Veterans Information Guide
Emergency Room Information
Any Veteran seen in an outside emergency room other than the VA Emergency Room has only 72 hours to contact the Centralized Call Center
1-844-72HRVHA (1-844-724-7842)
Do not call Community Care Office, VA Operator, or Primary Care Clinic
VHA may deny payments if not called.
Area Agency on Aging
Seniors, veterans or disabled under 60, elder care and home health care in Clark, Conway, Garland, Hot Spring, Johnson, Montgomery, Pike, Perry, Pope and Yell Counties. Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.
905 West Grand
Hot Springs AR 71913
(501) 321-2811 or (800) 467-2170
Billie Holsomback bholsomback@seniorspecialists.org
www.seniorspecialists.org
Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs
(501) 683-2382
www.veterans.arkansas.gov
Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs District 1 Veteran Service Office
Serves Arkansas Veterans and their eligible dependents, through advocacy and education to access state and federal benefits, high-quality long-term nursing care and burial honors. Serving Faulkner, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Pulaski, Saline and White counties.
220 Fort Roots Drive
Building 65 Room 119
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501) 370-3820
Arkansas Freedom Fund
The Arkansas Freedom Fund exists to serve and support rehabilitative recreational outdoor activities that benefit our military, veterans, wounded/disabled veterans and their families.
6017 Springwood Circle
Bryant, AR 72022
(501) 517-5338
www.arkansasfreedomfund.org
Arkansas Hospice
Hospice care actually enables patients to live their last days to the fullest with purpose, dignity, grace and support. It is about bringing the best in physical, emotional and spiritual care to those who are facing the challenges of a life-limiting illness and their families. At Arkansas Hospice that is our mission. Plus, as a not-for-profit organization, we believe that fear of costs should never prevent a person from having access to hospice care, and our patients are cared for regardless of ability to pay. (501) 748-3333 or (877) 713-2348
www.arkansashospice.org
Camp Alliance
Camp Alliance was established in 2010 with the purpose to serve the United States Guard/Reserve Armed Forces to compliment the Department of Defense Military Unit and family mission readiness programs. Camp Alliance is a leader in military unit and family support services as well as a role model for building strong support communities.
(479) 936-2160
www.campalliance.org
DD-214s
To obtain a DD-214:
National Personnel Records Center (314) 801-0800
Arkansas National Guard DD-214s (501) 212-4171
Active duty/Arkansas DD-214s (501) 370-3820
www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records
Darby's Warrior Support
Provides combat veterans of the 9/11 Generation free, all-inclusive Arkansas duck hunting in luxury accommodations, while also providing educational scholarship assistance for the severely wounded and permanently disabled veteran seeking a college degree.
(501) 724-0109
www.darbyswarriorsupport.org
Garland County Veteran Service Officer
501 Ouachita Street Room 401
Hot Springs, AR 71901
Stanley Bee, Officer in charge (501) 622-3995
Homeless Veteran Resources
Homeless Veteran Hotline 877-424-3838
If you are a Veteran who has lost your home, VA can help you get back on your feet. Contact VA’s National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at 1-877-4AID-VET (1-877-424-3838) to speak to a trained VA responder. The hotline and online chat are free and neither a registration nor enrollment in VA healthcare is required to use either service.
www.littlerock.va.gov/services/homeless/index.asp
HUD/VASH
Collaborative program between HUD and VA combines HUD housing vouchers with VA supportive services to help Veterans who are homeless and their families to find and sustain permanent housing. 877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838) 24/7
www.va.gov/homeless/hud-vash.asp
Jobs for Veterans
2254 Albert Pike Road #A
Hot Springs, AR 71913
Hot Springs Representative: Stephen Ezelle (501) 525-3450
www.veterans.arkansas.gov/jobs
www.fedshirevets.gov.AgencyDirectory/index.aspx
National Park College Veterans Assistance
Assists veterans in applying for and receiving veteran educational benefits as well as available resources outside of the college. Nathan Looper, Veteran Education Coordinator. (501) 760-4151
P.A.T.H. (Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness)
Program is provided to support individuals with serious mental illnesses as well as individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders, who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Housing, diagnostic screening and therapeutic treatment for serious mental illness, case management services, job training, educational opportunities, referral for substance abuse, primary healthcare. Walk-in clinic: Monday-Friday 8:30am-3:30pm.
125 Wellness Way
Hot Springs, AR 71913
(501) 624-7111 (ask to speak with a member of the PATH team)
Stoneworks Agency
Veterans Reconnect Project & Community Re-entry, Life Redirection Programs for ex-offenders. Available at the Garland County Library on Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm, please come by if you need assistance.
(501) 620-9381
www.facebook.com/StoneWorks-Agency-277608995651514/timeline
Veterans Administration Hospital Little Rock, AR
4300 West 7th Street
Little Rock, AR 72205
(501) 257-1000
www.littlerock.va.gov/
Veterans Affairs Home Based Primary Care
177 Sawtooth Oak Street
Hot Springs, AR 71901
(501) 520-6250
www.littlerock.va.gov/locations/HotSprings.asp
Veterans Crisis Line
800-273-8255 press 1 confidential chat veteranscrisisline.net text 838255
Veterans Villages of America
Our Mission is to combine many of the distinctly diverse programs and policies servicing our veterans into a unifying effort which will improve the economic well-being and quality of life for our veterans.
(501) 663-5003
www.veteransvillagesofamerica.org
Veteran Organization Headquarters
Veterans of Foreign Wars
(501) 834-8392 www.arkansasvfw.org
Paralyzed Veterans of America
(501) 370-3757 www.pva.org
American Legion
(501) 375-1104 www.arlegion.org
Disabled American Veterans
(501) 257-1896 www.ardav.org
Military Order of Purple Heart
(479) 263-6772 www.purpleheart.org
American Legion Auxiliary
(501) 374-5836 www.auxiliary.arlegion.org
National Guard Association of AR
(501) 758-6422 www.ngaa.org
Women Veterans Call Center
Call or Text (855) 829-6636
Workforce Development Office
An array of career training and placement services. Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.
201 Market St.
Hot Springs, AR 71901
(501) 525-3450
http://dws.arkansas.gov/