MA Vet to Vet

MA Vet to Vet Massachusetts Vet to Vet was established as a grass roots community effort initiated by the Springfield College of Human Services in Manchester, NH.

MASS Vet to Vet provides an opportunity for veterans of all ages, services, and personal history to meet; these meetings provide the means for those veterans that may need help from other veterans that may offer help. It was a Veteran Peer to Peer Community Project Group in 2013 to provide meaningful peer led support for veterans in The Commonwealth. They partnered with NH Vet to Vet at the Derry

Friendship Center in Derry, NH and identified a non-profit group called New England Veterans Liberty House [NEVLH] in Lawrence, MA who welcomed the opportunity to host the first MA Vet to Vet Peer Support Group meetings. NEVLH ' s mission, based on veterans helping veterans, is to provide supportive services and referrals for veterans. Vet to Vet is a peer driven support group where veterans can help one another work through the issues frequently experienced as they reintegrate into civilian life. Vet to Vet is open to all veterans, regardless of the years of their service, gender, or whether they were in combat or not. All that matters is that you served your country! Vet to Vet is endorsed by the Veterans Administration, but is not part of the VA. Meetings are normally overseen by two or more Vet to Vet peer facilitators who have been mentored and trained by caring veterans just like them and have received peer support group training. If you are a veteran, you belong at Vet to Vet. All veterans are welcome and it does not matter what war you were in or not in. Our groups do not exist to discuss or attain a disability rating. We are here to learn about ourselves, our problems, and how we affect the other people in our lives. We are here to help each other deal with problems adjusting to life after having been in combat, military trauma, or extended separation from family and community. We are here to help each other deal with problems such as anger, isolation, seclusion, anxiety, depression, and the need to use drugs or alcohol, to escape from these problems. We help each other re-learn how to function in society. We are here for mutual fellowship and benefit. We are caring veterans who are “Paying it Forward.”
From one veteran to another, please join in on our group discussions.

05/20/2016

Now the question remains, how long before the bureaucracy and red tape prevent these from actually getting to the ones in need.

Seriously! Who voted for these people!?!
02/09/2016

Seriously! Who voted for these people!?!

Legislation that would cut by half the Post-9/11 GI Bill housing allowance payments transferrable to children of troops is set for a vote Tuesday in the House.

(Shaking head)...
12/12/2015

(Shaking head)...

Republicans said the new healthcare and education programs was not properly paid for.

Truth is much sadder than fiction, how can we help our brothers n sisters win the battle within...
08/26/2015

Truth is much sadder than fiction, how can we help our brothers n sisters win the battle within...

Iraq war veteran Daniel Wolfe’s su***de played out over a series of social media posts. Zach Baron pieces together his tragic story

It's a beginning, sadly nowhere near a timely solution.
08/03/2015

It's a beginning, sadly nowhere near a timely solution.

VA is acting quickly to grant compensation for C-123 Agent Orange claims to certain Air Force Veterans exposed from contaminated C-123 aircraft.

06/11/2015

Inspiration to us all! Never quit!!

03/26/2015

Ok so this may start to explain some of my difficulties... How's about you brothers n sisters?

02/13/2015

Nothing beats your woodie...

Where do stand on such topics?
02/04/2015

Where do stand on such topics?

If passed, a recently introduced House bill will restrict the sale and possession of “enhanced” body armor designed to stop bullets from even some of the mos...

About time Congress actually did something; what do you think?
02/04/2015

About time Congress actually did something; what do you think?

The Senate today unanimously passed the Clay Hunt Su***de Prevention for American Veterans Act (SAV Act), by a vote of 99-0. The SAV Act combats the scourge of mental health injuries – the invisible wounds of war – that face this generation of injured veterans, particularly post-traumatic stress dis…

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