Direct Services for Veterans

Providing assistance in exchange for their bravery

AAPTSD Association Chicago Branch
AAPTSD Association Chicago Branch

Assisting Veterans in Applying for Their Benefits

Welcome

The African-American Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Association was established on April 3, 1999, as a derivative of an African-American PTSD therapy group formed in 1995.

The mission of the AA PTSD Association is multiple and includes seeking materials that are dedicated to the discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and their many maladies. These materials are then disseminated and are used to promote knowledge and stimulation of public policy discussions.

This material also encourages the implementation, identification, and expansion of effective programs. It provides initiatives that encourage healthy lifestyles and long-term health consequences and provides assistance with homelessness, self-education, training programs, and claims preparation for individuals with PTSD, TBI, and/or other military service-related concerns.

The AA PTSD Association has provided veterans, family members of veterans, homeless veterans, and incarcerated veterans with direct services (e.g. food, clothing, personal hygiene items, shoes, boots, and blankets).

AA PTSD Assn. has provided these services with an all-volunteer force that utilizes their own funds and minimal resources through group partnerships within each state they operate to finance and operate this very necessary program.

AAPTSD Association Chicago Branch

Mission

The African-American Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Association was established on April 3, 1999, as a derivative of an African-American PTSD therapy group formed in 1995. The purpose for the creation of this Association was:

AAPTSD Association Chicago Branch
  • To field many of the questions and complaints lodged by ethnic minorities and all other veterans.
  • To obtain and exchange information, to provide pertinent information to medical personnel, and to ensure better health care.
  • To assist ethnic minorities and all other veterans by informing them of illnesses they or their family members may be afflicted with or could suffer as a result of their military service in Vietnam, Korea, or the Gulf War.
  • To provide informative materials explaining the disorder PTSD and its impingement on their related social, psychological, physical, and accompanying economic maladies. Providing materials and information explaining why African-Americans and other ethnic minorities are more susceptible to these disorders.
  • To provide informative materials explaining the disorder TBI and its impingement on their related social, psychological, physical, and accompanying economic maladies.
  • To provide assistance and information on what can be done to minimize the effects of these disorders and to offer HOPE!