1 Long Island Vet Center Readjustment Counseling Service 116 W Main Street Babylon, NY Phone (631) Fax (631)

2 What is the VA? - National Cemetery Administration - Medical Services - Vet Center - Veterans Benefits Administration

3 History of Vet Centers There are 206 community Vet Centers established by congress in 1979 and are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Vet Centers serve veterans and their families by providing a continuum of quality care that adds value for veterans, families, and communities.

4 Long Island Vet Center Long Island Vet Center 116 W Main St. Babylon, NY (631) Bronx Vet Center 130 W. Kingsbridge Road, Suite 7A-13 Bronx, NY (718) Brooklyn Vet Center 25 Chapel St., Suite 604 Brooklyn, NY (718) Staten Island Vet Center 150 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY (718) Manhattan Vet Center 32 Broadway, 2nd Floor - Suite 200 New York, NY (212) Harlem Vet Center 55 West 125th St., 11th Floor New York, NY (212) Queens Vet Center 75-10B 91 Ave. Woodhaven, NY (718) White Plains Vet C. 300 Hamilton Ave., 1st fl White Plains, NY Phone: (914)

5 Mission of Vet Centers Vet Centers serve veterans and their families by providing a continuum of quality care that adds value for veterans, families and communities. Care includes professional readjustment counseling, community education, outreach to special populations, the brokering of services with community agencies, and provides a key access link between the veteran and other services in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

6 Vet Center Services SERVICES INCLUDE: Re Adjustment Counseling Bereavement Counseling Counseling for PTSD Medical Care/Benefit Referral Substance Abuse Counseling Marital and Family Counseling Sexual Trauma Counseling

7 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) War Stabilization Operations Training Accidents Sexual Trauma Experienced/Witnessed Forms of PTSD:

8 Eligibility World War II Korean War Vietnam War Lebanon Grenada Panama Eligible veterans include those who served on active duty in direct support of or in a combat theater during Gulf War Somalia Bosnia Kosovo Afghanistan Iraq

9 Confidentiality Your records and all services you receive with the Vet Center are protected by confidentiality and are not revealed to anyone outside of VA without written authorization (Privacy Act, 1975).

10 Long Island Vet Center Village of Babylon

11 Long Island Vet Center Staff

12 Long Island Vet Center Recreation Room

13 Driving Directions to Long Island Vet Center

14 Vet Center Website

15 Long Island Vet Center Readjustment Counseling Service 116 W Main Street Babylon, NY Phone (631) Fax (631)