[RETVET-INFO] Vets4Warriors National Peer Support Line

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Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:18:34 -0600
Vets4Warriors National Peer Support Line
 
The Vets4Warriors peer support line <http://www.vets4warriors.com/> provides
easy access to well-trained veteran peers who are prepared to offer all Reserve
Component Service Members supportive, non-attributional conversations with a
person who has shared similar experiences. Representing all branches of the
military, this team of veteran peers has immediate access to behavioral health
clinicians to respond to potentially emergent issues and can offer referrals to
local community services, military veteran centers, and military healthcare
providers based upon the needs of the service member. The overall program is
designed to help achieve and maintain service member readiness through timely
outreach, peer support, and referral to service providers or applicable
agencies. 

The Vets4Warriors National Peer Support Outreach Program capabilities include: 

    a.  Comprehensive peer counseling and outreach support services comprised of
a toll-free peer support line, with web-chat capability services are available
to all reserve component service members, regardless of status and 

    b.  a targeted outreach capability to proactively contact potential at-risk
populations over an extended period including members of the Individual Ready
Reserve (IRR), pre-Basic Training service members within the Recruit Sustainment
Program (RSP), Inactive National Guard (ING) service members, and
Pre-Mobilizing/Demobilizing reserve component service members. 

State level success has been demonstrated since 2005 when the New Jersey
National Guard began utilizing a Vet2Vet peer support line to provide qualified
support and tele-intervention efforts to service members. This Vet2Vet peer
support line served as a model for the national Vets4Warriors peer support line.


Following the Dec. 13, 2011, launch of the Vets4Warriors peer support line, the
Army National Guard plans to continue nationwide promotion efforts. The
toll-free peer support line, 1-855-VET-TALK (1 855-838-8255), is supplemented
with web-chat capability, including comprehensive peer counseling and outreach
support services. 

The Vets4Warriors program is a component of a larger effort to promote
individual resilience, risk reduction, and coping skills through peer support
and referrals to community-based services. Peer counseling is an effective
method to promote the growth of these self-development skills without the
potential stigma that some service members may associate with help-seeking
behavior. The program also improves awareness and access to local resources
available to assist the service member, while the utilization data collected by
the program can help shape and refine current support programs.
 
Resources: 
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Vets4Warriors <http://www.vets4warriors.com/>
Army National Guard <http://www.arng.army.mil/Pages/Default.aspx>


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SOURCE:  US Army STAND-TO! Newsletter, 28 December 2011




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