Quad Cities Vet Center
We can help you connect to substance use programs, both inpatient and outpatient, with VA. We also work closely with our community partners to help you with addiction, detox, or to gain stability.
We offer group support too.
Veterans benefit when family members are involved in the counseling process. We honor family members who support our Veterans and service members.
We consider family to be whomever the Veteran determines is their significant other or family member.
Our family-friendly lobby is available and designed to help you monitor your child close by while conducting a counseling session with quiet and privacy. There are plenty of games, puzzles, and game consoles for children to enjoy.
We’re committed to functioning as a focal point where Veterans, service members, and community partners can connect and engage. We actively partner with:
- Honor Flight Quad Cities
- Rock Island National Cemetery
- Quad Cities Veterans Network
- Ybarra Gomez VFW Post 8890
- Quad Cities Veterans Outreach Center
- Army Community Service (ACS)
Our networks also extend out to the First Responder departments throughout the greater Quad Cities area.
Please call 309-755-3260 if you or your organization is interested in learning more about ways to partner with us.
We can offer counseling and other support, including:
- Bereavement counseling for families who have lost a loved one while they were serving on active duty
- Grief counseling to help with a significant change or loss
- Contact information to the Veterans Benefits Administration and National Cemetery Administration regarding possible burial and survival benefits.
We offer specialty care, including:
- All era-specific groups (Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq)
- Writers’ group
- Support and encouragement group
- Significant others group
We use evidence-based therapies, including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Family Systems Therapy
We have both male and female counselors to make sure clients are comfortable during military sexual trauma counseling.
Counseling includes individual or group counseling, marital and family counseling, referral for benefits assistance, liaison with community agencies, or substance abuse information and referral to help you in your healing process and regain confidence in your everyday life.
We can also connect you with the MST coordinator at your local VA Medical Center for additional support.
Learn more about MST-related medical and mental health services at VA
We offer individual and group counseling.
Our specialty care includes:
- Helping Veterans and service members manage their anger, stress, anxiety, and other symptoms
- Helping Veterans, service members, and their families improve their relationships
- Helping Veterans and service members gain and maintain employment or acquire benefits
- Helping Veterans and service members stay engaged through activities
We use specific techniques including:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- Family Systems Therapy
We understand that the transition from military to civilian life can be a challenge. We offer a variety of ways to assist you in that process such as:
- How to get VA medical benefits and register for care
- Where to go to file claims and other forms
- How to make the most of your VA education benefits
- How to use your VA home loan
- How to access VA burial benefits
We can also connect you to Veterans Service Organizations in your community.
Our priority first and foremost is your safety. If you feel hopeless, suicidal, or are in crisis, let your counselor know. We want to support you in the moment, and also create a safety plan with you to feel safer and more hopeful about the future.
You can also reach the Veterans Crisis Line via text at 838255 or through confidential chat on the website.
We understand that searching for resources can be challenging. Let us help you navigate through and connect with:
- How to activate VA medical benefits and enroll in care
- Where to file disability claims and other VA related forms
- How to make the most of your VA education benefits
- How to use your VA home loan
- How to access VA burial benefits
We can also assist in connecting you with a local Veteran Service Officer (VSO). Call us at 877-927-8387 to find out more information.
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.
-
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.