeownership and employment opportunities.
Heroes Night Out- Green Zone Resource Center
Heroes Night Out-Green Zone Resource Center shows our support and appreciation for our wounded military heroes, veterans and their families. HNO Green Zone Resource Center is a facility where military and their families can come for help and information on their entitled VA benefits and other resources available to them at no cost.
Heroes to Hometowns
Heroes to Hometowns is designed to welcome home servicemembers who are severely injured. In facilitating a positive transition home, Heroes to Hometowns inspires community pride and establishes a support network for servicemembers and their Families so they can live productive lives. Heroes to Hometowns also offers national assistance.
Hope For The Warriors
Hope For The Warriors works to enhance the quality of life for servicemembers and their Families nationwide who have been affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Their programs offer a full cycle of support, starting with Immediate Needs financial assistance, and continuing through A Warrior's Wish, Warrior's Hope & Morale, Above & Beyond professional development, spouse/caregiver scholarships, Team Hope For The Warriors, and other programs.
Jericho Project
Jericho Project is constructing two new Veterans residences in the Bronx, which will provide 132 studio apartments to homeless and low-income Veterans by the end of 2011. Jericho also provides supportive apartments and its full range of support services to 40 homeless and low-income Veterans. Every Veteran who calls Jericho home will have access to employment and education assistance, substance abuse counseling, and Family counseling.
The Michael J. Novosel Foundation
The Michael J. Novosel Foundation supports wounded warriors with a wide variety of services, including financial counseling and support, advocacy, and other personalized support.
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
The Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans (MACV) is a services organization that exclusively serves Veterans in crisis and those who are experiencing homelessness throughout Minnesota. MACV accomplishes its mission by providing services directly or in collaboration with other service agencies. MACV has four main program emphases: emergency assistance, housing, employment, and legal services.
Missouri Veterans Commission
The Missouri Veterans Commission provides access to state and federal benefits for all Veterans through its three core programs: Service to Veterans Program, Veteran Homes Program, and the Veterans Cemetery Program. Specifically, the Service to Veterans Program provides all Veterans access to accredited Veterans service officers to assist them in obtaining access to all state and federal benefits available to Veterans for which they may be eligible.
National Association for Black Veterans – Washington State Command Council
The Washington State Command Council of the National Association for Black Veterans, Inc., (NABVETS) provides strategic advocacy on behalf of its membership and personal advocacy on behalf of Veterans seeking assistance with Department of Veterans Affairs claims.
Operation First Response, Inc.
Operation First Response (OFR) supports America's wounded warriors and their Families with personal and financial needs. Services are provided from the onset of injury, through recovery, and along the warrior's journey from military life into the civilian world. Financial aid varies as each case is based on individual needs ranging from rent, utilities, vehicle payments, groceries, clothing, and travel expenses.
Operation Homefront-FL
Operation Homefront provides emergency and other assistance to the military Families and wounded warriors. Through a network of over 26 chapters covering 32 states, the organization offers assistance and resource and referral.
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island is a non-profit organization that helps homeless and disabled Veterans. They provide social services, counseling, and other services. The organization's goal is to enable each Veteran to achieve self-worth and independence.
Our Forgotten Warriors
Our Forgotten Warriors provides short-term structured housing for active duty servicemembers and Veterans who recently sustained emotional and cognitive injuries in the line of duty. The staff helps warriors increase their level of independent functioning. The staff affirms warriors as the heroes they are and increase the warriors' determination to overcome obstacles and challenge others to follow their example.
The Phoenix Soldiers Foundation
Phoenix Soldiers gives luxury vacations to all branches of the military, focusing on amputees and wounded Soldiers. The foundation was started in honor of a U.S. Army Veteran who lost his arm while serving our country. Our mission is to seek out wounded Veterans and active duty military personnel and offer vacations, gifts, or whatever they may need. Without their service, our freedom would not exist, and we feel every Veteran deserves to be pampered and taken care of.
Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation
Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation provides scholarships to severely wounded members of America's Armed Forces. The program helps them readjust to civilian life and prosper in their hometowns or new communities. Local volunteer teams pledge to provide mentoring and moral support, and each Sentinel pledges to use that support to reach their personal, professional, and financial goals.
Stay Strong Nation
Stay Strong Nation works to create awareness of Soldiers and Veterans suffering from post traumatic stress (PTS) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They are involved in the building of a PTS facility in Maui, Hawaii, that will provide therapy for Veterans with PTS in a relaxed environment and offer recreational activities, such as hiking, biking, horseback riding, whale watching, jet skiing, hang gliding, and sport fishing.
Still Serving Veterans
Still Serving Veterans (SSV) is a clearinghouse that optimizes care for wounded warriors and their Families, focused on workforce development, vocational rehabilitation, job placement, Veterans Affairs benefits, and counseling/support services. Since 2007, SSV has helped over 1,200 Veterans reintegrate into new careers and communities. SSV has been declared a "Center of Excellence" by the national Veteran's Coalition Innovation Center and received the national Spirit of Hope Award.
Swords to Plowshares
Swords to Plowshares provides a full continuum of care to low-income and homeless Veterans without discriminating on length of service, branch of service or military discharge status. Swords to Plowshares helps Veterans and their Families in the following areas: Frontline Drop-In Center for mental health services, supportive housing, employment support, legal services, and more.
West Virginia Division of Veteran's Affairs
The West Virginia Division of Veteran's Affairs was created in 1945 by the West Virginia Legislature to care for the patriotic West Virginians who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The State Division of Veteran's Affairs assists West Virginia Veterans with federal benefits and administers several state programs, including housing initiatives and education assistance.