Oakland Vet Center

07/19/2021

Hi everyone! Vet Centers now have their own web pages! It’s an exciting new era for VC visibility, and we have been asked to deprecate this page to prepare for the new changes.

As a result, THIS PAGE IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. Please call or visit our website to talk with us - https://www.va.gov/oakland-vet-center/

Thank you for following and sharing us on all of the social media platforms. We are grateful and happy to serve the Active Duty and Veteran communities!

04/08/2021

12/27/2020

Happy Holidays from the Oakland Vet Center!

06/17/2020

An unlikely partnership between the Oakland Vet Center and Alameda County Arts Commission is using art to help war veterans find healing.

08/25/2019

TheCity of Abilene is the first city in Texas and ninth in Americato house all homeless veterans. In October, Abilene Mayor Anthony Williams launched the Mayor's Challenge to end veterans' homelessness within 100 days. The idea was to find housing for homeless veterans, which would help them start t...

07/22/2019

Women veterans are the fastest growing group of homeless veterans and advocates say it could be much worse.

04/14/2019

If you are Active Duty, and you were either combat deployed or exposed to Military Sexual Trauma, then you meet eligibility requirements to be treated at any Vet Center. Our records are kept confidential from your unit, the VA, or whomever you don’t want to have your information. Many Vet Center employees are themselves veterans, and we know what you are going through.

YOU ARE NEVER ALONE. Please come see us.

Every Marine who takes his or her own life is more than a number, but the numbers tell a distressing story

03/30/2019

Thank you to all Vietnam Veterans. You have borne the battle in so many ways, and we are grateful for and respectful of your sacrifices and service.

03/28/2019

‘Til Valhalla, brother.

A Florida city dedicated a bronze grave marker Saturday memorializing a native son who was killed in action in Vietnam and whose burial spot was unmarked for 50 years.

03/22/2019

Vet Centers have been doing this since the 1970s! We wish more people knew about us. Veterans started “talking other Veterans down” because the VA was not a place Veterans felt safe or cared for during and after the highly unpopular Vietnam Conflict. Veterans were advised to dump their uniforms before leaving the airport upon their arrivals back into the States, and to leave looking as civilian as possible. Vet Centers arose as an answer to the hopelessness and isolation those returning from War felt, and it was Veterans who met in cafes, homes, anywhere they could to counsel their own and help them readjust to civilian society. Our legacy is rich and we are proud to serve our brothers and sisters who have borne the battle. Vet Centers - started by vets, for vets.

The novel partnership between a California sheriff’s department and a VA hospital has already responded to more than 125 emergencies.

03/17/2019

Get some!

His last run took three years. He expects this one will take a little longer.