Passport to Independence

Providing critical services to our community, Five Star Veterans Center is the only residential transitional center for veterans in crisis in Northeast Florida.

Veterans receive a warm welcome and enter into a 12-month program with on-site services that restores their mental and physical health, provides education, job and life readiness preparation, and post-residential support programs to ensure a successful transition to civilian life.

Restore

You can’t always see the wounds of war. Our mental health programs include individual counseling, peer-to-peer counseling, group therapy. Veterans can also participate in K9 and equine therapy off site.

Residents are also provided a room of their own. This provides veterans the safety and peace they may have lost. We believe that providing veterans a safe place to rest their heads, it helps the process of healing.

During the mission to restore our veterans back to stable independent living we provide an on-site Veteran Service Officer that immediately sets to work helping residents access the benefits they have earned.

Reconnect

After the veteran stabilizes to his new surroundings and has been successful in counseling we begin the process of reconnecting residents with family members, military buddies, and friends. We start reintegration into employment, education, and independent living.

• Business and social skills re-training.

• Opportunities to start re-engaging with the community through volunteering, mentoring, and attending events.

• Personal finance classes that teach veterans how to get out of debt and understand financial freedom.

Rejoin

As self-confidence builds, residents start focusing on how to make a smooth transition back to civilian life. Some residents return to school or start working while still living at Five Star Veterans Center. Developing strong skills is essential preparation for when they move out and find a new place to call home. 

Our support never ends. When residents move on, they do so with the understanding that Five Star Veterans Center is always at the ready to help them continue leading independent, dignified civilian lives.

Rev. 05.12.24