Veterans
Nashville Vet Center
Services: Readjustment counseling, bereavement counseling, VBA benefits referrals and a wide range of psycho social services offered to eligible Veterans, Service members, and their families in the effort to make a successful transition from military to civilian life.
Requirements: Past military service.
Application: For individual and group counseling, we recommend using our telehealth services. If you need to speak with someone confidentially, please call us anytime 24/7 at 877-927-8387.
Nashville VA Medical Center
Services: PTSD and Veteran Services, Detox and Treatment for homeless veterans, 24/7 ER
Hours: 24/7
Main phone: 615-327-4751
VA health connect: 833-940-1625
Mental health phone: 615-225-3600
Operation Stand Down
Services: Provides urgent needs for veterans such as housing and financial assistance, transportation, food, clothing, and hygine, career services, VA benefits, legal aid, and more.
Requirements: Proof of having served in armed forces (DD214 or VA ID) and proof of employment (pay stub or hiring letter)
Hours: Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Room In The Inn Veteran’s Program
Services: In partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Room In The Inn’s Veteran’s Program provides 32 beds and focuses on employment, education, sobriety, and permanent housing, all in the context of a supportive community. Please call for more information, 615-251-9791.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families at Centerstone (SSVF)
Services: Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) helps veterans and their families gain access to resources needed for permanent housing. These services are available to low and very-low income veteran households where the family is at risk for homelessness or is homeless. The program is provided free of charge through a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. All counties in Middle TN served.
TN Department of Veterans Services
Services: Serves as an effective and efficient conduit for Veterans of all eras to connect with resources and services that improve their quality of life, mental health, access to education, business resources and high quality jobs.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Veteran’s Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH)
Services: Housing assistance for Veterans that are homeless or in threat of being homeless.
Requirements: Discharged from the military under honorable conditions and homeless or in threat of being homeless.
Application: Apply at the 4th floor homeless clinic at the Nashville TN VA Medical Center. Bring birth certificate, social security card, photo ID, current income and DD214.
Other: Contact the VA National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 877-424-3838 for assistance. If Veterans do not have access to a phone or the internet, only then are they to visit their closest VA medical center.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.