Rochester Veterans Outreach Center

June 2009

The Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) is the oldest community-based veteran outreach effort in the nation. Opened in 1973 to support Vietnam veterans coping with their wartime experiences and to facilitate government benefits claims, VOC has evolved to meet the contemporary and ever-changing needs of veterans of all eras and National Guard and Reserve military personnel.

VOC proactively seeks out veterans in need of mental, physical, and economic health services and provides them with treatment and services to help them resume productive lives and reconnect with their community.

VOC receives funding from NYSHealth’s Initiative for Returning Veterans and Their Families for its “Operation Welcome Home and Recovery” program, which provides outreach and reintegration case management for veterans and their families in the Finger Lakes region. The program has created a cross-sector team to improve coordination of reintegration services throughout Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, and surrounding areas.