Community Resources

Official VA portal. Education, health care, disability, home loans, and more. Apply, check status, manage benefits.

Free career coaching, resume help, and job placement for US military members, veterans, and spouses.

One-on-one mentorship pairing veterans with corporate professionals. Free.

Career counseling, coaching, and placement for post-9/11 wounded veterans.

US Department of Labor Veterans' Employment and Training Service. State employment resources, protections, and USERRA.

24/7 confidential help for active duty, Guard, Reserve, and families. Financial counseling, tax filing, relocation.

Free counseling for combat vets and families at 300+ community centers. Confidential, no VA enrollment required.

24/7 free and confidential support. Call or text 988. Veterans press 1.

Text HOME to 741741 for free crisis counseling 24/7.

Helpline, peer support groups, and local chapters. Call 1-800-950-6264 or text HELPLINE to 62640.

Find mental health and substance-use treatment near you. Many options accept sliding-scale or no insurance.

Sliding-scale therapy ($30–$80/session) across the US. One-time membership fee, then direct with the therapist.

Find affirming, culturally responsive therapists. Search by identity, language, sliding-scale availability.

Directory of mental health professionals who specialize in working with Black women and girls.

Bilingual therapists and culturally responsive care for Latinx communities.

Peer support by and for trans people. Call 1-877-565-8860. No non-consensual active rescue.

Official Americans with Disabilities Act information. Rights at work, in public places, and online.

Free, expert guidance on workplace accommodations. Searchable by disability and industry. Live consultants.

Your rights under the ADA at work. How to file a charge, what counts as discrimination.

Directory of disability-inclusive employers, plus the Disability Equality Index ratings.

Career programs, internships, and advocacy across the disability community.

Official ADA explanation of service animal rights in public places and workplaces. No federal registry exists.

Understand the legal difference between ESAs, therapy animals, and ADA-protected service animals.

Education and community for handlers of psychiatric service dogs. Nonprofit, no-fee.

Pairs service dogs at no cost with post-9/11 veterans managing PTSD, TBI, and military sexual trauma.

One number for food, housing, utilities, and crisis support across the US. Call or text 211.

Find and file for unemployment benefits. DOL-hosted directory of every state UI program.

Monthly food benefits. Apply through your state. Don't assume you won't qualify - check.

Low Income Home Energy Assistance. Helps with utility bills in every state.

Free tax prep for low-to-moderate income, disabled, and limited-English filers. IRS-certified volunteers.

Find free legal aid in your state. Unemployment appeals, housing, benefits, employment issues.

Official US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Visa applications, status, work authorization (EAD).

Non-profit that publishes citizen-facing guides and referrals. Find legal aid by state.

Nationwide network of affordable and free immigration legal services. Faith-sponsored but secular help.

Refugee, asylum, and deportation defense. Texas-based, nationally active. Free and low-cost.

Annual report scoring Fortune 500+ on LGBTQ+ workplace policies. Useful for sorting who's serious.

Workplace equality resources, summits, employee resource groups guidance.

24/7 crisis support for LGBTQ+ people under 25. Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678.

Practical guidance for caregivers - finance, legal, family communication, burnout, benefits.

Mid-career returnship programs for people returning to work after caregiving.

Job marketplace for moms re-entering and advancing in the workforce.

Return-to-work programs, events, and coaching for career relaunchers.

State-by-state directory of employment services for people with criminal records.

Companies that have publicly committed to not asking about records until after a conditional offer.

Data + policy on employment barriers for formerly incarcerated people.

Where delayed-inquiry laws exist (state + municipality). Useful before and during applications.

Free, open-source grant-finding tool for nonprofits of every status. AI-assisted auto-matching, no paywall, no affiliate tracking.

Official US federal grant listings. Over 1,000 programs across 26 agencies. Free to search and apply.

Nonprofit funder database. Free basic search at most US public libraries via FDO Quick Start.

Official US federal contracting portal. Register for a UEI (free, required for any federal contract), search awarded contracts, find open opportunities.

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned certification. Unlocks the 3% federal set-aside. Free, ~90 day turnaround. Replaces the old VA CVE process.

Pre-negotiated catalog agencies buy from directly. Longer paperwork (6-9 months) but durable revenue once on it.

Free one-on-one help for small businesses chasing federal, state, and local contracts. Every state has one.

Beekeeping operations software. 100% FOSS. Runs solo on a laptop or enterprise at scale. Track hives, inspections, yields.

Community networking at human pace, not ad-farm scroll. 100% FOSS. Enterprise-ready, solo-friendly. Built for groups that want to connect without being harvested.

Financial planning software and guidance. 100% FOSS. Works for a household or an institution. No-pressure discovery, honest planning.

Nonprofit connecting veterans to beekeeping as a transition practice. Mentorship, free hive starts, and a real community.

Service-focused nonprofit. Mission partner on transparent, equitable hiring. Independent from Kovafin; no money flows either direction.

Aggregated real-posting salary data. Nothing self-reported, nothing guessed.

How we rank employers - fully public, auditable. No paid boosts, ever.

Public data on employer ratings, response times, and hiring outcomes.

Upload once, every profile field fills. Candidates, always free.

Saved search + email when matching jobs post.