Coastal Authority Care Foundation, Inc

Coastal Authority Care Foundation, Inc Coastal Authority Care Foundation Inc. helps veterans with service-connected injuries. Armed Forces. Nearly 500,000 U.S. All donations are tax deductible.

FUNDRAISING
Veterans Band Aid Music Festival, the weekend after Labor Day, is our largest fundraiser of the year. https://www.facebook.com/veteransbandaidmusicfest

AREA OF FOCUS:
Post traumatic stress disorder and mild traumatic brain injury (also called concussion) are two of the most prevalent injuries suffered by members of the U.S. service members were diagnosed with TBI from 2000 to Q3 2023. There is an especially high incidence in special operations forces. Initially, there may be no observable head injury, even on imaging tests and some of the symptoms may be similar to other problems that stem from combat trauma (source: https://www.research.va.gov/topics/tbi.cfm). This leads to many veterans not being diagnosed for months or even years after they separate from service. mTBI is caused by a jarring of the head possibly from a fall, explosion, repeated gunfire exposure or a blow to the head. The jarring causes damage to brain tissue, blood vessels and cells that link areas of the brain and the brain to the body. Symptoms include confusion, vertigo, sleep disturbance, memory loss, headaches, blurred vision, tinnitus, mood swings, anger, depression and anxiety. These symptoms are insidious and worsen over time if left untreated leading to breakdown in relationships, divorce, separation, loneliness, job loss and even suicide. Many veterans will not receive early diagnosis or will not seek treatment and in individuals with chronic, persistent symptoms of TBI, traditional medical interventions may be less than successful. A complicating risk factor for mTBI is a person's lifetime accumulation of TBI events, especially relevant in special operators. Receiving multiple concussions has been associated with greater risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease like chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Scientists have found an association between CTE and repetitive mTBI in professional athletes and combat Veterans after autopsy. There is some evidence from epidemiological studies (studies that use clinical diagnostic codes in health records) that shows a link between multiple mTBIs and progressive neurodegenerative conditions, like Parkinson's disease, as well as increased association between the two with increasing severity of TBI. (source: https://www.research.va.gov/topics/tbi.cfm)

In August 2012, President Obama signed an executive order to improve access to mental health services for veterans, service members and military families. It directed the DOD and HHS to conduct a comprehensive mental health study with an emphasis on PTSD, mTBI and related injuries to develop better prevention, diagnosis and treatment options. This research is ongoing and the issue is that insurance does not yet cover emerging medical therapies, such as neurotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which are showing clinical symptom improvement now. Veterans are seeking out these evidence-based therapies to either augment their traditional medical treatment or when they find no symptom improvement from traditional treatments. CACF wants to help offset costs and help veterans gain access to emerging therapies that are providing symptom improvement and helping to restore quality of life. We know first-hand what a difference these therapies make. TBI/PTSD are not individual diseases but family diseases. We want to use our experiences to help other veterans gain knowledge and access to these life-changing treatments. We opened our doors in December 2015 and while we are a newer organization seeking funding to help as many veterans as we can, we are doing great things and making a difference in the lives of one veteran and their family at a time with the resources we have now. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA COVERED:
We are located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is part of what is known as Hampton Roads and is the home of the largest Navy base, Naval Station Norfolk, and 16 other surrounding bases (including east coast-based SEAL Teams) with approximately 83,000 active duty military members. There are approximately 230,784 veterans in the Hampton Roads area so given the fact that many military members do not show progressive, worsening symptoms until sometimes months or years after the original injury, the need is very great here for these treatments. Many veterans with TBI/PTSD are able to "keep going" and do their jobs and tend to their daily lives as best they can while on active duty with no time for doing any kind of treatment or therapy but for many veterans, only after they retire is when they have time to do this type of therapy and are often being encouraged by family to finally "do something." These therapies require commitment on the veterans’ part. With an estimated 40 treatments required for HBOT and 30 required for MeRT neurotherapy, it is key for treatment compliance that these treatments be close in proximity to the large veteran population that we have. EIN #: 81-0890793

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Barn Brews & Boos 👻 is back at Thursdays in October starting 10/16 and Halloween night 🎃 Procee...
09/02/2025

🗓️ Mark your calendars! Barn Brews & Boos 👻 is back at Thursdays in October starting 10/16 and Halloween night 🎃 Proceeds benefit 🥰

🚨 It’s time.Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) should no longer be treated as an alternative —It deserves first-line stand...
08/27/2025

🚨 It’s time.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) should no longer be treated as an alternative —
It deserves first-line standard-of-care status for traumatic brain injury and post-concussion syndrome.

Objective: We performed a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to evaluate the efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in improving neurocognitive outcomes for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients. Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a ...

🌬️ Healing in Progress | HBOT Testimonial 🙌"Prior to [HBOT] treatment, I was in physical therapy at the VA learning how ...
08/05/2025

🌬️ Healing in Progress | HBOT Testimonial 🙌

"Prior to [HBOT] treatment, I was in physical therapy at the VA learning how to balance and walk steady again. A regular day for me consisted of:
🌀 Brain fog
💤 Fatigue
🎢 Intense vertigo
👀 Occasional nystagmus
📉 A constant bounce in my vision every time I moved.

The symptom improvements I’ve realized with HBOT have exceeded my expectations.
✅ Vertigo episodes have practically disappeared—and when they do occur, I recover within minutes instead of hours.
👁️‍🗨️ Nystagmus has greatly improved.
🤸 Balance issues are now minimal.
🧠 My mental fog has lifted.
😌 My mood is so much better.
📈 I feel close to 100% again—and my family notices the change too.

🎉 One big win: By week 3 of HBOT, my primary care doctor took me off my blood pressure meds—and my BP has stayed in a healthy range!

I can’t thank Coastal Authority Care Foundation enough for the funding they provided—and Sarah at Tier 1 Therapy—for being so persistent with me getting my application in. 🙏 I’ll be forever grateful for the help they provided."

📍 Tier 1 Therapy Centers | Norfolk, VA
📞 757-452-3934
🌐 www.tier1therapy.com

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08/03/2025

🇺🇸 What a beautiful day yesterday for the Extortion 17 Ride to Remember. 🏍️☀️ 380 bikes rode 31 miles 🏍️🔥 through Virginia Beach to honor and remember the 31 heroes (30 service members and a military working dog) lost on August 6, 2011, when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter–call sign Extortion 17–was shot down in Afghanistan. This remains the greatest single loss of life to Naval Special Warfare.

💙 We also honored two Virginia Beach police officers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty on February 22.

Never Forgotten. Always Honored. 🙏🖤🇺🇸

07/25/2025
🎉 Thank You, Richmond Raceway! 🏁 We're incredibly grateful to Richmond Raceway for donating grandstand tickets to the u...
07/24/2025

🎉 Thank You, Richmond Raceway! 🏁

We're incredibly grateful to Richmond Raceway for donating grandstand tickets to the upcoming Cook Out 400 NASCAR Cup Series race on August 16! 🏎️🔥

🙏 Your generous support helped us raise funds 💸 for our veteran grant program, which provides access to life-changing treatments for veterans with service-connected TBI 🤕 and PTS 🫤—therapies that insurance doesn’t yet cover, but that truly help heal the invisible wounds of war. 💙🇺🇸

❤️‍🩹 We know there are many worthy causes out there, and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for choosing to support Coastal Authority Care Foundation. Together, we’re changing lives. 🙌

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07/13/2025

📢 Veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses: Explore local, statewide, and remote job opportunities at our hiring event July 17. Join us 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Naval Station Norfolk.

🔗 Details: rmvets.com/NOR0725

A heartfelt thank you to 🦅 for generously donating this stunning eagle carving for our auction! 💙 100% of the proceeds...
07/11/2025

A heartfelt thank you to 🦅 for generously donating this stunning eagle carving for our auction! 💙 100% of the proceeds went directly to our Emerging Therapies Grant Fund 💰—helping veterans with service-connected TBI and PTS 🧠💥 gain access to evidence-based therapies that heal invisible wounds, that are not yet covered by insurance 🙏🇺🇸

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"Dedicated to helping veterans with service-connected traumatic brain injury/post concussion syndrome and post traumatic...
07/09/2025

"Dedicated to helping veterans with service-connected traumatic brain injury/post concussion syndrome and post traumatic stress"

Photo credit: .lehman214

07/01/2025

🔥 Combat Stress & the Nervous System 🧠

Combat trauma can overload your body’s stress-response system — the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) — locking you in “fight or flight” mode. Over time, this causes serious imbalance:

⚡️ Chronic hyper-arousal – insomnia, anxiety, high blood pressure
🥵 Adrenal burnout – fatigue, panic attacks, nightmares
🧠 Allostatic Load – when the body can’t reset and recover

But there’s hope. 🙌
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can help reset the nervous system by:

💨 Increasing oxygen to the brain
🧘 Supporting nervous system recovery
🩺 Reducing inflammation & promoting healing
😌 Helping restore balance and calm

At Tier 1 Therapy Centers, we specialize in holistic, evidence-based therapies that support veterans dealing with trauma-induced nervous system imbalance.

📞 Call us today: 757-452-3934
📍 Located in Norfolk, VA
🌐 Healing starts here. Experience matters.

06/25/2025

Meet Sarah and Susan, our Patient Care Coordinators ❤️‍🩹

After a stroke 🧠 or traumatic brain injury 🚑, the brain can experience varying degrees of tissue damage. The most severe is necrotic tissue ☠️—completely dead and beyond recovery.

However, surrounding this area is often damaged but still viable tissue 💔. This tissue isn’t operating at full capacity, but it still has the cellular infrastructure 🧬 needed for healing and repair.

With the right conditions, stem cells 🌱 can proliferate, migrate, and help rebuild functionality and performance in the affected areas ⚙️➡️💪.

At Tier 1 Therapy Centers, we take the time to carefully explain what we believe each protocol can do based on your individual health concerns 🩺💬—and then you decide whether hyperbaric oxygen therapy feels right for you ✅🧠.

We've been helping clients on their healing journey since 2012 🌿, using 100% medical-grade oxygen in FDA-approved chambers, under the care of a hyperbaric medicine physician 👨‍⚕️💨.

📞 Call us today for a consultation 757-452-3934

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1340 N. Great Neck Road, Ste 1272/362
Virginia Beach, VA
23454

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+17578311612

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The brave men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces put their lives on hold and leave their families behind to keep us safe so we can enjoy simple freedoms and pleasures. Since 2001, approximately 2.7 million American troops have deployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan and over half of them have deployed more than once. Unfortunately, many of our troops are returning with physical and emotional trauma. “PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and mTBI (mild traumatic brain injury) are two of the most prevalent injuries suffered by our warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan and identifying better treatments for those impacted is critical,” former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Dr. Jonathan Woodson, said. These injuries are the “invisible wounds of war” and the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center reported total cases of TBI between 2000 and Q1 2018 to be 383,947. However, many veterans are not diagnosed until months or even years after separating from service. Mild traumatic brain injury is caused by a jarring of the head possibly from a fall, explosion, repeated gunfire exposure or a blow to the head. The jarring causes damage to brain tissue, blood vessels and cells that link areas of the brain and the brain to the body. The damage can be mild or severe and the individual may or may not have lost consciousness. Some veterans recover but others will suffer for months, years or possibly the rest of their lives. Symptoms include confusion, trouble holding thoughts, vertigo, sleep disturbance, memory loss, headaches, blurred vision, tinnitus, mood swings, anger, depression and anxiety. Many veterans will not receive early diagnosis or will not seek treatment and in individuals with chronic, persistent symptoms of TBI, traditional medical interventions may be less than successful. Tragically, some veterans with mTBI have reached such a point of despair that they have taken their own lives. In 2013, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs released a study that covered su***des from 1999 to 2010, which showed that roughly 22 veterans were committing su***de per day or one every 65 minutes. A Department of Veterans Affairs news release dated September 19, 2012 announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense are investing more than $100 million in research to improve diagnosis and treatment of mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. On August 31, 2012, President Obama signed an executive order to improve access to mental health services for veterans, service members and military families. As part of that executive order, Obama directed the DOD and HHS to conduct a comprehensive mental health study with an emphasis on PTSD, TBI and related injuries to develop better prevention, diagnosis and treatment options. This research is ongoing and the issue veterans face is that insurance does not cover the newer medical treatments, such as neurofeedback and hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy, that are providing symptom improvement now.

Veterans are seeking out cutting-edge treatment alternatives to either augment their traditional medical treatment or when they find no symptom improvement from traditional treatments. CACF wants to help bridge the gap by providing grants that will help offset costs and help veterans gain access to these cutting-edge treatments that may provide symptom relief and help to restore quality of life.

All donations are tax deductible.