Resources for returning Veterans from deployment

The Family Readiness Program is available to all Vermont Service Members.  Not only for when you are getting ready to deploy and during your deployment but we're here for you when you return also.  Make sure you utilize the Family Assistance Centers.  Click here to view their locations.

Other Resources:

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Psychiatry and Neuroscience has developed a very useful program called Battlemind.  Online videos to watch to explain the Battlemind Training.  Visit them at http://www.battlemind.org

The Vermont Yellow Book:  Resources for Service Members and Their Families (download VT Yellow Book).  A resource guide for the VT area including VA, Joint Forces Headquarters, and many local area services information.

Veterans Administration (VA):  

VA Medical Center
215 North Main Street
White River Junction, VT 05009
Phone: (802) 295-9363 or (866) 687-8387
Fax: (802) 296-6354

Community Based Outpatient Clinic

Bennington Outpatient Clinic
325 North Street
Bennington, VT 05201
Phone: (802) 447-6913

VA Outpatient Clinic at Fort Ethan Allen
74 Hegeman Ave.
Colchester, VT 05446
Phone: (802) 655-1356
Fax: (802) 655-1231

Rutland Community Based Outpatient Clinic
215 Stratton Road
Rutland, VT 05702
Phone: (802) 773-3386
Fax: (802) 773-4578

Vet Centers

South Burlington Vet Center
359 Dorset St.
South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone: (802) 862-1806

White River Jct Vet Center
Gilman Office, Building #2, 222 Holiday Inn Drive
White River Junction, VT 05001
Phone: (802) 295-2908

Chaplains:

Chaplain Calvin Kemp, State Chaplain
105 NCO Drive
South Burlington, VT  05403
Phone:  (802) 660-5422

Chaplain Charlie Purinton
789 Vermont National Guard Rd. (GMA)
Colchester, VT 05446
Phone:  (802) 338-3394, cell (802) 363-2757

Marriage Enrichment/Relationship Enhancement Retreats are offered by the State Chaplains Office and the Vermont National Guard Family Readiness Office to help strengthen your relationship and to offer additional assistance with any questions or concerns you or your spouse may still have.  Contact one of the Chaplains above or the Family Readiness Office for more information.

Employer Support for the Guard (ESGR): 
John MacLeod
Program Support Specialist
Bus: (802) 338-3249
Fax: (802) 338-3382
Email: john.macleod@vt.ngb.army.mil

Guard Family Website:  http://www.guardfamily.org

Military OneSource:  http://www.militaryonesource.com

DOD MOU Veteran Organizations:

• AMVETS - http://www.amvets.org/

• VFW - http://www.vfw.org/

• The American Legion - http://www.legion.org/

Post Deployment Health Reassessment- https://fhp.osd.mil/pdhrainfo/index.jsp

National Center of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/