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Information for OEF/OIF Veterans

Welcome to our special site for OEF/OIF Veterans!

Connecticut has deployed over 16,000 since September 11, 2001.

We have many resources that may be assistance to you and your family.

Connecticut Military Support Program – offering free and confidential counseling with specially trained civilian mental health specialists to help service members who are awaiting deployment to, currently a part of, or back home from Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom and their spouses, significant others, teens, kids, siblings, parents and grandparents. Go to: www.ct.gov/msp

Need Immediate Counseling - Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Helpline Click here for info

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs offers a special website with many national programs to assist and inform veterans of OEF/OIF. Please go to http://www.oefoif.va.gov/ US Dept of Veterans Affairs urges you to call them at 877-222-8387 If you have not been contacted by The United States Department of Veterans' Affairs about medical benefits available to OIF/OEF Veterans, please see below:

Trouble Adjusting to HOME LIFE after deployment? go to:

http://www.afterdeployment.org/web/guest;jsessionid=160295E8F266D2DC66E519033436E0BD

Wellness Resources for the Military Community.

NEW NATIONAL VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER WEBSITE: http://www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov/

Fund for Veterans Education– Scholarship Programs for OEF/OIF Veterans. Go to: www.veteransfund.org/board_of_advisors.php

GI Bill changes - HOT NEWS: Click here for details of added benefits
President Signed Improvements to Post-9/11 GI Bill
Many Non-College Programs, State Service of Reserves and Guard Covered

GI Bill Transferrablility Information

Also checkout the Hip Pocket Guide to the Post 9-11 GI Bill.

OEF/OIF Returning Veterans Needs Assessment by Central CT State U

Click above to download full 45 page report

UCONN Co-sponsoring new program for Veterans Small Businesses

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV - http://whitman.syr.edu/ebv).

Today, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management launched the first of its kind Government-wide Veterans Employment Website. This website is a critical component of the Federal Government’s strategy for the recruitment and employment of Veterans. Here is the address of the site:

http://www.fedshirevets.gov/

American Corporate Partners offers free career counseling and mentoring to OIF/OEF veterans by professionals from America's finest corporations and universities. For more information and to apply to their new Hartford-area program, please visit www.acp-usa.org.

Watch our site for updates on the new GI Bill and other resources

Content Last Modified on 1/6/2011 10:31:42 AM

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