Art and Healing Resources
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Pop-Up Community Creative Art Café Highlighted Resources
Attendees to the Pop-Up Cafés also attended a listening session moderated by experienced Veterans. If you attended a listening session and would like a confidential hand-off of your needs to a trained and compassionate resource person, please email confidential@vetart.org.
Please use this email 24/7 so that our facilitators can be of service to you in that way.
San Diego’s 2-1-1
Call 2-1-1 for a free, 24 hour confidential phone service and searchable online database.
Mental Health Links:
Education Links:
Employment Links:
Food Distribution Services for Adults and Children:
Housing ServicesTrusted Organizations
Please use this email 24/7 so that our facilitators can be of service to you in that way.
San Diego’s 2-1-1
Call 2-1-1 for a free, 24 hour confidential phone service and searchable online database.
Mental Health Links:
- National Arts Therapist Locator
- National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255 and CHAT
- State-Wide County Mental Health Services
- Behavioral Health Resources - County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency
- Tackling Anxiety: How to Regain Your Peace of Mind by Ernest S. Schmidt, LCSW
Education Links:
- College Resources for Veterans and Their Families
- Resources for Student Veterans During COVID-19
- The Veterans Art Project
Employment Links:
- Top 10 Work from Home Jobs for Military Spouses & Veterans with Disability
- Top 60 Veteran & Military-Friendly Employers
Food Distribution Services for Adults and Children:
Housing ServicesTrusted Organizations
CREATING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION
This white paper by Sonke, J., Golden, T., Francois, S., Hand, J., Chandra, A., Clemmons, L., Fakunle, D., Jackson, M.R.,
Magsamen, S., Rubin, V., Sams, K., Springs, S. (2019), models the kind of holistic care that VETART seeks to achieve through our programming.
This paper presents a case for how collaboration among the public health, arts and culture, and community development sectors is critical to addressing the issues and conditions that limit health in America.
This white paper was drafted by a group of individuals working at the intersections of public health, arts and culture, and community development, brought together by the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative. Read the white paper below for more information.
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Magsamen, S., Rubin, V., Sams, K., Springs, S. (2019), models the kind of holistic care that VETART seeks to achieve through our programming.
This paper presents a case for how collaboration among the public health, arts and culture, and community development sectors is critical to addressing the issues and conditions that limit health in America.
This white paper was drafted by a group of individuals working at the intersections of public health, arts and culture, and community development, brought together by the Creating Healthy Communities: Arts + Public Health in America initiative. Read the white paper below for more information.
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VETART Force Impact Plan
As participants travel through the phases of the program at VETART, the end goal is more opportunity for that participant.