Pompano Beach Vet Center
We provide referrals to the local VA Medical Center and to community agencies.
We offer couples counseling sessions and individual sessions for significant others to facilitate an understanding of the transition from military to civilian life.
We provide referrals for local service officers to help Veterans and family members apply for VA benefits.
We have an onsite Veterans Service Officer (VSO) on a regular basis. They’re here the first Thursday of each month from 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Note: Please call by 8:30 a.m. to make sure the VSO is in the office.
You may also call our office to request contact information for other local service officers.
We offer individual, group, and family counseling for grief and bereavement.
Sailing the Ocean of Emotions is a spiritually oriented grief group conducted in collaboration with a VA chaplain. This group meets every Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. You’re welcome to attend every session or drop in when you need support.
Our team includes social workers, licensed professional counselors, and mental health counselors. Some of us have served and served in combat too.
We offer individual and group counseling, including:
- Vietnam Veterans support groups
- OIF/OEF groups
- Gender-specific support groups focused on increasing interpersonal skills, and social and emotional support
We also offer recreation and activity based groups to foster Veterans’ connections, like:
- Guitar groups
- Relaxation groups
- Meet-up groups
We have counselors of different genders to accommodate your needs.
We offer different groups to help Veterans and service members process their experiences.
Some of our groups include:
- Vietnam Veterans
- OIF/OEF
- Combat support
- Trauma processing
Our team includes social workers, licensed professional counselors, and mental health counselors. Some of our counselors have served and served in combat too.
We offer specific groups to assist you in the transition from military to civilian life. Service officers are often onsite to assist you in applying for VA benefits. Days and times may vary. Please call for more information.
We work closely with the suicide prevention staff from the local VA Medical Center.
We help Veterans and service members obtain access to services and develop effective ways of coping with stress.
Service officers are often onsite to assist Veterans, service members, and family members in applying for VA benefits.
Days and times may vary. Please call for more information.
We offer an LGBTQ+ group focused on helping Veterans, service members, and their families with interpersonal skills, social-emotional support, and navigating new VA LGBTQ+ services.
How we're different than a clinic (FAQs)
How we’re different than a clinic
What are Vet Centers?
Vet Centers are small, non-medical, counseling centers conveniently located in your community. They’re staffed by highly trained counselors and team members dedicated to seeing you through the challenges that come with managing life during and after the military.
Whether you come in for one-on-one counseling or to participate in a group session, at Vet Centers you can form social connections, try new things, and build a support system with people who understand you and want to help you succeed.
Who is eligible to receive services at Vet Centers?
Vet Center services are available to you at no cost, regardless of discharge character, and without you needing to be enrolled in VA health care or having a service-connected disability. If you’re a Veteran or service member, including members of the National Guard and Reserve, you can access our services if you:
- Served on active military duty in any combat theater or area of hostility
- Experienced military sexual trauma (regardless of gender or service era)
- Provided mortuary services or direct emergent medical care to treat the casualties of war while serving on active military duty
- Performed as a member of an unmanned aerial vehicle crew that provided direct support to operations in a combat theater or area of hostility
- Accessed care at a Vet Center prior to January 2, 2013, as a Vietnam-Era Veteran
- Served on active military duty in response to a national emergency or major disaster declared by the president, or under orders of the governor or chief executive of a state in response to a disaster or civil disorder in that state.
- Are a current or former member of the Coast Guard who participated in a drug interdiction operation, regardless of the location.
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Are a current member of the Reserve Components assigned to a military command in a drilling status, including active Reserves, who has a behavioral health condition or psychological trauma related to military service that adversely effects quality of life or adjustment to civilian life.
We encourage you to contact us, even if you’re unsure if you meet these criteria. If we can’t help you, we’ll find someone who will.
Our services are also available to family members when their participation would support the growth and goals of the Veteran or active-duty service member. If you consider them family, so do we. We also offer bereavement services to family members of Veterans who were receiving Vet Center services at the time of the Veteran’s death, and to the families of service members who died while serving on active duty.
Do I have to be enrolled in VA health care to access Vet Center services?
No. You don’t have to be enrolled in VA health care or have a service-connected disability.
What about my privacy?
Safe and confidential. Our records can’t be accessed by other VA offices, the DoD, military units, or other community networks and providers without your permission or unless required to avert a life-threatening situation. Here, you can be as open as you want—there’s absolutely no judgment.