VETERANS PRESS: North Idaho Resource Directory
All states and some counties have a Veteran Affairs office to answer questions about benefits and provide assistance. There are also other useful resources for veterans in the Inland Northwest.
How can I get help?
1) ONLINE
a) VA Website: VA.gov Incredible resources on every topic
b) VA Welcome Guide: https://www.va.gov/files/2023-02/vawk-black-and-white.pdf
This is a benefits guide to everything VA. It covers all types of benefits and services available for all levels of your veteran journey, from a new recruit to active duty, family and survivor’s benefits to retirement and more. Understand how VA can meet your needs.
c) Local Website: DAV9.com. Great information and links to local and national help organizations. Prepared and managed by the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 9 Fort Sherman in Post Falls.
2) IN PERSON
a) Community Based Outpatient Clinic CBOC, 915 W. Emma Ave., Coeur d’Alene, 208-665-1700. Services offered: Primary care, blood draw, addiction counseling, substance abuse treatment program, combat related post traumatic stress counseling, military sexual trauma counseling, psychiatry, social work, metabolic clinic covering diabetes and lipid management, nutrition for diabetics and lipid management, depression counseling, and patient orientation every Thursday morning.
b) Kootenai County Veteran Services Office, 120 E. Railroad Ave., Post Falls, 208-446-1090. County Veteran Service Officer and staff available to answer question, help you with VA benefits enrollment and file claims.
c) Idaho Division of Veteran Services: Office of Veterans Advocacy, 1182 S. Clearwater Loop, Post Falls, 208-415-3480. Two State service officers and staff are available to answer questions, help file compensation acclaims or VA appeals, and help with VA Health Care enrollment.
d) Sandpoint VA Clinic Kaniksu Health Services, 30410 Highway 200, Ponderay
e) Bonner County Veterans Affairs Office, 1500 Hwy 2, Ste. 122, Sandpoint. Thomas Lindley, Veteran Service Officer, 208-255-5291, tlindley@bonnnercountyid.gov
f) Shoshone County Veteran Service Office: 208-752-1264
g) Idaho Veterans Home Admissions: 208-415-3480
h) Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4815 N. Assembly St., Spokane, WA 99205-6185, 509-434-7000
i) VET CENTER: Spokane Veteran Center, 13109 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Spokane, WA 99216, 509-444-8387. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide a wide range of social and psychological services, including professional readjustment counseling to eligible veterans (IE. combat veterans), active duty service members, including National Guard and Reserve components, and their families.
j) Goodwill Support Services for Veteran Families SSVF. Idaho and Eastern Washington, 130 E. Third Ave., Spokane, WA, 509-828-2449. Immediate needs, basic needs and community resources. SSVF focuses on helping homeless veterans and families find housing, but is an excellent entry point for most veteran services and they can help the veteran find the right organization to help them.
3) BY PHONE
a) Kootenai County Veteran Services and Benefits office: 208-446-1090
b) Bonner County Veterans Affairs Office: 208-255-5291
c) Shoshone County Veteran Service Office: 208-752-1264
d) Idaho Division of Veteran Services: 208-415-3480
e) Idaho Department of Labor Veteran Representative: 208-457-8789, ext. 3842
f) Veteran Crisis Line: 988, press 1
g) North Idaho Crisis Center: 208-625-4884 or 2195 Ironwood Court, Coeur d’Alene
h) Washington or Idaho: Call 2-1-1 Health and human resources referrals