Central Coast Veterans Helping Veterans

Helping Veterans Now

Central Coast Veterans Helping Veterans (CCVHV) is organized to assist the estimated 45,000 veterans residing in San Luis Obispo County, Northern Santa Barbara and Southern Monterey Counties. Many of these veterans have encountered a variety of problems in transitioning from military service to a fully productive life as civilians.

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Veterans Court

Mentorship

Coming home after military service can be an overwhelming task for all veterans. It can be devastating to suddenly be alone after being protected on all sides by your comrades. Vulnerable and isolated, veterans need the very things they’ve lost, the military family. That’s why CCVHV has expanded its mentoring services to include all veterans coming out of uniform into the Central Coast. We believe that every one of them should have a “battle buddy” who can relate to what they’re going through, another veteran who knows what it’s like to serve and sacrifice for our country. Our mentors help guide veterans through the process of readjusting to civilian life and overcoming the isolation and challenges of returning. CCVHV Mentors act as advocates, identifying and coordinating existing services, and when needed, supplementing those efforts to help veterans return to our community as productive citizens.

Home Health Care

Free Help For Homebound Veterans

There are generations of veterans who fought for us and now are fighting loneliness and despair. We have an obligation to help them and we can. No veteran should suffer in silence, alone and uncared for. That’s why CCVHV has expanded it’s services to include assistance to homebound vets who don’t have the ability to take care of themselves. We’ve formed an alliance with Healing Hands Caregiving to help with daily life, providing household support and much needed companionship to any vet who needs it.

KYLE, .U.S. Army Sergeant

“My life was in shambles. I was such a slave to alcohol I feel it is hard to describe to someone who has never been that lost in a bottle. There was a time where I thought the only cure to that depression was another drink. I am proud to say that today I have lost all of these ailments. I am no longer a slave to alcohol, There was a time where I did not believe that I could fix all of the problems that I made for myself. It took time to know that I could fix them all, that I had been given a second chance to live the life that I always wanted to live. I have hope that I can recover from my PTSD; that all the things I did in Iraq and Afghanistan did not make me a bad person. My gratitude goes to everyone on the Veterans Treatment Court team. I want to thank you all, truly from the bottom of my heart for helping me through my darkest time and for continuing to walk with me on my road to recovery.“

ANDY, U.S. Army SPC 4

“I would like to thank the Veterans Treatment Court for all the opportunities that have been given to me. I now know that I am not a trouble maker; just a man who is trying to deal with P.T.S.D and T.B.I that I brought home with me after serving my country with honor and distinction.“

AUDI, U.S. Marine Corp. E4

“When I got out of the Marine Corps I was a very lost person. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was. I had done three deployments in four years and did not know how to adjust to civilian life. Many times I thought about reenlisting because life seemed to be much simpler in the Military. It was a place where I could be angry and thrive. As I have been going through Veterans Treatment Court I have begun to realize that the biggest way this program is helping me is simply by giving me a higher level of accountability. It is forcing me to look seriously at my life and address issues that I would rather ignore. In a way, maybe that is what I was really wanting during the times that I wished I was back in active duty.”