Benefits Navigator
-- online questionnaire to help determine eligibility for services and benefits
Financial assistance
Income support
* death benefit
* disability benefits
* retirement benefits
* health care benefits
* caregiver benefit
* prisoner of war compensation
* War Veterans Allowance
Veterans Independence Program -- assistance with the cost of home care services
Last Post Fund funeral and burial program -- see separate entry
Health, Mental Health and Transition services
Medical, psychosocial, vocational rehabilitation
* case management
* career counselling and job search assistance
* long term care
VAC Assistance Service -- 24 hour crisis line
* short-term problem solving with mental health professionals
Operational Stress Injury Social Support Program (OSISS), 416-633-6200 ext 4320 -- peer support for those affected by Operational Stress Injury and for their families
Leave the Streets Behind, 416-869-3619 ext 280 -- case management for homeless veterans
* partnership with Good Shepherd Ministries -- see separate entry
Helmets to Hardhats -- apprenticeship opportunities in the building and construction trades