MEET THE TEAM
Stephanie Simms: Co-Chair:
Stephanie is a retired Air Force Veteran and Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Jean Gautreaux: Co-Chair:
Jean is a retired Air Force Veteran and Licensed Clinical Social worker

Mission:
To advocate, educate, network, and collaborate for women veterans in the mental health profession
Objectives:
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- Perform outreach to improve women veterans’ awareness of eligibility mental health for federal and state veterans’ services and benefits
- Promote developing partnerships
- Recruit women veterans in mental health to join
- Assess the mental health needs of women veterans with respect to improve the Women Veterans Program
- Recognized as Subject Matter Experts in mental health for women veterans
- Review programs, research projects, and other initiatives in mental health designed to address or meet the needs of women veterans
- Participate in National forums and committees for women veterans to address mental health issues
- Educate other veteran organizations on women veteran mental health issues
- Advocate for women veterans mental health issues
- Create awareness about the needs of women veterans in mental health
- Provide female-specific mental health resources
- Connecting women veterans with training and employment opportunities
- Hold workshops, support group sessions, case management and individualized counseling sessions
- Promote interaction with other female veterans, sharing similar issues
- Advocate for female veterans on the local, state, and national level
- Educating supportive service partners to better serve female veterans