The mission of a Community Living Center is to restore each Veteran to his or her highest level of well being. It is also to prevent declines in health and to provide comfort at the end of life.
The mission of a Community Living Center is to restore each Veteran to his or her highest level of well being. It is also to prevent declines in health and to provide comfort at the end of life.
Military Valor Community Gardens
To provide access to learning about gardening, healthy food options, sense of purpose and camaraderie working together as a community. Hopefully, VHF will have their own healing land space in Ojai to offer initial learning and exploring sustainable gardening and ecotherapy. It is a vision to build community gardens where military and veterans members reside in order to provide this healthy food option as well as wellness and therapeutic experience. Potential sites will be assessed, evaluated and developed with partnerships and collaboration with community and private agencies. Projected goal would be to build one Community Garden per year with ongoing maintenance and support. Possible sites: Ventura County Naval Base, Ventura Vet Center, Community College Veteran Resource Centers, and various veteran residential community centers/homes.
Valor Healing Farms is excited, honored and grateful for this amazing opportunity to have our own Community Victory Garden at The Taft Garden in Ojai. CEF/Taft Gardens is very excited to collaborate with Valor Healing Farms to host a Healing Garden for the community they serve. Look forward to updates and opportunities to donate to this project in the coming year.
Animal Assisted Therapy
Experience an opportunity participating in “Gaining Ground” Equine Retreats. Equine Assisted Learning is a powerful experiential modality exploring and developing healthy relationships and connection to self and others through the guidance and wisdom of horses along with a licensed therapist. Currently, the program will be offered as half/full day retreats. No horse experience necessary, all horse activities are on the ground. Horses offer metaphorical learning, mirroring the human body language and feelings of the participant. Sessions are solution oriented in order for the client to discover the best solutions for themselves. In these sessions, the benefits can include learning new coping strategies, enhancing mental health, wellness and life skills through the relationship with the horse.
This program will also incorporate mindfulness ecotherapy and “Chart Your Change” a Vision Board modality exploring one’s life path. Participation size will be limited. Individual and couple sessions to be announced in the future.
Our horse herd, Gunter, Phoebe and Titus live with their owners: Daniel and Lydia Ruark who have graciously opened up their ranch and horses to heal and serve our program. VHF is truly grateful.
VetCTAP provides FREE ongoing job search workshops and coaching in California for transitioning military, veterans and spouses. Specializes in working with those who have served 10+ years in the military and spouses who are looking for a professional career.
Veteran’s PATH enables returning veterans to rediscover meaning, purpose, and joy in their lives through mindfulness, meditation, and a safe community.
The VCP was created to process at-risk archaeological collections belonging to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Many of these collections require rehabilitation in order to meet federal standards, and the VCP employs veterans as laboratory technicians to perform this work. This includes cataloging and photographing artifacts, and cleaning, scanning, and re-housing photographs and documents, providing veterans with a valuable bridging experience from the military into the public sector.
The Veterans Legal Institute® (VLI) is among the only non-profit public interest law firms in the nation dedicated exclusively to the legal needs of current and former military members in Southern California.
Salesforce is committed to upskilling the military community with high demand technology skills and providing our partners with a diverse and trained talent pipeline.
VetsinTech supports our current and returning veterans with re-integration services, and by connecting them to the national technology ecosystem. VIT is committed to bringing together a tech-specific network, resources, and programs for our veterans interested in Education, Entrepreneurship, and Employment – the 3E’s!
Our Mission – Restoring Hope
Our mission is to reduce suicide among our warriors: our Veterans, First Responders and Care Givers!
Like us all, Veterans, First Responders and Care Givers need a helping hand now and then and we help these men and women through Healing and Support.
Check out our flagship Warriors For Life Virtual Community Support Group and our Wellness Center initiative under way!
Non-profit (501c3), public foundation to serve Veterans by reducing suicides, homelessness, joblessness, and effects of PTSD and other emotional struggles and disabilities.
We reduce suicides by providing Employment opportunities. Lack of employment accounts for up to 20% of suicides. We are working on Health and Housing initiatives as well, so please check back often to learn more and see how you can help out.
Also, check out our events (motorcycle) at : https://victoryforveterans.org/veteran-programs/
The Warrior-Scholar Project is designed to provide mentoring and other forms of guidance for enlisted service members wishing to attend four-year universities. The program seeks to teach the skills required for effective and successful learning in the college environment.
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Resources for female veterans in California.
They connect you and your family to the employment, housing and other resources you need. They offer specialized mental health services for individuals and families, and they work to strengthen the bond between women veterans in our community.
WFW is a FREE Job Placement Program. The focus is assisting Post 9/11 Veterans, Active National Guard, Active Reserve members, Spouses, and Gold Star Families in finding civilian employment in their region.
Workshops for Warriors provide veterans and transitioning service members with advanced manufacturing training and industry-recognized certification for careers in welding, machining, and fabrication at no cost to the veteran.
Zero8hundred provides a one-stop resource hub to transitioning service members, recent veterans and their spouses (including Gold Star spouses) to help them navigate through and connect to the local non-profits and community agencies who can best support all their specific post-service needs – eliminating the necessity to figure out their transition plan all on their own.