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Easter Seals NH
Veterans Services
Connecting New Hampshire's veterans and their families to solutions |
Our Mission:
Easter Seals Veterans Services ensures New Hampshire's veterans and their families receive exceptional services maximizing their quality of life in recognition of their service and sacrifice for the community.
| Our Unique Approach:
Our approach is unique because we work in partnership with federal, state and local resources to connect veterans and their families to services that meet their medical, social, emotional and financial needs. Our family-focused solutions address the unique struggles of military families—during deployment and upon returning home. |
 | We bring the resources of Easter Seals to help veterans access benefits and services received to solve potential issues brought on by the emotional and physical hardships associated with military service. We are working to ensure no one falls through the cracks by cutting through red tape, filling gaps in services and delivering solutions locally, promptly and efficiently.
Challenges & Issues
- Disability Issues: Due to advances in both combat technology and medical technology, many veterans return to civilian life with complex disability issues—brain injuries, amputations, severe psychological trauma.
- Employment Issues: Members of the Guard and Reserve have returned to civilian employment only to find that they have been reassigned by their employer to lower positions, or they have lost compensation and benefits, or they have been fired.
- Social Attitudes: Veterans feel a stronger sense of responsibility to serve their country. Ironically, the attitude that helps them endure the difficulties of war becomes a social barrier in civilian life that prevents them from asking for the health care and welfare services they need.
- Family Issues: Veterans’ families struggle with a set of unique problems resulting from frequent and lengthy deployments. Spouses who are left behind, especially those in the Guard and Reserve who remain in their communities, do not have the support network that is available to families living on military installations. As a result, these families are isolated and experience greater stress.
Helping Veterans & Their Families
- Connecting Veterans to Community Based Resources
The Veterans Services case manager will assist veterans with a broad range of support in the civilian community including accessing: disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, special education, health plans for low-income children, subsidized child care, assistance with scholarships and financial aid for school or training programs and many other services.
- Family Support Sessions
Family Support Sessions offer counseling to spouses of all military personnel, active duty or reserve, giving them a place to share the experiences of being a military spouse and to receive support regarding children, finances, deployment, school, work and more.Easter Seals provides direct services in the areas of medical rehabilitation, vocational services, childcare and transportation.
- Direct Services
Easter Seals provides direct services in the areas of medical rehabilitation, vocational services, childcare and transportation.
- Special Transit Services
Veterans will be assisted with transportation issues through Easter Seals Special Transit Services, the largest paratransit service in NH, with a fleet of 114 buses providing door-to-door services for individuals with disabilities.
Contact:
Chrystn Pitt, Intake Coordinator
Cpitt@eastersealsnh.org
(603) 315-4354
Daisy Wojewoda, Project Director
Dwojeewoda@eastersealsnh.org
(603) 621-3579
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