Providence Vet Center (located in Warwick)

Program Description

The Vet Center is a community-based counseling center that provides individual, group, couples and family counseling to Veterans, service members, including members of the National Guard and Reservists and their families. They also provide community engagement, outreach, and referrals.

Services

The Vet Center offers the following services:

• Support and counseling for symptoms related to PTSD
• Military Sexual Trauma (MST) counseling
• Family and couples counseling for military transition to civilian life
• Bereavement (grief) counseling
• Employment assessment and referral
• Substance abuse assessment and referral

Eligibility

If you are a Veteran or service member, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, you can access our services if you:

▪ Served on active military duty in any combat theater or area of hostility.

▪ Experienced military sexual trauma (regardless of gender or service era).

▪ Provided mortuary services or direct emergent medical care to treat the casualties of war while serving on active military duty.

▪ Performed as a member of an unmanned aerial vehicle crew that provided direct support to operations in a combat theater or area of hostility.

▪ Accessed care at a Vet Center prior to Jan. 2, 2013, as a Vietnam-Era Veteran.

▪ Served on active military duty in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the president, or under orders of the governor or chief executive of a state in response to a disaster or civil disorder in that state.

▪ Are a current or former member of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation, regardless of the location.

▪ Are a current member of the Reserve Components assigned to a military command in a drilling status, including active Reserves, who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma related to military service that adversely effects quality of life or adjustment to civilian life.

Please contact the Vet Center, as our eligibility may expand. If we are unable to help you, we will find someone who can.

Vet Center services are provided to family members of Veterans and service members for military related issues when it is found aid in the readjustment of those that have served or help cope with the deployment of a loved one. Our services are also available to family members when their participation would support the growth and goals of the Veteran or service member. If you consider them family, so do we.

We also offer bereavement services to family members of Veterans that were receiving Vet Center services at the time of the Veteran’s death, and to the families of service members who died while serving on active duty

Documentation

• DD-214
• Other supporting documentation showing qualifying military services
• The Vet Center team can help obtain documents if needed

Contact Info

Warwick Vet Center

401-739-0167

2038 Warwick Ave

Warwick, RI 02889