Connecting Veteran Spouses in their Communities
Veteran Spouse Resiliency Groups (V-SRG) provide a safe space for veteran spouses and partners of veterans to come together, listen, share their stories, and lean on one another for support and guidance. These groups connect veteran spouses in Texas to their communities by providing strong peer support. This peer support is available to veteran spouses who face a diverse and unique set of experiences and challenges ranging from caring for their own mental, emotional, and physical health, to parenting, relationship and career health, discussing the lingering effects of service, and how to support their veterans in seeking help.
This program was created for veteran spouses, by veteran spouses, and aims to provide a space where spouses and partners can gather with others who have a shared experience, and be provided support without judgment. If you have been looking for a strong community of spouses, this is it! Join us!
The program follows a unique peer-to-peer model:
- Trained veteran spouses and/or committed partners facilitate groups of 8-10 spouses
- Groups meet once a week for two hours over 12 weeks
- Curriculum topics range from “Taking Care of Ourselves” and “Sharing Our Stories,” to “Caregiving,” and “The Lingering Effects of Service”
Fall 2020 Groups:
UPDATE RE COVID-19: It is our hope that we will be able to offer some in-person groups in Fall 2020. We are currently monitoring the status of COVID-19 in the counties we serve, talking with our leaders, and host sites, in order to make this decision. We are committed to prioritizing the safety of all of our group members and leaders and will determine the status of in-person groups with that in mind. This page and the below schedule will be updated as those decisions are made, and as groups are added.
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Online Group Schedule Note: Participants can join up until the second session, and then the group will close to new members. |
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Start Date |
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August 19, 2020 |
Wednesdays 12:00 – 2:00pm CDT |
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September 10, 2020 |
Thursdays 10:00am – 12:00pm CDT |
Tulsa, Oklahoma Pilot:
In Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, we will be piloting the expansion of the V-SRG program in Tulsa, OK. We plan to use this pilot to help us develop an implementation plan for expanding our V-SRG programming to reach spouses outside of Texas. It is our hope to be able to expand further in the coming years.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma Pilot Note: Participants can join up until the second session, and then the group will close to new members. |
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Start Date |
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August 27, 2020 |
Thursdays 6:30 – 8:30 pm CDT |
Community Service Council 16 E 16th St. Tulsa, OK 74119 |
Register for a Group:
To register for an in-person or online group, please complete this brief registration form, or enter the following link to your browser: https://redcap.prc.utexas.edu/redcap/surveys/?s=LJX3Y88R48
Become a V-SRG Leader:
If you are a veteran spouse or partner of a veteran who would like to volunteer to lead a group in your community, or online, please visit our Leadership Opportunities page to learn more and apply today!
Anne’s Story
Listen to veteran spouse Anne Jackson talking about her experience, and why it’s so important for spouses to come together to support one another. Anne was one of the spouses who helped develop the V-SRG curriculum to ensure it would meet the needs of veteran spouses.
To view more videos from our V-SRG peer leaders, click here.
Coming soon... the Military Spouse Resiliency Group (M-SRG)! The M-SRG will mirror the format of the V-SRG, while prioritizing the unique experiences of active duty military spouses, providing a community of support.
