Combat2College (C2C) - Resources for Veterans           Welcome home and thank you Veterans!

Local Resources:

Military Mental Health Initiative of the HOPES Program (.pdf)
Mental Health Association of Montgomery County
301-738-7176 - Phone Line open 9am to 12pm Monday through Thursday
Program is designed to help veterans gain access to benefit service information, local mental health services, family readiness organizations and to information on housing, employment & transition assistance.

National Resources:

The National Resource Directory
An Online Partnership for Wounded, Ill and Injured Service Members, Veterans, Their Families and Those Who Support Them.
http://www.nationalresourcedirectory.org

Battlemind Training:
Battlemind Training was developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Land Combat Study Team.  Battlemind delineates and provides explanation for potential pitfalls in transitioning combat skills and the battle mindset that were critical to survival in combat to the social/behavioral skills required for success in civilian life.  This is an excellent website that assists our transitioning warriors as well as provides a framework for understanding behaviors that may appear in our classrooms and on our college campuses.
https://www.battlemind.army.mil/

Wounded Warrior Programs:
Wounded Warrior resources for Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and more.
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/combat2college/WoundedWarriorResources.html

Transition Assistance Program:
You will find many handbooks and resources to include the newly DOD/VA released, compensation and benefits handbook.
www.transitionassistanceprogram.com/register.tpp

US Dept of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC, VA Medical Center:
www.washingtondc.va.gov

The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the Uniformed Services University Health Sciences, Center for Traumatic Stress Studies, have teamed up to develop a website to provide important resources and materials to assist active duty and veterans and their families make successful transitions throughout deployment and returning home.
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=ctr_top_military

Military OneSource link
http://www.militaryonesource.com/skins/MOS/home.aspx

US Department of Veterans Affairs
National Center for PTSD Transitional Page
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/index.jsp
http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/videos/emv_newwarr_vets.html
 See the streaming video narrated by Jane Pauley

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
http://www.dvbic.org/
http://www.dvbic.org/cms.php?p=Education

Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF)
http://www.oefoif.va.gov/

Brain Injury Association of America
"TBI - The Invisible Injury"
http://www.biausa.org/elements/pdfs/invisible_dod_qxp.pdf
http://www.biausa.org/media.htm#position

C2C has been developed jointly by:
National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
National Center for PTSD, Palo Alto, CA
Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington DC

FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION, Prospective Students contact:
Ms. Joanna Starling, C2C Program Assistant at 240-567-7103