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Resources for Women Veterans

Center for Women Veterans

Resources for Women Veterans

This section provides information about select resources for women Veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs does not sponsor or endorse any non-governmental organization listed. Thousands of national, state, and local resources are available for Veterans, wounded warriors, service members, survivors, their families, and caregivers. Search for those best suited for you on the National Resource Directory.

Veterans of the United States armed forces may be eligible for a broad range of benefits and services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Some of these benefits may be utilized while on active duty. These benefits are codified in Title 38 of the United States Code. This booklet contains a summary of these benefits.

Women’s Health

VA provides primary and specialty health care — including reproductive health care and 7 days of newborn care — to women Veterans.  Women Veteran Program Managers are available at each VA medical center nationwide to advise, advocate, and coordinate care for women Veterans.  More information is available on the Women Veterans Health Care website.

How to Apply for VA Health Care: Find out how to apply for VA health care benefits as a Veteran or service member or call our toll-free hotline at 877-222-8387, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET to get help with your application.

Items of interest specifically for women at VA:

Mental Health Services

VA has a variety of mental health resources, information, treatment options, and more⁠—all accessible to Veterans, Veterans’ supporters, and the general public. Explore the pages below to learn more about a specific mental health topic or to find information specifically tailored to your needs. You can also visit the Get Help page to explore VA resources that address the unique stressors and experiences that Veterans may face.

Explore Mental Health Services

Military Sexual Trauma (MST)

MST is the term that VA uses to refer to sexual assault or repeated, threatening sexual harassment that occurred while the Veteran was in the military.  Get more information on VA services and benefits related to MST.  The Department of Defense (DoD) also provides Sexual Assault Support for the DoD community.

Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention

The VHA Assault and Harassment Prevention Office supports the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) commitment to providing a safe, welcoming, and professional environment for all employees, Veterans, volunteers, and visitors. Harassment or sexual assault will not be tolerated at any VA facility. All who visit a VA campus should expect to be treated with respect. Likewise, we also expect all who enter a VA facility to treat others with respect.

Poster that says Women Veterans Deserve Respect

VA Sexual Assault and Harassment Prevention Office

If you witness or experience harassment at VA, report it. VA takes all reports seriously. Whether it’s a comment, stare or worse, you can report it to:

  • VA Police or security
  • Any VA staff member
  • Your provider
  • A patient advocate
  • A Women Veterans Program Manager
  • The Women Veterans Call Center at 855-829-6636
  • VA customer service 800-698-2411 (option 9).

You don’t need all the details, and you can report anonymously. We will listen.

Report Harassment

VA Benefits and Services

Women Veterans may be eligible for a wide variety of benefits available to all U.S. military Veterans. VA benefits include disability compensation, pension, education and training, health care, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and burial. See our Veterans page for an overview of the benefits available to all Veterans. For more information, please visit the Women Veterans Benefits website.

How to Apply for VA Benefits: The specific VA benefit or program webpage will provide tailored information about how to apply for a particular benefit or program. Generally, service members, Veterans, and families can apply for VA benefits using one of the methods below.

Women Veteran Coordinators

There are Women Veteran Coordinator (WVCs) located in every regional office who function as the primary contact for women Veterans. WVCs provide specific information and comprehensive assistance to women Veterans, their dependents, and beneficiaries concerning VA benefits and related non-VA benefits. They may assist you in the claims intake, development, and processing of military sexual and personal trauma claims.

Training

Economic Opportunity

  • VA Website – Learn about, apply for, and manage VA benefits including Disability Compensation, Education Benefits, Pension Benefits, and Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment.
  • VA Careers – No matter your field, there’s a job at VA for you. We’re hiring a variety of health care providers, administrators, and support professionals at more than 1,380 locations across the U.S.
  • Feds Hire Vets – Federal employment information for Veterans, transitioning military service members, and their families.
  • Department of Labor Veterans’ Employment and Training Service – Veterans’ Employment and Training Service enables all Veterans, service members, and military spouses to reach their full potential in the workplace.

Veteran Entrepreneurs

Education and Training

GI Bill benefits help you pay for school and cover expenses while you’re training for a job. Since 1944, the GI Bill has helped qualifying Veterans and their family members get money to cover all or some of the costs for school or training. Learn more about GI Bill benefits on this page—and how to apply for them.

If you applied for and were awarded Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits, your GI Bill Statement of Benefits will show you how much of your benefits you’ve used and how much you have left to use. Check your remaining Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits

The GI Bill Comparison Tool can help you explore your options, and a VA accredited representative can help you apply for education benefits.

Get help filling out an application

  • Montgomery GI Bill (Chapter 30) Benefits may be used while the Servicemember is on active duty or after the Servicemember’s separation from active duty with a fully honorable military discharge. 
  • Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance – If you’re the child or spouse of a Veteran or service member who has died, is captured or missing, or is permanently and totally disabled due to a service-connected disability, you may be eligible for the Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) program.
  • The Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship allows eligible Veterans using the Post-9/11 GI Bill or dependents using the Fry Scholarship to get added benefits.
  • The Yellow Ribbon Program can help you pay for higher out-of-state, private school, or graduate school tuition that the Post-9/11 GI Bill doesn’t cover.
  • VET TEC 2.0 (high-tech program) is a program that helps eligible Veterans and active-duty service members develop skills to start or advance their career in a high-tech industry. This program is limited to 4,000 paid participants in a fiscal year, but Congress may change the number of participants at any time.
  • IBM SkillsBuild program offers more than 1,000 free online courses to help you start or advance your career. These courses are for both beginners and advanced learners, so you don’t need any subject-matter knowledge or experience before you enroll.
  • VetSuccess on Campus is designed to provide on-campus benefits assistance and readjustment counseling to assist Veterans in completing their college educations and entering the labor market in viable careers.  Under this program, a full-time, experienced Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and a part-time Vet Center Outreach Coordinator are assigned at each campus to provide VA benefits outreach, support, and assistance to ensure their health, educational, and benefit needs are met.

Home Loan Assistance

VA helps Servicemembers, Veterans, and eligible surviving spouses become homeowners. As part of our mission to serve you.  Contact 1-877-827-3702 or Learn more

Housing Stability

VA has services for women Veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.  Discover VA programs and services dedicated to ending homelessness.

If you are a Veteran who is homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, we strongly encourage you to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.

Legal Assistance

Rural Veterans

The VHA Office of Rural Health works to optimize the use of available and emerging technologies, establish new access points to care, and employ strategies to increase health care options for all rural Veterans.

Veterans who reside in rural communities that need a ride should contact the Veterans Transportation Mobility Manager at their local VA medical center.  Veterans or caregivers can go to the Veterans Transportation Service website and view the appropriate state or scroll down the page for the contact information at participating VA medical centers.

State and Local

Caregivers

Volunteering and Civic Engagement Opportunities

  • VA Voluntary Service – In Fiscal Year 2025, 27,825 volunteers served more than 3.6 million hours. Individuals and partnering organizations gave over $95.5 Million in gifts and donations. Value added to VA – more than $238.2 Million!

Memorial Affairs Benefits

The National Cemetery Administration honors Veterans through burial benefits and memorial services. Learn about all of your Memorial Affairs Benefits

  • Apply for Pre-Need – You can apply to find out in advance if you’re eligible for burial in a VA national cemetery. This is called a pre-need determination of eligibility—and it can help make the burial planning process easier for your family members in their time of need.
  • Veterans Legacy Memorial – VLM is an online memorial that honors more than 10 million Veterans interred in VA National Cemeteries, VA grant-funded cemeteries, military-managed cemeteries (including Arlington National Cemetery), U.S. Park Service National Cemeteries, American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries, and thousands of private cemeteries where Veterans have received a VA-provided gravesite marker since 1996.
  • VLM for Living Veterans – VA’s Veterans Legacy Memorial, the largest online memorial site dedicated to America’s Veterans, now offers the opportunity for you, the Veteran, to privately provide your own images, autobiographies, military and life timelines, and historical documents. After you have passed away, if you are interred in a national or State/Tribal/Territory Veterans cemetery or receive a VA headstone or other memorial benefit, the content you’ve submitted will appear on your publicly-visible VLM Memorial Page as content authored by you. *You have to be pre-approved for Pre-Need before using VLM for Living Veterans.*
  • Bereavement counseling – Grief counseling and transition support after the loss of an active-duty Servicemember, Reservist, or National Guard Soldier. If you’re the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a service member or Veteran who died, you may qualify for bereavement counseling through our Vet Centers. Bereavement counseling (sometimes called “grief counseling”) provides assistance and support for people going through emotional and psychological stress after the death of a loved one.

Transitioning from Military to Veteran

VA wants you to be successful when you transition from military to civilian life. We help you and your family navigate VA benefits and services, use partner resources, and get the support you need. We are here to help you achieve and sustain your career goals, find economic success, and maintain your physical and mental well-being throughout your military life cycle.

From when you first join the military to when you start your post-military life, We’re here to help you achieve success anytime, anywhere.

Learn more about our current initiatives to support you, including:

Contact Us

You can contact the Center for Women Veterans

Mail:
U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Center for Women Veterans
810 Vermont Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20420

Contact us securely at www.ask.va.gov Select Women Veteran
Email: 00W@va.gov
Phone: 202-461-6193
Fax: 202-273-7092

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