There are many resources to support veterans with disabilities ranging from benefits to transportation. These resources can assist with being more successful throughout your education, career and life.
Benefits
Benefits for Service Disabled Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) administers programs and provides benefits to qualified former U.S. service members with service-connected disabilities (i.e., service-disabled veterans). These benefits can compensate a veteran for an injury or provide assistance to enable a veteran to have a higher quality of life.
Benefits for Service-Disabled Veterans (congress.gov)
VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound Benefits
VA Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits provide monthly payments added to the amount of a monthly VA pension for qualified Veterans and survivors. If you need help with daily activities, or you’re housebound, find out if you qualify.
VA Aid And Attendance Benefits And Housebound Allowance (va.gov)
Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance
Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance (S-DVI) provides low-cost coverage to eligible service members. This program stopped taking new applications after December 31, 2022. But if you already have S-DVI, you can keep it. Read this page to learn more about S-DVI.
Service-Disabled Veterans Life Insurance (S-DVI) (va.gov)
Compensation and Pension
Social Security Disability Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs provide assistance to people who meet our requirements for disability.
Disability Benefits (ssa.gov)
VA Disability Compensation
VA disability compensation (pay) offers a monthly tax-free payment to Veterans who got sick or injured while serving in the military and to Veterans whose service made an existing condition worse. You may qualify for VA disability benefits for physical conditions (like a chronic illness or injury) and mental health conditions (like PTSD) that developed before, during, or after service. Find out how to apply for and manage the Veterans disability benefits you've earned.
VA Disability Compensation (va.gov)
VA Pension Benefits
VA pension benefits are available to some wartime Veterans and their survivors — find out if you're eligible to apply.
VA Pension Benefits (va.gov)
Food Assistance
SNAP Benefits and Eligibility
To get SNAP benefits, you must apply in the state in which you currently live and you must meet certain requirements, including resource and income limits, which are described on this page. SNAP income and resource limits are updated annually.
SNAP Eligibility (usda.gov)
Soldiers’ Angels
The mission of Soldiers' Angels is to provide aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families.
Get Support - Soldiers' Angels (soldiersangels.org)
Housing
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development - VA Supportive Housing Program
HUD-VASH is a collaborative program which pairs HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) rental assistance with VA case management and supportive services for homeless Veterans. These services are designed to help homeless Veterans and their families find and sustain permanent housing and access the health care, mental health treatment, substance use counseling, and other supports necessary to help them in their recovery process and with their ability to maintain housing in the community.
VA Supportive Housing Program (VASH) (va.gov)
Volunteers of America - Helping America’s most vulnerable
We help 1.5 million people a year and counting. Volunteers of America is one of the nation’s largest, established comprehensive human services organizations with 16,000 mission-driven professionals, dedicated to helping those in need rebuild their lives and reach their full potential. Founded in 1896, the faith-based nonprofit has programs in 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, serving more than 1.5 million people a year.
Volunteers of America - Helping America’s most vulnerable (voa.org)
Supportive Services for Veteran Families
For very low-income Veterans, SSVF provides case management and supportive services to prevent the imminent loss of a Veteran's home or identify a new, more suitable housing situation for the individual and his or her family; or to rapidly re-house Veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without this assistance.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (va.gov)
VA Home Loans
VA helps Veterans, Service members, and eligible surviving spouses become homeowners. As part of our mission to serve you, we provide a home loan guaranty benefit and other housing-related programs to help you buy, build, repair, retain, or adapt a home for your own personal occupancy.
VA Home Loans Home (va.gov)
Disability Housing Grants For Veterans
We offer housing grants for Veterans and service members with certain service-connected disabilities so they can buy or change a home to meet their needs and live more independently. Changing a home might involve installing ramps or widening doorways. Find out if you’re eligible for a disability housing grant—and how to apply.
Disability Housing Grants For Veterans (va.gov)
Transportation
FREE Rides for Disabled Veterans
DAV operates a fleet of vehicles around the country to provide free transportation to VA medical facilities for injured and ill veterans. DAV stepped in to help veterans get the care they need when the federal government terminated its program that helped many of them pay for transportation to and from medical facilities. The vans are driven by volunteers, and the rides coordinated by more than 156 Hospital Service Coordinators around the country.
FREE Rides for Veterans (dav.org)
Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility
The Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) is a Federal interagency council that works to coordinate funding and provide expertise on human services transportation for three targeted populations: people with disabilities, older adults, and individuals of low income. The CCAM works at the Federal level to improve Federal coordination of transportation resources and to address barriers faced by States and local communities when coordinating transportation. The CCAM’s mission is to issue policy recommendations and implement activities that improve the availability, accessibility, and efficiency of transportation for CCAM’s targeted populations, with the vision of equal access to coordinated transportation for all Americans.
Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (dot.gov)