NORTHEAST FLORIDA WOMEN VETERANS

NORTHEAST FLORIDA WOMEN VETERANS, INC. is focused on ensuring women veterans who have served on active duty, National Guard, or Reserves, and their children, transition into the civilian community with the tools they need to become self-sufficient. We operate a resource center to provide support and career services to women veterans, plan and participate in community events to encourage women veterans to get involved and reintegrate into the community, advocate for and promote community awareness of their challenges and accomplishments at the local, state, and national levels ensuring each has a voice.

OUR CHALLENGE: We recognize that many women veterans transition easily and go on to be very successful in their lives. Some women veterans have not handled the transition well or things have happened beyond their control, and they find themselves needing assistance. Our staff is dedicated to helping meet those needs.

Women are the fastest-growing community of military veterans. As veterans, we are subject to the same challenges as our male counterparts: PTSD, MST, high divorce rate, health issues, and even homelessness. The challenges for women go beyond that. Often childcare, domestic violence, gender discrimination, and other issues, push our needs beyond the normal transition challenges.

Only in recent years has the VA placed more emphasis on the unique needs of women veterans. Community agencies have also begun to look at services needed for this demographic. We are working daily with community partners to ensure that women who served are no longer the “Invisible Veterans.”

OUR CHARGE: Here in Florida, we serve the second-largest population of women veterans in America, with Duval County having the largest number in the state of Florida. We sincerely believe in our Core Mission to help set the standard for providing personalized care and emergency resources to the women who have served and continue to serve our country.