Veteran Mental Health Peer Program

The Texas Veterans Commission Peer Service Mental Health Program (VMH Peer Program) was created in 2023 to assist Veterans to lead lives of dignity and independence by helping them address mental health and/or disorders while building comradery with their fellow Veterans. This program will serve Veterans who are seeking to belong to a Veteran community as they once belonged to their Military Community. One goal is to help Veterans who wish to build friendships and family with other Veterans.

 

East Texas Veterans Resource Center (ETVRC) ​provides outreach, community and engagement activities for East Texas Veterans. The goal of the program is to help Veterans build a community amongst themselves and provide free monthly group trips. Another goal of the program is to provide a hub for Veterans seeking multiple services. The program would provide a first stop for Veterans seeking multiple services specifically for them. It is important to ETVRC that Veterans have main resource stop in order to navigate all the support options that are available to them.  This program will enable Veterans to interact with their fellow veterans, and also to be able to lean on each other in this program.

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Eligible for this program are: Veterans who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who were discharged and has a DD214 stating Honorable, General Under Honorable Conditions or Uncharacterized Discharge, and who resides in one of the 13 counties covered: Red River, Bowie, Cass, Upshur, Marion, Gregg, Harrison, Titus, Morris, Camp, Rusk, Panola and Smith Counties.​​