Tallahassee Vet Center
We work closely with our local VA Substance Abuse Treatment Team (SATT) to facilitate referrals.
We recognize the benefits of including family members in treatment. We’re honored to be able to support Veterans and service members with these services. If you consider them family, we do too.
We value our community partnerships and engage with our local communities regularly. We’re proud to partner with these organizations:
- National Guard and Reserve units
- State universities and community colleges
- Veteran Service Organizations
- Veteran Service Offices (VSO)
- Florida Department of Veteran Affairs (FDVA)
- Community legal services
We offer individual bereavement counseling to help after the loss of a loved one. If you’re the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a service member who died while serving our country, we can help. Give us a call at 850-942-8810.
We have licensed clinical social workers, including some who are Veterans themselves or have vast experience working with Veterans and military communities. We provide individual and group counseling.
Care at our center includes:
- Gender-specific therapist at your request
- Vietnam support group
- Women’s support group
- Combined combat support group
All groups require an intake and screening process before joining.
We have male and female counselors who specialize in military sexual trauma and offer individual counseling.
We offer individual and group counseling.
Care at our center includes:
- Gender-specific therapist at your request
- Vietnam support group
- Women’s support group
- Combined combat support group
All groups require an intake and complete screening process prior to joining.
We work closely with and provide referrals for the following community resources:
CareerSource Capital Region provides comprehensive employment and workforce services for Tallahassee and other Big Bend areas, including:
- Exploring career pathways
- Searching for jobs
- Clothes for careers
- Applying for financial aid
- Applying for reemployment assistance
Learn more about CareerSource Capital Region
The Georgia Department of Labor provides a wide range of services to job seekers, including:
- Job search assistance
- Unemployment benefits
- Specialized services for Veterans
We can provide basic information about:
- VA medical benefits and health care enrollment
- Connection to a local Veterans Service Officer (VSO) for claims/benefits support
- VA education benefits
- VA burial benefits
Should you need additional information about another topic, please reach out to us.
We use virtual platforms such as VA Video Connect and Webex to make counseling convenient for you.
We work closely with the VetSuccess on Campus, VA Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor (VRC) at Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College to help you find innovative ways to make the transition to college life.
We work closely with and refer to the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPVAP) at our local VA Hospital. The IPVAP helps Veterans, their partners, and VA staff who are impacted by intimate partner violence.
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.