Give An Hour: 
Veterans Mental Health Support Initiative
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What is Give An Hour?

The Need
Studies estimate at least 300,000 of our service men and women are suffering major depression or post-traumatic stress. An additional 320,000 are suffering from a traumatic brain injury. There is an average of 18 suicides a day among America’s 25 million veterans.

The wounds of war are not always easy to see.
Join the Kentucky Initiative: If you are a licensed mental health professional, would you consider becoming part of an effort to provide free mental health services for our troops and their loved ones? Our goal is to sign-up 400 of Kentucky’s licensed mental health providers (we currently have 30 providers). As a volunteer you are asked to give one hour of your practice time each week for a minimum of one year. To sign up, click the icon and you will be taken to the Give An Hour website where you can register and then you will receive a confirmation email. Click here to become a provider.

Give an Hour
Service Men and Women looking for mental health services through Give An Hour. If you or your family are in need of mental health services and you are a Veteran of the Iraq or Afghanistan deployment, click the icon and you will be taken to the Give An Hour website. Once there you can conduct a search for providers by zip code. Click here to learn more.

Current KY 'Give an Hour' Providers Available
While KY is working to add to the current number of providers, the following zip codes currently have Give an Hour providers. Please visit the Give an Hour website where you can find a provide near you using the following zipcodes below.

To locate your nearest 'Give an Hour' provider, click here.

Additional resources:

Barbara Kaminer MSSW, LCSW Suicide Prevention Coordinator VA Medical Center 800 Zorn Ave. Louisville KY 40206 (502) 287-4011

Sandra Roe RN, CNS Suicide Prevention Coordinator Lexington VAMC 1101 Veterans Dr. Lexington KY 40502 (859) 233-4511, ext. 3223

• www.afterdeployment.org
  A mental wellness resource for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families.
  
  
• http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/Veterans/Default.aspx
  National Suicide Prevention Hotline Veteran Pages.
  
  
  
• www.operationmilitarykids.org
  Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is the U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support the children and youth impacted by deployment.
  
  
• The National Toll-Free Crisis Management, Information, And Referral Lifeline For Veterans & Families
  1-888-777-4443, seven days a week, 9:00 a.m to 9:00 p.m., Pacific Time.
  The lifeline specifically addresses the problem of veterans "coming home" and "falling through the cracks." An initial call to the National Veterans and Families Lifeline is met with a live, immediate response--no automated messages. The call center team listens, immediately assesses the emotional state of the caller, identifies additional service needs, and where appropriate, conferences in third parties that can help. We serve each lifeline caller; and depending on the situation, we will spend anywhere from a few minutes, to several hours, days, or up to several weeks and months of ongoing case management.
  
  

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