Veterans Support Services
 Staten Island's Veteran & Military
 Resources

• Health and Wellbeing
• Employment
• Local Veteran Organizations
• Other Useful Links:
  • Veteran Organizations
  • Federal, State & Region
• Military Branches
• CUNY Resources
• Other Support Services

Health and Wellbeing

Staten Island Community Clinic - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
1150 South Ave 3rd Floor Suite 301
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718) 761-2973

Staten Island Vet Center
60 Bay Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 816-4499/8387

Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, Inc. JBFCS
2795 Richmond Ave
Staten Island, NY 10314
(718)761-9800

VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
800 Poly Place
Brooklyn, NY 11209
(718)630-3766

VA NY Harbor Healthcare System
423 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 686-7500

Other useful contact information for Health and Wellbeing:

• VA Life Insurance (800) 669-8477
• VA Medical/Health Care Hotline (877) 222-VETS
• VA’s Gulf War Helpline (800) 749-8387
• Mesothelioma (800) 615-2270
• Brain Injury (855) 669-3472

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Employment

Staten Island Workforce1 Career Center
120 Stuyvesant Place, 3rd Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 285-8388

Staten Island South Shore Workforce1 Career Center
*by appointment only
3845 Richmond Avenue, 2nd Floor
Staten Island, NY 10301
(347) 308-5018

Other Useful Links for Employment:

• Vet Jobs – Veterans Make the Best Employees
• USAJOBS – The Federal Government’s Official Job Site
• 100,000 JOBS Mission – The pledge to hire 100,000 Veterans
• New York State Job Bank
• VA VetsSuccess

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Local Veteran Organizations

Marine Corps League Ontario Ave Staten Island, NY 10301 (718) 447-2306	Post 7172 North Shore Post 49 Boulevard St. Staten Island, NY 10314 (718)447-5041
Post 1574 Blazing Star Post 17 Cannon Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 698-5269	Post 248 Richmond County Post 460 N Brielle Ave Staten Island, NY 10314 (718)667-4231
Post 5521 Mariners Harbor Post PO Box 30701 Staten Island, NY 10303 (718)720-7986	Post 9587 Oakwood Heights Post 575 Mill Rd Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 667-4120
Post 5090 Andersen-Lagno Post PO Box 40086 Staten Island, NY 10304 (646) 573-2941	Post 2159 Sgt. Michael J. Labetti Post 390 Hylan Blvd Staten Island, NY 10305 (718) 442-9312
Carmine Granito-William Smith, NY Post 1296 Assumption Church Hall 15 Webster Ave Staten Island 10310 (718) 987-2848	Joseph F. Merrell, Jr., NY Post 1368 477 Cary Ave Staten Island, NY 103310 (718) 442-9452
James J. Tappen, NY Post 125 77 Seaview Ave Staten Island, NY 10304 (718) 351-0029	Henry and Stanley Cichon, NY Post 1578 100 Innis St. Staten Island, NY 10302 (718) 981-1717
Arthur Huttner, NY Post 1367 215 Liberty Ave Staten Island, NY 10305 (718) 351-0366	Gentile Cespino - Joseph Russo, NY Post 1544 200 McClean Ave Staten Island, NY 10305 (718) 442-9863
Billy Duffy’s Plumbers, NY Post 1138 38 Kermit Ave Staten Island, NY 10305 (718) 987-8909	First New York Cavalry, NY Post 296 Staten Island Armory 321 Manor Rd Staten Island, NY 10314 (718) 420-5904
Five Star, NY Post 1857 145 Cotter Ave Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 979-0312	Edmund Kells-Richard A. Grennie, NY Post 316 2750 Amboy Rd Staten Island, NY 10306 (718) 351-9233
Veterans of Foreign Wars Lady's Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion

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Other Useful Links:

Veteran Organizations

• National Veterans Foundation
• Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
• AMVETS
• Paralyzed Veterans Association
• Disabled American Veterans
• Military Order of the Cootie
• Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home For Children
• Vietnam Veterans of America
• Women in Military Service For America Memorial Foundation
• Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation
• Veterans of Modern Warfare
• Wounded Warrior Project

Federal, State & Regional

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (877) 222-VETS (8387)
• Post 9/11 GI Bill
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs- NY Veterans Centers
• New York State Office of Veterans Affairs
• NYS HESC Military Corner
• Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs
• New York State Department of Labor: Veteran's Services
• New York State Department of Military & Naval Affairs Education
• VESID-Vocational & Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
• Veterans Affairs Work-Study
• Department of Defense
• Department of Defense's GulfLINK
• Vet Center, Readjustment Counseling Service
• National Center for PTSD
• U.S Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventative Medicine
• U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
• New York State National Guard Family Readiness Groups
• Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998
• First Gov, U.S. Government's Web Portal
• Library of Congress's Veterans History Project
• Veterans 2000 Census Facts
• Survivors & Dependents Assistance (DEA)
• Dependents' Application for VA Education Benefits
• eBenefits (https://www.ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits-portal/ebenefits.portal?_nfpb=true&_portlet.async=false&_pageLabel=ebenefits_myeb_vonapp1)
• MyHealthyVet

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Military Branches

• Air Force
• Army
• Coast Guard
• Marine Corps
• Navy
• National Guard Bureau
• US Army Reserve
• US Air Force Reserve
• US Naval Reserve Force

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CUNY Resources
(212) 652-2002

• Colleges and Programs
• CUNY Veterans Affairs
• Brooklyn College Veterans Affairs & Counseling
• Hunter College Veteran Student Services
• Kingsborough Community College Veterans Affairs
• LaGuardia Community College's Office of Veteran's Affairs
• New York City College of Technology Veterans

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Other Support Services:

• America Supports You
• Staten Island Borough President’s Office
• Staten Island Project Homefront
• Staten Island Supports Our Soldiers
• Military.com
• Home Again: Veterans and Families Initiative

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