VETERAN REFERRAL COORDINATION CENTER
Connecting veterans and their families to local resources
Veteran’s Services at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial
Project Astro
In May 2024, after over 7 years of fundraising Homeless Heroes purchased the former Astro Motel, located directly across from the Thomas E. Creek VA off Amarillo Blvd. They are in the process of transforming the 20 motel rooms into 15 one-bedroom, one-bathroom HUD-compliant apartments designed specifically for Amarillo's homeless veteran population. This new service-supported community will be staffed 24/7 and known as HATCH HOMES FOR HEROES.
CreatiVets’ goal is to offer opportunities for relief and healing for the men and women who have sacrificed so much for our country. Their purpose is to use various forms of art, including songwriting, visual arts, music, and creative writing, to help disabled veterans cope with service-related trauma (i.e., post-traumatic stress, or PTS) by fostering self-expression in a way that allows them to transform their stories of trauma and struggle into an art form that can inspire and motivate continued healing. Through compassion, they are helping veterans live again.
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VetStar is the veteran’s services division of StarCare Specialty Health System (StarCare). VetStar serves those who served by connecting veterans and their families to resources they need during times of transition.
Their goal is to make veterans successful in achieving their goals. Their staff are veterans and their family who have experienced similar challenges and successes in navigating veteran resources.
The programs and services administered are provided through a variety of private, local, state, and federal funding sources including funding from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and the United States Department of Labor.
SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES
Veterans own 1 out of 10 businesses in the United States. This speaks to the fact that their unique experience and perspective gives them the ideal skill set needed to successfully take on the challenges of entrepreneurship. Veterans are often able to demonstrate an inspiring style of leadership that is characterized by selflessness, balanced with the discipline to strive for continued growth and progress, and perfectly equipped to remain effective when facing the greatest of setbacks. Most of all, though every entrepreneur will have a different journey, sacrifice will undoubtedly be a part of the success story.
