About Us

Vermont Vet-to-Vet offers peer-to-peer support to veterans of all eras, including those who are now returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. It is essential for Veterans to be able to safely, and confidentially, talk about issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance use issues, family issues, bi-polar and borderline personalities disorders, and many other disorders and reoccurring illnesses. The importance of Vermont Vet-to-Vet peer support is that these Veterans will trust and talk to a fellow Veteran in most cases before they will a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, or VA doctor. Peers offer each other an understanding that comes from having experienced a similar situation or problem.

Vermont Vet-to-Vet is newly established yet has already reached many veterans. We are now a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization! We started with only five facilitators who trained in West Haven, CT. These facilitators are all ex-soldiers, sailors, and marines who have been helped by the VA Mental Health system. Vermont Vet-to-Vet is completely independent of the VA system, yet is strongly supported by the Mental Health department of the VA Hospital. Vet-to-Vet has been in existence since late June 2006.