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Deployment Services

• Coping With Deployments Course: Spouses, parents, siblings and significant others learn skill-building techniques that help them respond to the challenges of the deployment cycle

• Mind-Body Workshops: Offer an alternative method of healing that engages both the mind and body to address common stress reactions that occur within military families and communities

• Post-Deployment Support Resources: Information and workshops to help families re-adjust to being together after a loved one's deployment

• Pre-Deployment Preparedness Tool for Family Members: Makes sure families are prepared with information they may need throughout the deployment

• Reconnection Workshops: Enhance the likelihood of positive reconnections among family members and successful re-engagement of service members and veteran in civilian life

Emergency Communications?

• The American Red Cross independently verifies an emergency, enabling the service member's commander to make an educated decision regarding emergency leave and then provides transportation assistance and/or financial assistance if needed

Financial Assistance?

• The American Red Cross works in partnership with Military Aid Societies to provide financial assistance which includes funds for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, emergency food and shelter, etc. Aid Societies determine the financial assistance package that will be offered - a grant or loan. The Red Cross is the mechanism to expedite access to these financial resources.

Information and Referral Services?

• Offers confidential services to all members of the military, veterans and their families by connecting them with local, state and national resources through the network of American Red Cross chapters. Local chapters develop and maintain relationships with community partners. Military families rely on the local chapter to help them identify their needs and connect them to the most appropriate chapter and community resources. These services range from responding to emergency needs for food, clothing and shelter; referrals to counseling services (e.g. financial, legal, mental health, etc.); respite care for caregivers; and other resources.

Military and Veteran Caregiver Network?

• Peers engage to exchange experiences, empathy, education and encouragement

• Connect Online: Connect with caregivers in a secure, custom, peer-moderated online community

• Share With a Mentor: Share with caregivers in an understanding, one-on-one, peer mentor relationship

• Join a Support Group: Join caregivers in confidential, peer-facilitated support groups in the community and online

Veteran Services?

• Veterans Claims for Benefits: Assists veterans and their families in preparing, developing and obtaining evidence to support applicants' claims for veterans' benefits. Also assists claimants seeking to appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA).

Provides a broad range of counseling, referral, and other services to help veterans, service members, and their families in a non-medical setting.

• Bereavement counseling

• Community engagement (provides education on the Veteran community and military culture, and builds referral networks to expand support for Veterans, service members, and their families)

• Couples and family counseling

• Group counseling

• Individual counseling for spouses, children, and significant others

• Intimate partner violence support

• Military sexual trauma counseling

• One-on-one counseling for issues including PTSD, depression, grief, anger, or trauma

• Referral services to appropriate resources in the community, including addiction and substance use, homelessness, suicide prevention, and veteran connections

• Significant others support group

• Telehealth

• Transitional counseling

• Workshops and classes (Veterans recreational groups)

Offers confidential help for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost in a non-medical setting. Services include counseling for needs such as depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the psychological effects of military sexual trauma (MST).

Deployment Services

• Coping With Deployments Course: Spouses, parents, siblings, and significant others learn skill-building techniques that help them respond to the challenges of the deployment cycle

• Mind-Body Workshops: Offer an alternative method of healing that engages both the mind and body to address common stress reactions that occur within military families and communities

• Post-Deployment Support Resources: Information and workshops to help families re-adjust to being together after a loved one's deployment

• Pre-Deployment Preparedness Tool for Family Members: Makes sure families are prepared with the information they may need throughout the deployment

• Reconnection Workshops: Enhance the likelihood of positive reconnections among family members and successful re-engagement of service members and veterans in civilian life

Emergency Communications

• The American Red Cross independently verifies an emergency, enabling the service member's commander to make an educated decision regarding emergency leave and then provides transportation assistance and/or financial assistance if needed

Financial Assistance

• The American Red Cross works in partnership with Military Aid Societies to provide financial assistance which includes funds for emergency travel, the burial of a loved one, emergency food and shelter, etc. Aid Societies determine the financial assistance package that will be offered - a grant or loan. The Red Cross is the mechanism to expedite access to these financial resources.

Information and Referral Services

• Offers confidential services to all members of the military, veterans, and their families by connecting them with local, state, and national resources through the network of American Red Cross chapters. Local chapters develop and maintain relationships with community partners. Military families rely on the local chapter to help them identify their needs and connect them to the most appropriate chapter and community resources. These services range from responding to emergency needs for food, clothing, shelter, referrals to counseling services (e.g. financial, legal, mental health, etc.), respite care, and other resources.

Military and Veteran Caregiver Network

• Connect Online: Connect with caregivers in a secure, custom, peer-moderated online community

• Peers engage to exchange experiences, empathy, education, and encouragement

• Share With a Mentor: Share with caregivers in an understanding, one-on-one, peer-mentor relationship

• Join a Support Group: Join caregivers in confidential, peer-facilitated support groups in the community and online

Veteran Services

• Veterans Claims for Benefits: Assists veterans and their families in preparing, developing, and obtaining evidence to support applicants' claims for veterans' benefits. Also, assists claimants seeking to appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA).

Provides a regional training center that supports the training requirements of military and civilian agencies. Also provides service, resources and facilities that empower organizations to conduct essential training. Supports a wide range of customers, from local law enforcement agencies to all branches of the Department of Defense, Camp Ripley is a primary training facility for Minnesota National Guard units.