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:

• • 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