Veteran resources
Resources for veterans.
Trusted organizations that help veterans get back to work, build a business, and get the support they need. Can't find what you need? Contact us and we'll help you find it.
01 · Jobs & careers
Find your next job.
Free job-search help, career coaching, and training for veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses.
From WarriorNOW
Get back to work with WarriorNOW
Our trained peer mentors help veterans build a plan and land a steady job.
Get back to workColorado
Colorado Workforce Centers: Veteran Services (opens in a new tab)
Veterans and eligible spouses get priority at every Colorado Workforce Center, plus free one-on-one help with job search, résumés, and training.
Nationwide
Hire Heroes USA (opens in a new tab)
Free one-on-one career coaching, résumé help, and job-search support for transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses.
Nationwide
VA Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) (opens in a new tab)
VA program that helps veterans with a service-connected disability explore jobs, get training or education, and get back to work.
Nationwide
DoD SkillBridge (opens in a new tab)
Lets service members in their last 180 days of service train with civilian employers through internships, apprenticeships, and job training.
Nationwide
American Corporate Partners (ACP) (opens in a new tab)
Free career mentoring that pairs transitioning service members, veterans, and active-duty spouses with professionals from partner companies.
02 · Trades & apprenticeships
Earn while you learn a trade.
Paid apprenticeships in the skilled trades, and how to use your GI Bill while you train.
From WarriorNOW
WarriorNOW Trades & Certifications
Free Flagging and OSHA certifications and on-the-job training with our partners.
See the programNationwide
Helmets to Hardhats (opens in a new tab)
Connects veterans with paid, earn-while-you-learn building-trades apprenticeships where they can use their GI Bill benefits.
Colorado
Colorado Building & Construction Trades Council: Apprenticeships (opens in a new tab)
WarriorNOW's OSHA certification partner
Directory of Colorado union trade apprenticeship programs and local unions: electricians, sheet metal, elevator constructors, and more.
Colorado
Apprenticeship Colorado (opens in a new tab)
Colorado's state apprenticeship agency, with a directory of registered apprenticeship programs, including ones approved for GI Bill benefits.
Nationwide
VA: GI Bill On-the-Job Training & Apprenticeships (opens in a new tab)
How to use your GI Bill benefits while you learn a trade on the job or in an apprenticeship.
03 · Starting a business
Build your own business.
Training, counseling, and support for veterans and military spouses who want to start or grow a business.
Colorado
Colorado Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) (opens in a new tab)
SBA-funded center at Mt. Carmel serving all of Colorado, with counseling, training, and mentoring for veterans, service members, Guard and Reserve, and military spouses.
Nationwide
SBA Boots to Business (opens in a new tab)
The SBA's entrepreneurship training for transitioning service members, including Guard and Reserve, and military spouses.
Nationwide
Military Founders Lab (IVMF, Syracuse University) (opens in a new tab)
Free 10-week virtual program with tools, mentorship, and a peer network for veteran and military-spouse entrepreneurs. Formerly Bunker Labs.
04 · Reentry, courts & legal help
Get back on track.
Help for veterans in a treatment court, leaving jail or prison, or dealing with a legal problem.
From WarriorNOW
WarriorNOW Peer Mentors in court
We serve the 18th Judicial District, 23rd Judicial District, Aurora Municipal Court, and Lakewood Municipal Court.
Court partnershipsColorado
Colorado Veterans Treatment Courts (opens in a new tab)
The Colorado Judicial Branch's overview of Veterans Treatment Courts, with locations and coordinator contacts by county.
Nationwide
VA Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) (opens in a new tab)
Connects veterans in jails and treatment courts to VA health care, housing, treatment, and recovery services.
Nationwide
VA Health Care for Re-entry Veterans (HCRV) (opens in a new tab)
Helps veterans leaving jail or prison return to the community and avoid homelessness.
Colorado
Colorado Lawyers for Colorado Veterans (opens in a new tab)
The Colorado Bar Association's free and low-cost legal help for veterans with benefits, housing, family, criminal, and other cases, including walk-in clinics.
05 · Benefits & local help
Get the benefits you earned.
State and county veterans offices, VA health care, and local help with everyday needs.
Colorado
Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs (opens in a new tab)
The state office that helps Colorado veterans, families, and survivors get the benefits they earned.
Colorado
County Veterans Service Offices (opens in a new tab)
Every Colorado county has a free Veterans Service Officer who helps with VA claims, applications, and appeals. Find yours here.
Colorado
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (opens in a new tab)
Find VA hospitals and clinics in the Denver metro and eastern Colorado, and manage your VA health care online.
Colorado
211 Colorado (opens in a new tab)
Dial 2-1-1 or search online for local help with food, housing, rent, utilities, transportation, and more, in all 64 counties.
- Dial2-1-1
Colorado
Colorado JCF Resource Directory (opens in a new tab)
Joining Community Forces, backed by the Colorado National Guard: a directory of vetted, no- or low-cost resources for service members, veterans, and families.
06 · Housing
Keep a roof overhead.
Help for veterans who are homeless or at risk of losing their housing.
Nationwide
VA National Call Center for Homeless Veterans (opens in a new tab)
Free, confidential help 24/7 for veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, and for the people helping them.
- Call877-424-3838
Colorado
Volunteers of America Colorado: SSVF (Denver Metro) (opens in a new tab)
VA-funded program that helps veterans and families keep or find housing through case management, benefits help, and emergency financial assistance.
07 · Crisis & support
Need to talk to someone now?
Free and confidential, for veterans and the people who care about them.
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Veterans Crisis Line (opens in a new tab)
24/7 confidential support. You don't need to be enrolled with VA.
- Dial988, then press 1
- Text838255
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Vet Centers (opens in a new tab)
Free, confidential counseling and readjustment support for veterans, service members, and families at community Vet Centers.
- Call877-927-8387
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