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Social Work Links
Resources within VA
Health Administration Center - CHAMPVA
Homeless
National Cemetery Administration
National Center for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
Veterans Benefit Administration, Compensation and Pension Service home page Includes on line benefits application, over secure server.
Veterans Service Organizations list
Social Work Resources outside of VA*
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists & SWs
Association Social Work Boards
Association of VA Social Workers
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Bioethics
Clinical SW Federation
NASW
NASW Article, Social Workers Help Military Families, by Tori DeAngelis
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Social Work Access Network (SWAN)
The New Social Worker Online
Veteran's Resources (non-VA)*
Armed Forces Retirement Homes
DAV Chapters
Electronic Transfer Account An ETA is a low-cost account at a Bank, Credit Union, or Savings and Loan to which a Federal benefit, wage, salary or retirement payment is deposited electronically.
Fallen Heroes Fund The Fisher House & Intrepid Museum Foundation sponsors a Fallen Heroes Fund. The fund provides unrestricted gifts of $10,000 to the families of military personnel killed in action in support of OIF or OEF.
Fallen Patriots Fund provides financial resources to families of military personnel killed or seriously injured during OIF/OEF
State Veterans Homes Foundation
Other Federal Agencies*
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
Federal Commons - an Internet grants management portal serving the grantee organization community.
Health Net Federal Services Insurance plan for Military Active Duty and Retirees. Formerly known as CHAMPUS or Tricare
Medicare -- The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information
Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home is a large, 59 page Adobe Acrobat file, published by Medicare.
National Archives and Records Administration
Military Personnel Records
Serious and Violent Offender re-entry program, Department of Justice
Social Security Online
Information on medical conditions and presumptive disability for SSDI: Appendix 1 to Section 404
Social Security Online Handbook
Social Security Online Immigration This web page is designed to assist immigrants in locating information about Social Security. One of the more interesting features on the site is the "Multi-Language Gateway." The 'Gateway' provides information in 14 different languages.
Social Security Local Service Locator searchable by zip code.
Social Security Red Book 2005 Red Book on Employment Support: A Summary Guide to Employment Support available to People with Disabilities under the Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income Programs
Social Security Blue Book, gives SSA's disability criteria by diagnosis.
eNews Social Security's electronic newsletter
Medicaid Information
Directory of State toll-free Medicaid hotlines
Welfare to Work US Dept. of Labor
Where to write for vital records National Center for Health Statistics recource for locating where to write for copies of birth, death, marriage certificates.
Other non-VA Resources*
Addiction
The ACA (ACoA) Page Adult Children of Alcoholics
Alcoholics Anonymous
Habitsmart A good page to look for resources on addictions
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
American Red Cross
American Diabetes Association
Cancer:
American Cancer Society
OncoLink (The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Resource): An excellent resource with links to many other web sites. There is information for medical professionals, for cancer patients, and support groups for patients.
National Cancer Institute
US TOO! Prostate Cancer organization
Caregiving, Aging
AARP
Administration on Aging, US Dept of Health and Human Services
Age Page, by the National Institute of Health's National Institute on Aging
Benefits Check Up by National Council on Aging for persons over 55 who want to maximize all the benefits for which they are eligible. Information about State resources, VA, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, Meals on Wheels, food stamps, etc can be accessed in one central site. One has to enter zip code, and address but NOT name or Socieal Security number, so it's less invasive of privacy.
National Alliance For Caregiving offers the publications for care givers as well as other services.
Transportation
Angel Flight provides flights transporting patients and their families in private planes, free of charge, to hospitals for medical treatment. They also provide flights in a national crisis or whenever there is a compelling human need
Corporate Angel Network from their website: Corporate Angel Network is the only charitable organization in the USA whose sole mission is to ease the emotional stress, physical discomfort and financial burden of travel for cancer patients by arranging free flights to treatment centers, using the empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on routine business.
Mercy Medical Airlift is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving people in situations of compelling human need through the provision of charitable air transportation. MMA is totally supported through charitable giving and the services of volunteer pilots and office assistants. MMA's mission is to facilitate a charitable means of long distance medical air transport for all medically indigent, low-income and financially vulnerable patients in our society thereby ensuring equal access to distant specialized medical treatment or to appropriate facilities and settings for continuing care.
*Disclaimer: Links will take you outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs Website. VA does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of the linked websites.
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