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Emergency Assistance

Financial Assistance

Emergency Financial Assistance

Coalition to Support America's Heroes

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes provides emergency financial aid and other assistance to troops who have been severely wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.

The Coalition focuses on helping servicemen and women with the most debilitating injuries, such as those who have been severely burned, blinded, paralyzed or brain-damaged.

Because so many of our wounded heroes will need expensive, long-term care, we're also trying to educate the public - and our elected officials - about the importance of getting the government to fulfill its obligations to our wounded troops and their families.

Heartbeat for Warriors

The Emergency Assistance Program we offer gives financial help for life’s daily and unexpected needs. A wounded service member separated from family for medical reasons still has living expenses. Separation can last months — two households must survive on one salary, especially if the family lives in another state.

Delayed military pay, which happens at times, and reduced pay, can mean no electricity for the home. Sometimes it means no food for the baby. We also offer assistance with airfare to bring a family member to the wounded warrior. A service member might also need to travel for a family funeral.

Helping our Heroes Fund

The Helping Our Heroes Foundation provides a way for donated funds and services to directly reach our injured military and a way for concerned Americans to volunteer to actively support our armed forces.

The role of the foundation is to provide patient advocates, identify and fund educational opportunities for the soldier, coordinate specialty counseling (financial assistance, career, housing, etc.), and assist with emergency funding needs as deemed appropriate.

Hope for the Warriors

The mission of Hope for the Warriors™ is to enhance quality of life for US Service Members and their families nationwide who have been adversely affected by injuries or death in the line of duty. Hope for the Warriors™ actively seeks to ensure that the sacrifices of wounded and fallen warriors and their families are never forgotten nor their needs unmet, particularly with regard to the short and long-term care of the severely injured. To accomplish our mission, we have designed special programs that allow and encourage community involvement. We welcome you to read through our website to learn more about how we help and how you can too.

Immediate Needs Grants - Hope For The Warriors™ is prepared to help provide financial assistance once a notice of very severe injury is made. Travel is expensive and sometimes financially prohibitive, especially overseas. Funds are available so that a spouse or parent will be able to be at their loved one's bedside.

Michigan National Guard Family Fund

The Michigan National Guard Family Fund was created to assist Air and Army National Guard families who experience financial difficulties with temporary emergency financial assistance, and to fund programs and training to maintain and improve the quality of life of our Michigan National Guard families. What constitutes a need? Emergency loss of income through activation for military duty, inability to maintain employment due to injury or sudden illness, or job loss; unexpected medical expenses; pay problems; or the accumulation of legitimate bills (e.g. rent, mortgage, electric, oil, gas, etc.). Inability to pay for basic needs: food, shelter, utilities, clothing, medical bills, and transportation due to unforeseen circumstances. Applications are required to be submitted with the necessary documentation.

Operation Healing Forces - SOAR Program

Special Operations Additional Resource Program - The Immediate Needs program provides direct crisis support to Special Operations personnel and their families.

The Immediate Needs program covers travel and expenses related to medical emergencies for service members, veterans, and their families, medical and adaptive equipment not covered by government means, funeral and memorials costs not covered by government means including family travel, relief or respite care for full-time caregivers, one-time financial assistance related to transition or employment opportunities including travel, and other as needed crisis support for families including emergency financial support.

Operation Homefront

When service members are actively serving and have legal dependents or become wounded, ill or injured, they deserve the peace of mind that comes with knowing their family won't have to weather an urgent financial crisis alone. They can count on Operation Homefront to help.

Operation Homefront's Critical Financial Assistance program helps military families address critical financial shortfalls. Most often, this means assistance with mortgage payments, rent, utilities, car repairs, home repairs, overdue bills, critical baby items, and groceries.

Semper Fi Fund

The Semper Fi Fund provides immediate financial assistance and lifetime support to post-9/11 wounded, critically ill and injured members of all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, and their families, ensuring that they have the resources they need during their recovery and transition back to their communities.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes

Disabled American Veterans of the War on Terror must struggle every day to overcome life-changing sacrifices such as the loss of a limb, significant burns, and the reality of being in a wheel chair.

The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes was created to provide a way for individuals, corporations and others to support our troops by helping severely wounded and disabled Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and their families rebuild their lives.

The mission of The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes is to help the people who have given so much on our behalf overcome these obstacles and resume a productive and fulfilling life through programs targeted to their specific needs.

We are helping these brave men and women and their families rebuild their lives in many ways. For some, it’s paying bills because the financial strains of the adjustment are so overwhelming. For others, it’s a computer so they can continue their education. And for some it’s as simple as getting out and going to a concert to break to monotony of rehabilitation. There are five key programs targeted to the specific needs of returning heroes:

One of their programs: Emergency Financial Aid - Direct financial aid to disabled American veterans and their families in crisis.

Operation Homefront

Critical Financial Assistance program helps military families get through their short-term, financial struggles so they do not become long-term chronic challenges.

Financial Assistance

American Military Family

Provides financial aid and assistance to our wounded warriors, as well as facilitates Remodels, Bar-b-Ques/Holiday Parties/Social Events.

Brave Aid

Brave-Aid, Inc. is a wounded veterans assistance fund that was created as a non-conventional vehicle whose goal is to give financial, emotional, and when requested, spiritual assistance to the veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom.

Brave-Aid, Inc. also extends its support to the families of those veterans who gave their lives for our country.

Our mission is not only to provide assistance for our heroes, but also provide an ethical, honorable and honest employment opportunity by procuring assistance for our veterans.

Bob Woodruff Foundation IVF Fund

The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) IVF Fund complements the efforts of multiple veteran-serving organizations that successfully advocated for legislation allowing the Department of Veteran Affairs to provide in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to veterans who have lost the ability to conceive due to injuries incurred during service to our nation.

Since it will take time for the legislation to take effect, BWF will offer financial assistance to affected veterans to cover unreimbursed costs up to $5,000 associated with IVF treatments. The IVF Fund, supported by grants from Merck & Co., Ferring Pharmaceuticals, and EMD Serono, complements the “Serving Our Veterans” program established by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART).

Defenders of Freedom

Defenders of Freedom offers emergency financial assistance to wounded and transitioning veterans, resume preparation, and employment searches. Additionally, they have veteran-initiated programs for peer mentoring. They continue to send care packages upon request from deployed Troops.

We are patriotic citizens committed to serving our wounded, injured and ill combat veterans. We support veterans and their families while they recover in military hospitals, by building relationships and identifying and supporting immediate needs and interests. We are dedicated to promoting public awareness of the many sacrifices made by our Armed Forces.

Moonlight Fund

Moonlight Fund actively raises money throughout the year in an effort to support those with financial needs (such as gaps in medical care, rehabilitation services, burial expenses, housing, and transportation needs). Additional services include child care assistance, tuition expenses, and referrals to third party support services. The Fund is open to any request. We do ask that all requests be made in writing by the attending physician, case worker, or qualified rehabilitation or educational facility.

Operation Family Fund

Mission is to assist the injured and families of the those who have been injured or killed as a part of the Global War on Terrorism, whether domestic or abroad, military or civilian, with financial grants for transitioning to their new circumstances and achieving financial self-sufficiency.

Operation First Response

This program’s main purpose is to alleviate the financial difficulties facing these families. We serve all branches of our nation’s Wounded Warriors and their families with personal and financial needs. Services are provided from the onset of injury or illness, throughout their recovery period and along their journey from military life to the civilian world.

Financial aid varies as each case is based on individual needs ranging from: rent, utilities, vehicle payments, groceries, clothing, travel expenses to and from major medical facilities.

Special Ops Warrior Foundation

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides immediate financial assistance to severely wounded Special Operators to allow their families to be with them in the hospital and to offset expenses associated with their injuries. SOWF delivers a $5,000 check to the wounded Special Operator’s bedside immediately following arrival in a U.S. military hospital. We also provide an iPad so that the Special Operator can keep in touch with their service members, friends, and family.

Operation Second Chance

Operation Second Chance is a non-profit organization that provides financial support and morale building opportunities for wounded, injured, and ill military members and their families. We are based out of MD near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center but we serve a national population as well.

Operation Homefront

Critical Financial Assistance program helps military families get through their short-term, financial struggles so they do not become long-term chronic challenges.

Holiday/Christmas Financial Assistance

Believe with Me Our American Gold Star Christmas project gives grateful Americans the opportunity to let our Gold Star kids know that they are remembered during the challenging Christmas season.
Boot Campaign's Santa Boots Surprising deserving military families with holiday gifts from our community of grateful Americans.
Freedom Alliance Presents for Patriots Christmas is a beautiful, but stressful, season for many in our Armed Forces. We help by providing gifts to the children of military families who are struggling with combat wounds and service-related injuries. We help the families of wounded troops make Christmas a joyous time with a message of appreciation for their service and sacrifice. The program is open to combat-injured active-duty service members and veterans who have been wounded in Afghanistan, Iraq, or in support of the Global War on Terror and are experiencing financial hardships.
Full Circle Home Our service men and women are doing more than their part. They need and deserve all the care packages, love and support that we can give. But at Christmas and Mother's Day, they want to send their love back – back to their wives, fiancés, girlfriends and moms. This program is designed to let our heroes be heroes yet again, by allowing them to send their holiday gifts and a love note to their quiet hero at home. This is accomplished through the generosity and appreciation of businesses and individuals who sponsor a servicemen's gifts home.
Hearts of Patriots Holidays can be a critical time for spouses and families of PTSD veterans suffering from invisible wounds of war. With young children and veterans, unable to handle holiday crowds, many caregivers add extra shopping and planning to their To Do list hoping to make the holidays memorable for their families. While other families are out looking for that perfect gift for their wives or husband, our PTSD veterans feel overwhelmed and trapped, remaining in the safety of their homes. On Christmas morning, or during Hanukkah, it is the caregiver who often doesn't receive a gift. The goal in helping these veteran families is to show America's gratitude with a gift for the caregiver and a grocery gift card or prepaid VISA card to help them purchase their holiday dinner and trimmings. This is a wonderful way to say "Thank You" to these amazing caregivers.
Hope for the Warriors Holiday Giving Initiative Be a spark of HOPE this holiday season by donating to or adopting a family through our Holiday Giving Initiative. You can become Santa and help us provide gifts to brighten a military child's day. This national program is open to post-9/11 wounded or Gold Star military families that are struggling financially during the holidays. Each service member referred to the Holiday Giving Initiative has completed the Hope For The Warriors application process and has been contacted by our Critical Care team. The application process can be completed on our website. Upon referral, the families are asked to complete a wish list for each child under the age of 18. The wish lists are then provided to interested donors to fulfill.
Operation Homefront and Dollar Tree Holiday Toy Drive Looking forward to Operation Homefront's 2022 HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE as we distribute toys and gift cards to hundreds of military kids! Millions of toys were donated at Dollar Tree stores nationwide. These items and other holiday gifts were distributed, through our events and local FRGs and community events, to our most junior service members to show our Nation’s appreciation and supplement the family holiday.

Operation Once in a Lifetime Toys for Troops The holidays are fast approaching and Operation Once in a Lifetime receives thousands of requests from active military families and military veteran families needing a little hand up and help for the holidays. These requests vary from families needing help with toys, meals, and help to get home for the holidays, especially from those families stationed overseas. Help us help those that have sacrificed so much for others. You can donate online, as well as donate toys at our various drop-off locations. Donations are tax-deductible. For more information on how you can help, to find the nearest Toys For Troops drop-off location, or to donate airline miles to help fly service members home for the holidays, please email staff@operationonceinalifetime.com.

Operation Saint Nick (Operation One Voice) Operation Saint Nick provides $100.00 gift cards to up to 360 Special Operations Forces families with financial needs during the holiday season.

Operation Toy Soldier Operation Toy Soldier is a nationwide initiative by Veterans Funeral Care to provide toys to the children of deployed and non-deployed soldiers, and also the children of soldiers that have just returned home. On our website, we have listed all of the participating Veterans Funeral Care affiliates will be listed along with event pictures, drop-off locations, etc. It is very important to us that you understand that even though Operation Toy Soldier is a nationwide toy drive, all the toys you donate STAY LOCAL.

Operation Ward 57 Holidays can be particularly difficult for patients who are unable to leave the wards or hospital. OPW57 creates morale and spirit-boosting events and gifts for patients, families, and staff. With your support, we have been able to provide live music directly on the ward and for outpatient families, flowers, hot catered meals, gift bags, toys, gift baskets, and more throughout the year.

Operation Ward 57 Adopt A Wounded Warrior/Gold Star Family 2022 Our goal is to help wounded/ill/injured (WII) warrior military families and gold star families in need with Christmas and Hanukkah presents for their children, along with a grocery gift card or prepaid Visa gift card for the family to purchase their holiday dinner and trimmings. This is a great way to connect one on one with WII warrior military families or gold star families to offer a special Thank You this holiday season by providing food and gifts.

Project Lifting Spirits Veterans' Santas - Often, when a troop is wounded, the one thing they really miss being able to do is to provide a gift for their own child. We will be trying to see to it that every wounded service member in our area has a gift on hand to give his/her child when they come to visit "Daddy" or "Mommy" at the hospital. We will offer this year-round, so the service member has a gift for that all-important first visit with their child after returning home, for the child's birthday, and of course at Christmas.
Soldiers' Angels Registration to adopt a family for the 2022 holiday season is now OPEN! Looking to spread holiday cheer? Support military and veteran families through Soldiers’ Angels Adopt-A-Family. Provide gifts for the children and a grocery gift card for the family to put towards their holiday meal.
Toys for Little Troops (based in Raleigh, NC with outreach to various military installations) Toys For Lil Troops is a program that was founded by our very own Marine Veteran, SSgt Stan Pinkus. He wanted to create a toy program that provided toys specifically to the children of low-income and/or deployed troops. Every year, the US Veterans Corps delivers these toys to local military installations including, but not limited to, Fort Bragg, Camp LeJeune, Fort Lee, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, Ft Meade, Ft Stewart, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Shaw Air Force Base, Eglin Air Force Base, Reserves, National Guard, and many other locations. We also deliver toys year-round to the children of veteran and first responder families in need through the Shop with a Cop and Shop with a Sheriff program.
Toys for Tots Since 1947 the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program has distributed more than 627 million toys to more than 281 million children. This program is open to all children in the community, including military kids. Families can select their state from the "Request A Toy" tab to learn about how to sign up for the program.
USO Your local USO may have holiday programs that may include free meals, entertainment, and toys for military families. Holiday festivities may include Thanksgiving dinner, breakfast with Santa, Christmas dinner, holiday food baskets, toy drives, food pantries, and more.