- Employment is the #1 challenge our returning veterans are facing
- The top 10 reasons to hire veterans (ask us at Charlotte Bridge Home if you really want to know)
- We prepare soldiers for months, even years to accomplish their military job, BUT we don't prepare them at all for the rest of their civilian lives
- Estimates are that 30-40% of returning veterans present with TBI, Post-Traumatic Stress or both
- Service members, veterans and their families living in rural areas are less likely to have access to a local mental health professional
- >60% of the 2.5 million OEF / OIF / OND returning veternas are eligible for VA services, BUT only 866,000 have sought VA care
- The wait to receive mental health care at a VA facility can be several months (currently an average of 9.5 months nationwide)
- >56% of community providers (nationwide stat) do not routinely ask if a client or patient has served in the Armed Forces
- Only 29% of these same community partners know how to refer a veteran to the VA for medical or mental health services
- Imagine moving to a new community without family support - that is one of the challenges our transitioning service members face
- Charlotte Bridge Home serves veterans as a continuation of the military "sponsorship" program - WE WILL CONNECT YOU
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