Pueblo Vet Center
We use referrals to HUD/ VASH to assist homeless Veterans. We also support you by:
- Participating in homeless stand-downs in several communities including Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Trinidad, CO
- Assisting Mount Carmel in food distribution events
- Working with Volunteers of America in a variety of services
- Assisting Veterans Service Organizations with food distribution events
We have counselors who can provide services such as:
- Individual counseling for couples, spouses, and significant others
- Group therapy for spouses, family members, and significant others
We partner with local Veteran organizations, including:
- Pueblo Veterans Council
- Pueblo City’s Military Affairs Committee
- The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA)
We can offer counseling and other support, such as:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one while serving on active duty
- Grief counseling
We offer individual and group counseling. We can also provide referral services to resources outside of the Vet Center.
Our group counseling includes:
- Combat era specific groups (Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.)
- Family support groups
- Other trauma-focused groups
We offer individual and group counseling for:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Activity engagement
We also offer evidenced-based therapies including:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
We provide confidential individual and group counseling support for both male and female Veterans related to MST.
- Warrior Renew Group
- MST Co-ed Processing Group
- CPT and EMDR Trauma Processing Therapies
We offer individual and group counseling for:
- Anger management
- Stress management
- Activity engagement
We also offer evidenced-based therapies including:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
We understand the transition from a military to civilian life. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in the process:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Navigating housing and home loans
- Education and referral for VA burial benefits
- Connections to additional local, state, and Veteran service organizations in your community
We provides suicide prevention services, which include:
- Counseling for individuals and families
- Referral services to local resources
- VA suicide prevention group
- Equine therapy specifically designed for suicide prevention
We understand that navigating the variety of resources available can be a challenge. We can provide information on topics such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- Understanding your VA education benefits
- Housing and home loans
- Educational and referral for VA burial benefits
We have a Veteran Benefits Administration representative onsite, bi-weekly, to assist you with benefits and claims. We can also assist with connecting you to local and state Veteran organizations.
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.