Programs for Veterans & Families
The Road Home
A guided transition and reintegration experience supporting identity, purpose, relationships, employment readiness, wellness, financial stability, resource navigation, and the next mission after service.
Honor the mission-ready roles and survival responses that supported you during service while building an authentic, purposeful path for what comes next.
What changes here
See the path from where you are to what you can build.
You may arrive feeling
A guided transition and reintegration experience supporting identity, purpose, relationships, employment readiness, wellness, financial stability, resource navigation, and the next mission after service.
We work on
- Transition & Identity
- Wellness & Relationships
- Readiness & Resources
You can leave with
- A practical transition or next-mission plan.
- Clearer understanding of employment, education, financial, benefits, housing, and community-resource pathways.
- Stronger communication, wellness, relationship, and family-support strategies.
- A mapped support network and appropriate referrals when specialized assistance is needed.
Program Overview
Know what to expect before you enroll
Review who the program serves, what you will work on, expectations, accessibility, safety information, and next steps.
Transition & Identity
Understand reintegration, rebuild identity beyond the uniform, and translate strengths into a meaningful civilian next mission.
Wellness & Relationships
Build practical tools for stress, communication, family reintegration, connection, routines, and whole-person wellness.
Readiness & Resources
Strengthen career translation, education planning, financial readiness, benefits awareness, and connections to veteran-serving resources.
Who It’s For
Eligibility
Veterans, transitioning service members, and adult military family members age 18 and older seeking educational, peer-centered transition and reintegration support.
Who Should Choose Different Support
This may not be the right fit when…
This program does not replace licensed medical or mental-health treatment, emergency or crisis services, legal advice, accredited benefits representation, or other specialized professional services.
Benefits
What you can build
- A practical transition or next-mission plan.
- Clearer understanding of employment, education, financial, benefits, housing, and community-resource pathways.
- Stronger communication, wellness, relationship, and family-support strategies.
- A mapped support network and appropriate referrals when specialized assistance is needed.
Expectations
What participation asks of you
- Participate respectfully while protecting the privacy and dignity of other participants.
- Attend consistently and communicate when an absence is unavoidable.
- Complete practical reflection, planning, or resource-navigation tasks between sessions when assigned.
- Use qualified providers for needs that require clinical care, legal advice, formal benefits representation, or emergency support.
Access
Accessibility and accommodations
Accommodation requests are welcome, including mobility access, hearing or visual communication support, service-animal access, transportation barriers, caregiver participation, and technology support for online sessions.
Care and Boundaries
Safety and support
Rooted & Rising provides education, peer support, planning, and resource navigation. It does not replace licensed medical or mental-health care, legal services, emergency response, or accredited benefits representation.
Questions Before You Begin
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a specific discharge status?
No discharge-status requirement is stated for general community programming. Eligibility for outside benefits or referral programs may follow the rules of those providers.
Can family members participate?
Adult military family members may join announced family or support activities. Program staff will confirm the appropriate pathway after enrollment.
Does Rooted & Rising file benefit claims?
No. The program can provide education, organization, referrals, and navigation support, but formal claims and legal advice must be handled by appropriately qualified or accredited professionals.
What happens after I register?
The team confirms the next cohort, schedule, format, price, and any preparation or referral needs before participation begins.
Your Next Step
Ready to begin?
Go directly to registration. The team will confirm availability, schedule, cost, format, and preparation before participation begins.
Enroll in The Road Home