Help Veterans With Disabilities-list of organizations that provide support

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Help Veterans With Disabilities

DiversityInc has compiled a list of organizations that provide support for the almost 305,000 members of the U.S. military who acquired a disability in the line of duty in the Iraq war. If you know of any other organizations, send an e-mail to editor@DiversityInc .com.

Name: National Veteran-Owned Business Association
Address: 429 Mill Street, Coraopolis, PA 15108
Phone: 412-424-0164
Web site: http://www.NaVOBA. com
Purpose: Servicing the needs of more than 3 million veteran-owned and service-disabled businesses.

Name: Disabled American Veterans
Address: 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076
Web site: http://www.dav. org/
Purpose: Provides benefit services for veterans with disabilities

Name: Disabled Veterans Dept. of Defense

Web site: http://www.dodvets. com/index. asp

Purpose: Provides employment opportunities for honorably discharged veterans with disabilities

Name: The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial

Address: 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 302, Arlington, VA 22201-3367

Phone: 888-525-2009

Web site: http://www.avdlm. com/memorial. php

Purpose: Collects donations and stories for The Memorial, a monument dedicated to veterans with disabilities

Name: U.S. Small Business Administration

Phone: 800-827-5722

Web site: http://www.sba. gov/aboutsba/ sbaprograms/ ovbd/index. html

Purpose: Provides small-business consulting services to veterans, service-disabled veterans, reserve-component members, and their dependents or survivors

Name: AMVETS

Address: 4647 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD 20706

Phone: 301-459-9600

Web site: http://www.amvets. org

Purpose: Provides entrepreneurial seminars, an emergency crisis helpline and community-outreach services

Name: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Address: 200 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002

Phone: 202-543-2239

Web site: http://www.vfw. org/

Purpose: Provides community-service programs and special projects and offers free phone cards to active-duty military personnel

Name: Department of Veterans Affairs

Phone: 800-827-1000

Web site: http://www.va. gov/

Purpose: Offers information about veteran benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service to veterans, employers and the general public

Name: SCORE

Address: 1175 Herndon Parkway, Suite 900, Herndon, VA 20170

Phone: 800-634-0245

Web site: http://www.score. org/veteran. html

Purpose: Provides free and confidential advice for veteran small-business owners with disabilities

Name: National Assoc. of State Directors of Veterans Affairs

Address: 118 State Street, Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT

Phone: 802-828-3379

Web site: NASDVA

Purpose: Provides claims-representati on services for veterans and their families

Name: TRICARE

Address: Skyline 5, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3206

Phone: 703-681-1765

Web site: www.tricare. osd.mil

Purpose: To enhance the Department of Defense and national security by providing health support for the full range of military operations and sustaining health

Name: National Association of County Veteran Service Officers

Address: 223 South Sixth Street, Suite 6, Council Bluffs, IA 51501

Phone: 712-328-5797

Web site: http://www.nacvso. org/

Purpose: Provides benefit support services for veterans with disabilities and their dependants in various counties across the country

Name: Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation

Address: 5211 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746

Phone: 800-638-0594 x234

Web site: http://www.vethomes foundation. org/frameset. htm

Purpose: Provides philanthropic support to elderly and infirmed veterans needing long-term care

Name: Volunteers of America

Address: 1660 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Phone: 800-899-0089

Web site: http://www.voa. org/

Purpose: Provides housing and healthcare solution services to more than 2 million people in more than 400 communities

Name: Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission

Address: 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20004

Phone: 202-756-7729

Web site: http://www.vetscomm ission.org/ index.asp

Purpose: Conducts studies of the benefits under the laws of the United States that compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and deaths attributable to military services

Name: National Organization on Disability

Address: 910 Sixteenth Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006

Phone: 202-293-5960

Web site: The National Organization on Disability - Home Page

Purpose: Developing career-assistance program for severely injured veterans in collaboration with U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program

Name: TransAccess

Address: 1150 South Bascom Ave. #7A

San Jose, CA 95128

Phone: 408-278-2000

Web site: www.transaccess. org

Purpose: Provides access to adaptive technology and career-transition services to achieve education and employment

Name: Paralyzed Veterans of America

Address: 801 Eighteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-3517

Phone: 800-424-8200

Web site: Paralyzed Veterans of America: PVA Home

Purpose: Works with veterans' benefits and rights, including accessibility, the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs, and disability rights

Name: Foundation for American Veterans

Address: 7473 Wilshire
West Bloomfield, MI 48322

Web site: Foundation for American Veterans

Purpose: Assists veterans, either through the Veterans Hospitals, homeless programs, educational programs and crisis programs

Name: Vet Center (Readjustment Counseling)
Phone: 800-905-4675 (Eastern) and 866-496-8838 (Pacific)
Web site: http://www.vetcente r.va.gov/
Purpose: Provides readjustment counseling and outreach services to all combat-zone veterans. Services are also available for family members for military-related issues. Benefits are provided at no cost to the veteran or family

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