WE
WE >>
WE >> ALL
WE >> ALL STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND IN THIS MILITARY TOWN
IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT PERSON IS
A VETERAN.
>> WE WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
A FIRST IN THE NATION PROGRAM
THAT'S OFFERING A STRONG
HELPING HAND TO VETS TRYING TO
TRANSITION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE.
IT'S CALLED ORDERS HOME AND
13 NEWS NOW ANCHOR JANET ROACH
JOINS US WITH WHAT IT IS AND
HOW IT HELPS THIS ARMY VET WAS
GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE BEFORE
HE GOT CONNECTED WITH THE
ORDERS HOME PROGRAM. THERE ARE
SO MANY VETERANS WHO ARE
STRUGGLING EXPERIENCING MENTAL
HEALTH CHALLENGES UNABLE TO
FIND EMPLOYMENT. IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF THEY LEFT A MILITARY
YEARS AGO OR YESTERDAY ORDERS
HOME IS THEIR
>> 1 THE REASON WHY WE TARGET
THE RURAL AREAS BECAUSE IT'S A
HIGHER RATE OF SUICIDE AMONG
OUR VETERANS TRANSITION.
SOMETIMES
>> YOU NEED HELP GET A
RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND
YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO
GET OR YOU
>> THINK NO 1 WOULD BE WILLING
TO HELP YOU. GOOD
>> AFTERNOON BUT SOMETIMES
THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE. THE
HELP COMES TO YOU PROGRAM IS
CALLED ORDERS HOME. WE ARE THE
FIRST IN A NATION WE ARE THE
ONLY 1 IN THE NATION THAT ARE
VETERAN PEACE IN THE COMMUNITY
ORDERS HOME
>> RUN BY VETERANS. I KNOW AS
A VETERAN HOW IS REACHING OUT
TO VETERANS WHO MAY BE
STRUGGLING WITH THE TRANSITION
INTO CIVILIAN LIFE. THE GOOD
>> THING ABOUT THE TEAM I HAVE
IS THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR
BARRIERS WILL BE. THE PROGRAM
IS PEER LED AND PART OF THE
WESTERN TIDEWATER COMMUNITY
SERVICES BOARD. WHEN VETERANS
JOHN LED REYNA NABI AND
STEPHANIE HIT THE ROAD THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR VETS TO CONNECT TO
SERVICES AT THE HAMPTON V.A. WE
EMPOWER THEM PURGED DOWN
MOTIVATE THEM TO GET CONNECTED
TO THEIR SERVICE SO THEY CAN
GET THE HELP THAT HE EARNED AND
THAT THEY DESERVE A
>> WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES FROM
EMPLOYMENT ISSUES HOUSING
TRANSPORTATION AND ESPECIALLY
MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES.
ANYTHING
>> THAT'S GOING TO BE A
BARRIER TO THEM MENTAL HEALTH
BECAUSE AGAIN MENTAL HEALTH
JUST DOESN'T POP UP IT
SNOWBALLS
>> ARMY
>> VET TONY HENDERSON SAYS HE
OWES HIS LIFE TO ORDERS
>> MOELLER LIFE WAS OH WHEN I
WAS WON'T COMMIT SUICIDE AT MY
SIXTY FIFTH BIRTHDAY WHICH IS
PAY IT NOVEMBER
>> A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT
DURING VIETNAM HE'S SPENT JUST
45 DAYS IN THE ARMY HONORABLY
DISCHARGED. I
>> SUFFERED FROM
>> SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND I'M
SUFFERING PTSD SO WHEN I GOT
OUT SELF MEDICATING MYSELF FOR
47 YEARS HOMELESS AND DIDN'T
KNOW I HAD MILITARY BENEFIT
ORDERS
>> HOME FOUND HIM IN
>> A DRUG TREATMENT CENTER AND
NOW I'M AT HAMPTON V.A.
RECEIVING TREATMENT THAT I
SHOULD RECEIVE. 47 7 YEARS AGO
>> WHAT WE JUST SIMPLY TRYING
TO DO IS GET THE INFORMATION
OUT
>> TO THIS TABLE GO ANYWHERE.
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS IN
FRANKLIN THIS MLK COMMUNITY
CENTER A LIBRARY WHEREVER THEY
CAN FIND A CONNECTION THEY CAN
IDENTIFY. HAVING DEALT WITH
CHALLENGES THEMSELVES. SO
>> FOR ME IT WAS IT WAS JUST
THE UNKNOWN OF STEPPING OUT
SOMETHING I HAD DONE FOR TWENTY
3 YEARS INTO A WHOLE NEW A
WHOLE NEW BALLGAME
>> WE'RE GONNA SIT RIGHT NEXT
TO THEM AND HOLD THEIR HAND AND
EMPOWER THEM TO DO WHAT THEY
NEED TO DO. GET SERVICES FOR
THEM AND THEIR FAMILY
>> MEMBERS. ALL THE RULES
EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
IMAGINE THIS TEAM HAS BEEN DOWN
AT 1 POINT IN TIME. JOHN TELLS
US OUT OF THE 20 OR SO VETERANS
WHO COMMIT SUICIDE A DAY MORE
THAN HALF. WE'RE NOT CONNECTED
TO SERVICES AT A V.A. WHERE
BOOTS ON
>> THE GROUND KNOCKING ON
DOORS TRYING TO FIND OUR
AMERICAN HEROES WHERE THE
VETERANS COULD ALSO USE THE
SERVICES OF THE WESTERN
TIDEWATER COMMUNITY SERVICES
BOARD IN ADDITION
>> TO THE V.A. THIS PROGRAM
CAME ABOUT AS PART OF THE CLAY
HUNT SUICIDE PREVENTION FOR
AMERICAN VETERANS ACT SIGNED BY
PRESIDENT OBAMA IN 2015. HUNT
WAS A MARINE