Support For Those Wounded in Combat
Paralyzed Veterans of America
https://pva.org/
Support Wounded Warriors
http://www.uso.org/
Wounded Warriors Project
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
Veterans Organizations
Unite Us
If you’ve ever stopped or stuttered
midsentence when talking to a vet recently
home from war, you wouldn’t be alone. Not
knowing what to say to returning soldiers is a
common struggle says Mike Liguori, a former
Marine who served during the Iraq War and is
now director of community at Unite US, an
online platform that connects current and
former military members and their families.
https://blog.uniteus.com/all
Vote Vets
VoteVets.org
iava: Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Of America »
We've Got Your Back...
https://iava.org/
Remodeling
This Old House: Low Cost Luxury for Only $439
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,2
0466472,00.html
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
https://www.cfda.gov/index?s=program&mod
e=form&tab=core&id=df391fc1841971247c49dc19b8ff
1beb
Grants Government Low Income Housing Programs
& Grants Remodeling Homes
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/government-
grants-low-income-housing-programs-
8475.html
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grants-
remodeling-homes-8562.html
Finding Home Repair Help For Low Income Families
http://www.thriftyfun.com/Finding-Home-
Repair-Help-for-Low-Income-Families.html
Kitchen Remodeling On A Shoestring Budget
http://67.225.138.33/~remodel/index.php/blog/
237-kitchen-remodeling-on-a-shoestring-budget
Disability Remodeling Cost
http://www.fixr.com/costs/disability-
remodeling
Home Improvements and Structural Alterations
(HISA)
http://www.prosthetics.va.gov/psas/HISA2.asp
Acts and Bills for Veterans: Current and/or Past
Bills Pending US Congress Senate Veterans' Affairs
Committee
https://legiscan.com/US/pending/senate-
veterans-affairs-committee/id/2333
[Accessed from Internet 2020/05/08]
Restoration Act
S.1982 - Comprehensive Veterans Health and
Benefits and Military Retirement Pay Restoration
Act of 2014
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_go
vernment/senate-rejects-far-reaching-veterans-
affairs-bill/2014/02/27/1d10801c-a001-11e3-b8d8-
94577ff66b28_story.htm
House and Senate negotiators have reached a
tentative agreement to deal with the long-term
needs of the struggling Department of Veterans
Affairs and plan to unveil their proposal Monday....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-
politics/wp/2014/07/27/house-senate-negotiators-
reach-deal-on-veterans-bill/
https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-
congress/senate-bill/1982
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1950
http://heritageaction.com/key-
votes/comprehensive-veterans-health-benefits-
military-retirement-pay-restoration-act-2014/
Congress House Bill
All Information (Except Text) for H.R.5556 - Women
Veterans TRUST Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-
bill/5556/all-info
[Accessed from Internet 2020/05/08]
Trust Act
S.2413 - Restoring Veterans Trust Act of 2014
https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-
bill/2413
The Inspector General’s interim report on Patient Wait
Times, Scheduling Practices, and Alleged Patient Deaths
at the Phoenix Health Care System and the results of VA’s
face-to-face audit raise a number of issues that must be
immediately addressed. THE RESTORING VETERANS’
TRUST ACT OF 2014 would increase Department
accountability and immediately improve access to health
care and veterans’ benefits. Below is a summary of some
of the major initiatives of this legislation.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/restoringvetera
nstrustact2014?inline=file
New York Times
2017/06/23 Trump Signs Bill Meant to Restore Trust in
V.A.By Maggie Haberman and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/us/politics/trump-
veterans-accountability-bill.html
[Accessed from the Internet 2020/05/08]
Excerpt: President Trump signed a bill into law on Friday
that will make it easier for the Department of Veterans
Affairs to remove bad employees and promote whistle-
blowing. It is the first step toward fulfilling a campaign
pledge by Mr. Trump to make sweeping changes at the
beleaguered agency. The long-sought legislation, called
the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act,
passed Congress by wide margins this month with strong
support from both parties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/23/us/politics/trump-
veterans-accountability-bill.html
Military Benefits Legislation Watch
https://militarybenefits.info/legislation-watch/
H.R.23 - Care Veterans Deserve Act of 2019
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-
bill/23/all-info
H.R. 2398: Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr2398
To amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title
38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-
VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs
to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans'
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives
regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
2019/11/05 Bipartisan Bill to Support Local Veteran
Treatment Courts
McSally, Kaine, Cornyn, Rubio, Coons Introduce Bipartisan
Bill to Support Local Veteran Treatment Courts
https://www.mcsally.senate.gov/news/press-
releases/mcsally-kaine-cornyn-rubio-coons-introduce-
bipartisan-bill-support-local-veteran-treatment-courts
Updates: 2020/05/15 Bipartisan Bill to Support Local Veteran Treaatment Courts
added; 2020/05/08 Support for those wounded in combat section created, adding
Wounded Warriors Project; Veterans section Groups moved here to Police
Factor from River Gold.
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VETERANS-5
Support, Healing, General Information
Books
The Veteran's Survival Guide: How to File and Collect
on VA Claims, Second Edition [Paperback]
John D. Roche (Author)
Traumatic Brain Injury: Care and Treatment of
Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi
Freedom Veterans by Amalia K. Corby-Edwards (2009)
Healing Suicidal Veterans: Recognizing, Supporting
and Answering Their Pleas for Help by Victor
Montgomery III (2012)
Mike Wallace: speaking out on depression: the
veteran CBS newsman helps to break the stigma
surrounding a treatable... by Patrick Perry (2006)
Mental Disorders Among OEF/OIF Veterans Using VA
Health Care: Facts and Figures by Erin Bagalman
(2013)
Veteran Suicide: A Public Health Imperative by Robert
M. Bossarte and PhD (2013)
Support, Healing
EMDR Network
http://www.emdrnetwork.org/disaster.ht
ml
Excerpt: For Therapists Working with
War and Disaster Victims
EMDR has been declared a first line
treatment by the US Department of
Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs,
and the mental health departments of
Northern Ireland, and of Israel.
http://www.emdrnetwork.org/disaster.ht
ml
Jasan Hao, Acupuncturist who has worked with
Veterans
From his websites: In 2006, Dr Hao was
invited to the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington, DC, where he
achieved remarkable results using scalp
acupuncture to treat amputee veterans
suffering from phantom pain. This scalp
acupuncture integrates traditional
Chinese needling methods with Western
medical knowledge of the cerebral cortex
and has been proven to be a very
effective technique for treating multiple
sclerosis (MS) and other central nervous
system disorders - he works Out of
Abuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Jason-
Hao/708440872
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles
/PMC3833581/
Example of an Integrated Therapy Center
http://www.traumacenternw.com/our-
team/athena
PTSD
http://ask.healthline.com/health/post-
traumatic-stress-disorder
VA - PTSD
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/treatment/
therapy-med/treatment-ptsd.asp
Remote Viewing and Therapy
IRVA - International Remote Viewing
Association - Melvin Morse, MD
From website: Wisdom in the Making:
Therapeutic Applications of Nonlocal Viewing
for Counseling. Abstract: We have developed a
new approach to creating life changes, we call
Wisdom in the Making. It involves a blending of
validated therapeutic techniques such as
EMDR, hemispheric integration, and somatic
experiencing, with remote viewing. This is
particularly powerful in the treatment of PTSD.
During the therapy "virtual" persons can be
engaged, such as, healthy adult parts of the
person, fallen comrades of a soldier in war,
dead family members, abusers and spirit
helpers to assist in the healing process. This
often catalyzes a profound healing response
where clients report a sense of deeper healing,
even a Spiritual experience, while new material
comes forward of forgiveness, compassion and
love for the "self" and "others."
http://www.irva.org/conferences/speakers/mors
e.html
Veteran Groups of Peace
Veterans For Peace
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
VVAW
http://www.vvaw.org/
Peace Not War
http://www.peace-not-war.org/
Amputee Material
Amputee Coalition dot org
Arm Amputation Guide
https://www.amputee-coalition.org/arm-amputation-
guide/
[Accessed from Internet 2020/05/08]
CNN
2016/11/22 New amputation procedure offers promise
By Jessica Ravitz
https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/health/amputation-
innovation/index.html
Info for New Amputees: Upper Limb
https://www.ottobockus.com/prosthetics/info-for-
new-amputees/information-for-upper-limb-
amputees-and-their-families/
Arm Dynamics Amputation Levels
https://www.armdynamics.com/our-care/amputation-
levels
Zippers
Links here are Meant to Inform, Not Advertise
On Shape
Unique Zipper Design Delivers Independence to
People With Disabilities
https://www.onshape.com/cad-blog/unique-zipper-
design-delivers-independence-to-people-with-
disabilities
ot seeing any viable alternatives in the marketplace,
Roberman designed and 3D-printed his own
magnetic Nclips that would fit over his favorite
jacket’s zipper when he and his wife Gail traveled
cross country in their RV. The ad-hoc solution worked
so well that he decided to design a manufacturable
version he could make available to people with
developmental and physical disabilities, arthritis and
other muscle dexterity issues.
The Top 5 Adaptive Clothing Companies
https://www.caringvillage.com/2018/02/12/top-5-
adaptive-clothing-companies/
With nearly 1 in 4 adults living with a disability in the
U.S. (source), the need for adaptive apparel
represents a large market and need. A common
challenge many aging adults face is the act of getting
dressed and undressed by themselves. This can be
the result of a physical disability, chronic condition,
and/or other restrictions that may come with age or
for people with disabilities. This is where adaptive
clothing can be of great help.