VET CENTER, SYRACUSE

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle..."
-- Abraham Lincoln

 VET CENTER

716 E. Washington St., Suite 101

Syracuse, NY 13210

(315) 478-7127

What is the Vet Center?

  The Vet Center is a safe place where veterans can feel secure that they will be treated with respect and understanding. We will listen to your concerns and make every effort to help you.

  In June 1979 Congress established what was then called the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Counseling Program. The intent was to make VA services more accessible and user friendly for Vietnam Veterans who were not making use of traditional VA services. In 1991, Congress expanded the program to make Vet Center services available for all pre and post Vietnam veterans who have served in a combat zone. Now, most veterans who have served in a combat zone are eligible for these services and there is no charge to the veteran or their family.

Vet Center Mission

  Vet Centers serve eligible veterans and their families by providing an excellent continuum of quality care that adds value for veteran, family, and community. This care includes quality counseling, community education, outreach to special populations, the brokering of serviceds with community agencies, and provides a key link between the veteran and other services in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.

Services

• Readjustment and Trauma counseling; - Individual; - Group
• Marital / Family / Relationship counseling
• Substance Abuse counseling and referral
• Military Sexual Trauma and Harassment counseling
• Bereavement counseling
• Liaison to VA services
• Benefits assistance and referral
• Education assistance and referral

• Community education.

 Staff

  Each Vet Center is staffed with professionals trained in readjustment / trauma counseling to facilitate a smooth transition from military life to life at home. Our quality care is veteran focused. Our services are supportive, confidential and free.

Vet Center Values


Trauma Counseling - To ENSURE the highest quality of counseling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the community where the veteran is located.

Special Population - To REACH OUT to the disenfranchised veterans in the community and provide them with quality services.

Networking - to ESTABLISH a network of highly effective community, city, state, and federal agencies to assist the veteran in their readjustment from military to civilian life.

Wellness - To PROMOTE wellness activities with veterans to help them obtain quality health and life goals and diminish the need for more intensive health care.

Leadership - To SERVE as leaders in out-reaching to the veterans suffering from the trauma of war and connecting them to appropriate resourcwes to compassionately deal with that trauma.

Management - To PROVIDE a cost effective system of community based Vet Centers that provide quality service to eligible veterans.