The Warrior Alliance is an Atlanta nonprofit for service members, veterans, and their families. You fill out a short form, and a navigator works with you on a personal plan. They then connect you with partner groups for things like health care, jobs, school, housing referrals, benefits, legal help, and money skills.
GI Rights Network is a nonprofit that runs the GI Rights Hotline. Trained civilian counselors talk with service members, veterans, people thinking about joining, and their families about military discharges, AWOL or UA, and complaints. The call is free and private.
Paralyzed Veterans of America is a national group that helps veterans, especially those with spinal cord injuries or diseases. Its trained service officers help with VA benefit claims and appeals for free, and it has lawyers, a career program, and caregiver support.
Belinda Boldoe is a Veterans of Foreign Waves (VFW) service officer for the state of Georgia. She works at the VA Regional Office in Decatur. She helps veterans and their families file benefit claims and appeal claim decisions, at no cost to the veteran.
Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) helps veterans who have a spinal cord injury or disease, MS, or ALS. Their service officers help veterans, dependents, and survivors file for VA benefits and appeal denied claims for free, and the chapter also offers job help, disability rights advocacy, and adaptive sports. The benefits office is located inside the Atlanta VA Regional Office in Decatur.
S. military. It offers free legal help or referrals to service members, veterans, and civilians, and it works to change the military justice system. To get help, you fill out an online intake form.
NVLSP is a nonprofit based in the Washington, DC area that has helped veterans since 1981. It gives free legal help to veterans anywhere in the country, including discharge upgrades, medical retirement, and appeals of denied VA claims. It also helps with burn pit claims and VA family caregiver benefits.
The Blinded Veterans Association is a national group for veterans who are blind or have low vision. It helps veterans file VA benefit claims at no cost, offers free training and support through volunteer Ambassadors, and gives scholarships to family members of its members.
ABA Free Legal Answers is an online legal clinic run by the American Bar Association. People who qualify post a civil legal question on the website for their state, and a volunteer lawyer answers it. Georgia is one of the states with its own page, and there is a separate federal page for immigration and federal veterans' questions.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is a national group of veterans and their supporters.3 million members, counting its Auxiliary. Each year it runs two youth essay contests that give out college scholarships and other awards.
American Veteran Advocacy is a small business owned by a veteran. A VA-accredited claims agent helps veterans and their families file VA disability claims and appeals. The agent also focuses on Special Monthly Compensation and traumatic brain injury claims.
The National Veterans Foundation runs the Lifeline for Vets, a free phone line where veterans talk with other veterans. Counselors help with crisis needs, PTSD, VA benefits, jobs, housing, and finding help near you. The group is based in Los Angeles and works by phone for veterans across the country.
Navy Wounded Warrior is the Navy's program for Sailors and Coast Guardsmen who are seriously wounded, ill, or hurt. It helps with needs outside of medical care, like pay and benefits, lodging, caregiver help, and the move to VA care and civilian life. A person has to be referred to join, and they can refer themselves.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars is a national veterans organization. Its Financial Assistance for Service Members program gives grants of up to $2,500, not loans, to active-duty service members and their families who face unexpected money trouble from a deployment, a military pay error, or a pending medical discharge. The VFW also offers free help with VA claims through trained service officers.
