Osborne Ministries — Veteran Resource Directory
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Need help right now? Call 988, then press 1 (Veterans Crisis Line, free and confidential, 24/7) or text 838255. If a life is in danger, call 911.
Crisis Support
Immediate, 24/7 help
Veterans Crisis Line
Free, confidential support 24/7 for veterans and their families.
Call: 988, press 1
Crisis Text Line
Text with a trained responder anytime, day or night.
Text: 838255
Emergency
If there is immediate danger to life, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. In an acute suicidal crisis the VA covers emergency care at any hospital, VA or not, at no cost to the veteran.
Call: 911
Stop Soldier Suicide
Free, confidential support built for veterans at risk, with wellness planning and follow-up that stays with you.
Andrews Center 24/7 Crisis Hotline
Local East Texas crisis line for emotional distress or thoughts of harming yourself or others.
Call: 877-934-2131
East Texas Regional Partners
Local help close to home
CampV (Tyler, TX)
One-stop veteran resource center: counseling, financial assistance, VA enrollment help, and a recreation center.
East Texas Veterans Resource Center (Longview)
Reintegration services, mental health and PTSD/TBI support, peer groups, and job/education training.
Operation True North (Longview)
Counseling and peer support for veterans, first responders, and their families.
Call: 903-932-3938
Counting Stars Ranch (Ore City)
Christian-oriented monthly retreat weekends for veterans and first responders with service-related disabilities, close to Quitman. Fishing, cabins, and a service-dog training program.
Texas Veterans Commission
State agency for claims and benefits counseling, education, employment, and mental health resources statewide.
American Legion, Department of Texas
Statewide veteran service organization with local posts across East Texas offering camaraderie and advocacy.
Texas VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)
Statewide VFW department with local posts providing service, camaraderie, and community support.
County Veterans Service Officers
Your county VSO is the first stop for claims, records, and benefits, close to home. Call your county.
Wood: 903-763-5581 • Smith: 903-590-2950 • Hopkins: 903-438-4003 • Upshur: 903-720-2316 • Camp: 903-856-7862 • Franklin: 951-265-2872 • Rains: 903-473-5055 • Van Zandt: 903-567-7985
VA Outpatient Clinics (Tyler, Longview, Greenville)
Primary care, mental health, and toxic exposure screening without the drive to Dallas or Shreveport.
Tyler: 903-266-5900 • Longview: 903-247-8262 • Greenville: 903-450-1143
East Texas Food Bank
Emergency groceries, mobile pantries in rural counties, and free help applying for SNAP. No veteran goes hungry.
GoBus Free Veteran Rides (ETCOG)
Free public transportation for veterans across 14 East Texas counties, including rides to VA appointments. Call before noon for next-day service.
Call: 800-590-3371
Habitat for Humanity Veteran Home Repair
Critical repairs and accessibility modifications so veterans can stay safely in their homes.
Smith Co.: 903-595-6630 • NE Texas: 903-236-0900
Green Acres Baptist Military Ministry (Tyler)
Deployment support, counseling, and practical help for military families and widows.
Clinical & Mental Health
Texas & national care
Cohen Veterans Network (Dallas/Addison)
Low-to-no cost therapy for post-9/11 veterans and their families.
Call: (469) 680-3500
VA Mental Health Services
Therapy, counseling, and medication management through the VA.
TexVet
A database of trusted, vetted resources across Texas.
Andrews Behavioral Health Center
Mental health services for veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses. Call the clinic nearest you.
Tyler: 903-597-1351 • Athens: 903-675-8541 • Canton: 903-567-4197 • Emory: 903-473-2671 • Mineola: 903-569-5409
Wounded Warrior Project
Free mental health programs, the Warrior Care Network, and a resource center that connects post-9/11 warriors to the right help.
Vet Centers
Free readjustment counseling for combat veterans and their families in a relaxed, non-medical setting. No enrollment needed.
Give an Hour
Free counseling from licensed volunteer mental health professionals for veterans and their loved ones.
The Headstrong Project
Cost-free, bureaucracy-free PTSD treatment for veterans, delivered by licensed clinicians.
Warriors Heart (Bandera, TX)
Residential healing center in the Texas Hill Country treating addiction and PTSD, built only for warriors: military, veterans, and first responders.
Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Support
Every VA medical center has an MST coordinator. Care is free, and available regardless of discharge status or whether the incident was reported.
Camp Southern Ground
Free Warrior Week and Warrior PATHH posttraumatic growth programs on a 500-acre Georgia campus.
VA Benefits & Claims Help
Get what you earned
VA: One Number for Everything (MyVA411)
A single 24/7 line for any VA question: health care, benefits, claims, payments, or just not knowing where to start.
Call: 800-698-2411 • Visit:
va.gov
2-1-1 Texas
One call reaches every social service in Texas: food, rent help, utilities, transportation. Free, confidential, always answered.
VA Health Care Enrollment
Apply for VA health care by phone or online. Many veterans qualify and never enroll.
Texas Veterans Commission
State agency for claims and benefits counseling, education, employment, and mental health programs. One stop for every TVC service.
DAV (Disabled American Veterans)
Free, professional help filing and appealing VA claims, plus free van rides to VA medical appointments.
Find an Accredited VA Representative
Locate a VSO, attorney, or claims agent near you to help file or appeal a VA claim.
PACT Act & Toxic Exposure Screening
Burn pits, Agent Orange, and other exposures now qualify more veterans for care and compensation. Every enrolled veteran can get a free screening.
Combined Arms (Texas Veterans Network)
One intake, many doors. A Texas referral network that connects you to vetted organizations for almost any need.
Records & Discharge Papers
DD-214, medical records, upgrades
Get Your DD-214
Nearly every benefit starts with this form. Request your DD-214 and service records free from the National Archives, or instantly through milConnect if you have a login.
Military Medical Records
Service treatment records come with your records request. VA treatment records come from your VA facility or the Blue Button tool on VA.gov.
Discharge Upgrades
A less-than-honorable discharge is not always the last word. The VA walks you through applying to your service branch review board, and legal aid groups help free.
Housing & Homelessness
No veteran without a home
National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
Free 24/7 line if you are homeless or at risk of losing your home. Trained VA counselors, no red tape.
Call: 877-424-3838
HUD-VASH Housing Vouchers
Rental vouchers plus VA case management that move homeless veterans into permanent homes.
SSVF (Supportive Services for Veteran Families)
Rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention for very low-income veteran families, delivered through local partners.
U.S.VETS
Housing, counseling, and career services at sites across the country. The largest nonprofit provider of services to homeless and at-risk veterans.
Homes for Our Troops
Builds specially adapted, mortgage-free homes for severely injured post-9/11 veterans.
Operation Finally Home
Provides mortgage-free custom homes and home modifications for veterans, first responders, and Gold Star families, including homes built across Texas.
Purple Heart Homes
Home safety modifications and repairs for service-connected disabled veterans of every era.
Texas Veterans Land Board
Low-interest Texas land, home, and home improvement loans, plus Texas State Veterans Homes and cemeteries.
Veterans Community Project
Tiny-home villages with wraparound case management for homeless veterans, plus walk-in outreach centers.
Endeavors (Texas)
San Antonio-based nonprofit providing veteran housing, supportive services, and mental health care across Texas.
Financial & Legal Help
Emergency aid and free lawyers
VFW Unmet Needs
Financial grants for service members, veterans, and families facing unexpected hardship. Grants, not loans.
American Legion Temporary Financial Assistance
Cash grants to help veteran families with minor children cover shelter, food, and utilities.
USA Cares
Emergency financial assistance and post-service skills training for veterans and their families.
PenFed Foundation
Short-term financial assistance and programs for veterans, service members, and caregivers.
Lone Star Legal Aid (Military & Veterans Unit)
Free civil legal help across East Texas: eviction defense, foreclosure, benefits, family law, and consumer protection.
Stateside Legal
Free legal information and self-help tools built for the military community.
Texas Property Tax Exemptions
Texas veterans rated 100% disabled pay no property tax on their homestead. Partial exemptions start at 10% disability.
Free Wills & Estate Planning
Several Texas legal aid programs write free wills and powers of attorney for veterans. Getting paperwork in order is a gift to your family.
Burial & Survivor Benefits
Honoring them, providing for you
VA Burial & Memorial Benefits
Free burial in a national cemetery, headstone or marker, burial flag, and Presidential Memorial Certificate for eligible veterans.
Survivor Compensation (DIC)
Monthly tax-free payment for surviving spouses, children, or parents of veterans who died from service-related causes.
Texas State Veterans Cemeteries
Four state cemeteries with the same dignity and no plot cost for Texas veterans, run by the Texas Veterans Land Board.
TAPS Survivor Care
Whoever you lost and however you lost them, TAPS answers day or night.
Call: 800-959-8277
School & Training
Education benefits you earned
GI Bill & VA Education Benefits
Tuition, housing allowance, and training programs you earned. One call answers eligibility questions.
Texas Hazlewood Act
Up to 150 credit hours of tuition-free study at Texas public colleges for qualifying Texas veterans, with unused hours passable to a child.
Veteran Readiness & Employment (VR&E)
VA job training, education, and employment support for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Student Veterans of America
Campus chapters that help veterans succeed in college and connect with each other.
DAV Patriot Boot Camp
Free entrepreneurship training for veterans, service members, and military spouses starting businesses.
Sentinels of Freedom
Scholarship and mentorship life-restoration program pairing severely wounded post-9/11 veterans with local sponsor teams.
Jobs & Careers
Work worth doing
Hire Heroes USA
Free personalized job search assistance, career coaching, and mentoring for veterans and military spouses.
Hiring Our Heroes
Job fairs, fellowships, and career-transition programs connecting veterans and military spouses with employers.
Texas Workforce Commission Veterans Services
State employment services, job matching, and Resource & Referral specialists for Texas veterans.
Helmets to Hardhats
Direct path from military service into registered apprenticeships and union construction careers.
BattleGround to Breaking Ground
Texas A&M AgriLife program training veterans to start farms and ranches, with 100 hours of hands-on instruction.
Farmer Veteran Coalition of Texas
Mentorship and networking for veterans building a life in agriculture.
Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation
Career counseling, funded training, and workplace accommodations for veterans with disabilities.
Call: 844-389-6757
American Corporate Partners (ACP)
A free year of one-on-one mentorship with a corporate professional who helps you plan the next career.
Women Veterans
Care and community for women who served
Women Veterans Call Center
Free VA line staffed by women, for women veterans, covering health care, benefits, and eligibility.
Call: 855-829-6636
VA Women’s Health Care
Primary care, reproductive health, and specialty services designed for women veterans at every VA.
Grace After Fire (Texas)
Texas-based community helping women veterans help themselves: peer support, financial resiliency, and connection.
VA Center for Women Veterans
The VA office dedicated to making sure women veterans know about and receive the benefits they earned.
CampV Women’s Center (Tyler)
Support groups for women veterans, military spouses, and caregivers, plus the She Is Sufficient life-skills program.
Call: 903-566-1010
Family, Caregivers & Survivors
The whole family served
Blue Star Families
Support network and programming for military and veteran families to combat isolation and ease transitions.
Elizabeth Dole Foundation
Support, research, and advocacy for military and veteran caregivers, including the Hidden Heroes campaign.
Operation Homefront
Emergency financial assistance, transitional housing, and family support for military and veteran families. HQ in San Antonio, TX.
Fisher House Foundation
Builds and donates comfort homes so military and veteran families can stay near loved ones during hospitalization.
Folds of Honor
Scholarships and educational support for spouses and children of fallen or disabled service members, with a North Texas chapter.
Semper Fi & America's Fund
Financial, physical, and emotional support for wounded, critically ill, and injured service members, veterans, and families.
The Independence Fund
Support and advocacy for severely wounded veterans and their family caregivers, including adaptive mobility equipment.
Hope For The Warriors
Full-spectrum support for post-9/11 veterans, service members, and military families covering transition, health, and wellness.
VA Caregiver Support Line
Free VA line for anyone caring for a veteran: programs, local resources, or just a listening ear.
Call: 855-260-3274
TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors)
Comfort and care for anyone grieving a military or veteran loved one. The helpline answers 24/7.
Military OneSource
Free 24/7 DoD support line for service members, families, and veterans within a year of separation: counseling, finances, moving, parenting.
National Military Family Association
Scholarships for military spouses, family retreats, and programs for kids of wounded or fallen service members.
Military Child Education Coalition
Helps military-connected kids thrive through school transitions and deployments.
Sesame Street for Military Families
Free videos and storybooks that help young children understand deployments, moves, and a parent’s invisible wounds.
Gary Sinise Foundation
Adapted smart homes, first responder support, and morale programs for those who sacrificed most.
Hidden Heroes
The Elizabeth Dole Foundation's community built just for military and veteran caregivers.
Faith-Based Recovery
Christ-centered programs
Mighty Oaks Foundation
Free peer-to-peer retreats helping veterans overcome PTS through biblical principles.
REBOOT Recovery
Free 12-week, faith-based trauma healing courses for veterans and families.
Jake E's Riding Round Up
Equine-assisted mental health services in Kaufman, TX. Free for veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses, funded by the Texas Veterans Commission.
Call: (972) 962-2828
Boulder Crest Foundation
Free Warrior PATHH program helping veterans and first responders move beyond PTSD toward posttraumatic growth.
PTSD Foundation of America / Camp Hope
Christian, faith-based residential and outpatient recovery program for combat veterans and families dealing with PTSD. HQ in Houston, TX.
Pointman International Ministries
Christian ministry supporting combat veterans' spiritual and emotional recovery through peer outposts.
Operation Restored Warrior
Free five-day Drop Zone retreats helping veterans heal the heart wounds of combat through a Christian worldview.
Call Sign Victor (Yorktown, TX)
Four-day Bible-based retreats in Texas for veterans, first responders, and their wives to heal from trauma and rebuild purpose.
Mountains Move
Six-day Warrior Summits and one-on-one wilderness journeys pairing veterans with mentors, centered on Christ.
Cru Military
Discipleship, small groups, combat trauma resources, and marriage seminars for the military community.
Christian Military Fellowship
Bible studies, remote mentoring, and a praying community for service members, veterans, and families.
Prayers & Words of Hope
For hard moments
A Prayer for the Night Watch
God of the sleepless, You see what returns when the world grows quiet. Remain with me in this hour. Hold me until morning.
A Prayer When Memories Return
God who holds time, when the past presses into the present, anchor me here. Give me breath enough for this moment.
A Prayer for Those Who Served and Carry It Still
God of mercy, You know the weight that does not leave when service ends. Hold those who carry it still. Let them know they are not forgotten.
Staying Alive Is Not Failure
There are days when survival feels like defeat. But choosing life is resistance against despair. Today, staying alive is enough.
You Are Not Weak for Struggling
Struggle is not failure. It is evidence that you are still fighting to live. Strength is not silence. Strength is reaching out.
Peer & Community
Camaraderie & community
REGIMENT (Regiment.gg)
Military and veteran gaming community offering camaraderie, esports events, and peer connection, partnered with DAV.
Vets4Warriors
24/7 confidential peer-support hotline and chat staffed by veterans for veterans, service members, and families.
Team Rubicon
Deploys veteran volunteers to disaster-response operations, giving veterans continued purpose and community.
Task Force Dagger Special Operations Foundation
Peer network and emergency support for wounded or ill Special Operations personnel and families.
Operation Second Chance
Provides morale, financial, and family support plus peer community to wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans.
Green Beret Foundation
Support network and community for active and veteran Army Special Forces soldiers and their families.
Team Red, White & Blue
Local chapters connecting veterans through fitness, events, and real community.
Travis Manion Foundation
Character-driven programs and veteran service opportunities. The Mission Continues joined Travis Manion Foundation in 2025.
Soldiers’ Angels
Practical support including monthly food distributions for low-income veterans and deployed troop care.
Military Veteran Peer Network (Texas)
Trained veteran peers across Texas who listen, mentor, and walk you to the right resource.
Honor Flight Network
Free trips for veterans, especially WWII, Korea, and Vietnam era, to see their memorials in Washington, D.C.
Operation Gratitude
Care packages and letters for deployed troops, veterans, and first responders. Also a good place for the family to volunteer.
Mission 22
Wellness programs, treatment support, and community in the war against veteran suicide.
USO
From airport centers to transition programs, the USO stays by a service member from first day to civilian life.
The Warrior's Journey
Warrior-to-warrior support and honest resources for the invisible wounds of service.
Outdoor Adventure & Recreation
Fishing, hunting, hiking & more
Combat Marine Outdoors
Marine-veteran-founded org taking combat-wounded and disabled veterans on hunting and fishing trips. Based in Spring/Houston, TX.
The Fallen Outdoors
National community connecting veterans through hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation, with regional Facebook groups across the country.
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
Teaches fly fishing and fly tying to disabled active-duty military and veterans, with local chapters including Texas.
Team River Runner
Whitewater kayaking and paddling programs for veterans as a path to recovery.
Heroes on the Water
Kayak fishing outings for veterans; national HQ in Allen, TX with a Coastal Bend TX chapter.
Warrior Expeditions
Long-distance thru-hikes, bike rides, and paddling expeditions helping veterans transition from combat to civilian life.
No Barriers Warriors
Outdoor expeditions and resilience curriculum for veterans with visible and invisible disabilities.
Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation
Hunting and fishing outdoor-healing adventures for combat-wounded, Purple Heart veterans.
Warrior Bonfire Program
Outdoor retreats plus a battle-buddy home-repair and support arm for combat-wounded veterans.
Move United Warfighter Sports
Adaptive and disabled sports programming for wounded veterans.
Service & Companion Animals
Service dogs & training programs
K9s For Warriors
Trains and provides service dogs, many rescued, to veterans with PTSD, TBI, and military sexual trauma, free of charge.
America's VetDogs
Trains and places guide and service dogs free of charge for veterans and service members with disabilities.
Patriot PAWS Service Dogs
Trains and provides service dogs at no cost to veterans with mobility limitations or PTSD. Based in Rockwall, TX.
Warrior Canine Connection
Mission-based trauma recovery program where veterans help train service dogs for other wounded warriors.
Freedom Service Dogs
Trains and places service dogs free of charge with veterans and others with disabilities.
Discounts & Perks
Earned benefits worth using
Vet Tix
Free tickets to sporting events, concerts, and shows for veterans and service members. Get out, take the family, reconnect.
Texas State Parks Military Passport
Free entry to Texas state parks for Texas veterans, active duty, and Gold Star families.
Disabled Veteran Super Combo License
Free Texas hunting and fishing license package for qualifying disabled veterans.
America the Beautiful Military Pass
Free lifetime pass to every national park and federal recreation land for veterans and Gold Star families.
Everyday Military Discounts
Lowe’s and The Home Depot both offer a 10% everyday military discount. Enroll once, use it on every home project.
Know a Resource We Missed?
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Apps & Podcasts
Carry it in your pocket
Free VA Mental Health Apps
PTSD Coach, Mindfulness Coach, and CBT-i Coach put grounding tools, sleep help, and symptom tracking in your pocket at no cost.
Christian Prayer Apps
Hallow, Abide, and Pray As You Go put guided prayer, Scripture, and rest a tap away, any hour the night gets long.
Veteran Podcasts
Drive On covers veteran mental health and purpose with people who have lived it.