HOW YOU CAN HELP VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES
DiversityInc has compiled a list of organizations that provide support for the almost 305,000 members of
the U.S. military who were disabled in the line of duty in the Iraq War. The complete list of organizations is
available at www.DiversityInc.com/veterans.
NAME: Disabled American Veterans
ADDRESS: 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring,
KY 41076
PHONE: 859-441-7300
WEB SITE: www.dav.org
PURPOSE: Provides benefit services for veterans
with disabilities
NAME: Disabled Veterans Dept. of Defense
WEB SITE: www.dodvets.com/index.asp
PURPOSE: Provides employment opportunities for honorably discharged veterans with
disabilities
NAME: The American Veterans Disabled for
Life Memorial
ADDRESS: 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 302,
Arlington, VA 22201-3367
PHONE: 888-525-2009
WEB SITE: www.avdlm.com/memorial.php
PURPOSE: Collects donations and stories for
The Memorial, a monument dedicated to
veterans with disabilities
NAME: U.S. Small Business Administration
PHONE: 800-827-5722
WEB SITE: www.sba.gov/aboutsba/
sbaprograms/ovbd/ index.html
PURPOSE: Provides small-business consulting
services to veterans, service-disabled veter-
ans, reserve-component members, and their
dependents or survivors
NAME: AMVE TS
ADDRESS: 4647 Forbes Blvd., Lanham, MD
20706
PHONE: 301-459-9600
WEB SITE: www.amvets.org
PURPOSE: Provides entrepreneurial seminars,
an emergency crisis helpline and community-outreach services
NAME: Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States
ADDRESS: 200 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002
PHONE: 202-543-2239
WEB SITE: www.vfw.org
PURPOSE: Provides community-service programs and special projects and offers free
phone cards to active-duty military personnel
NAME: Department of Veterans Affairs
PHONE: 800-827-1000
WEB SITE: www.va.gov
PURPOSE: Offers information about veteran
benefits administered by the Department of
Veterans Affairs and the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Service to veterans,
employers and the general public
NAME: SCORE
ADDRESS: 1175 Herndon Parkway, Suite 900,
Herndon, VA 20170
PHONE: 800-634-0245
WEB SI TE: www.score.org/veteran.html
PURPOSE: Provides free and confidential
advice for veteran small-business owners
with disabilities
NAME: National Assoc. of State Directors
of Veterans Affairs
ADDRESS: 118 State Street, Drawer 20,
Montpelier, VT
PHONE: 802-828-3379
WEB SI TE: www.nasdva.com
PURPOSE: Provides claims-representation
services for veterans and their families
NAME: TRICARE
ADDRESS: Skyline 5, Suite 810, 5111 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3206
PHONE: 703-681-1765
WEB SITE: www.tricare.osd.mil
PURPOSE: To enhance the Department of
Defense and national security by providing
health support for the full range of military
operations and sustaining health
NAME: National Association of County
Veteran Service Officers
ADDRESS: 223 South Sixth Street, Suite 6,
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
PHONE: 712-328-5797
WEB SITE: www.nacvso.org
PURPOSE: Provides benefit support services for
veterans with disabilities and their dependants
in various counties across the country
NAME: Armed Forces Veterans Homes
Foundation
ADDRESS: 5211 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746
PHONE: 800-638-0594 x234
WEB SITE: www.vethomesfoundation.org/
frameset.htm
PURPOSE: Provides philanthropic support to
elderly and infirmed veterans needing long-
term care
NAME: Volunteers of America
ADDRESS: 1660 Duke Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314
PHONE: 800-899-0089
WEB SITE: www.voa.org
PURPOSE: Provides housing and healthcare so-
lution services to more than 2 million people
in more than 400 communities
NAME: Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission
ADDRESS: 1101 Pennsylvania Ave,, NW, 5th Floor,
Washington, D. C. 20004
Phone: 202-756-7729
WEB SITE: www.vetscommission.org/index.asp
PURPOSE: Conducts studies of the benefits
under the laws of the United States that com-
pensate and assist veterans and their survivors
for disabilities and deaths attributable to
military services
