OUR MISSION
Carroll County Veterans Coalition is a dedicated group of veterans, service members, and their families, along with mental health providers and community members in Carroll County, NH. As a group it is our mission to provide support and streamlined accessible resources to our veterans and their families. Our aim is also to create a stronger more diverse community and social network. These goals are driven by veteran voice and choice. Actualization of this mission will be achieved through constant community collaboration, outreach, listening, evaluation, activities and dissemination of valid, reliable resources.
OUR VISION
We envision our county as a place where any veteran and their family can feel supported, valued, honored and safe. With easy and equitable access to anything they may need or want. It is our hope to not only honor those who have sacrificed but to inspire others to create entire communities to do the same for everyone.
OUR OBJECTIVES
1. Increase mental health supports by addressing the needs iterated by service members, veterans, and their families (SMVF)
2. Decrease social isolation for service members, veterans, and their families
3. Meet with stakeholders one time per month
4. Hold at least two events to raise awareness about veteran suicide
5. Conduct a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis once per year. Review annually.
6. Conduct at least four trainings per year to include suicide prevention, military culture, PTSD, Ask The Question, or any pertinent SMVF training, to stakeholders.
7. Facilitator of the coalition to attend statewide coalition member meeting
8. Constantly receive input and assess needs all year round, with at least one formal needs assessment to be done in a manner which is deemed viable. Activities, capacity, and objectives will be adjusted as necessary.