We want to make sure that they are taken care of after their service to their country is concluded. With federal benefits for veterans available we wondered what we could do. So, we created Melwood Veterans Services (MVS). Knowing the facts about veterans and their unemployment rate spurred Melwood into creating more services for those who served the country.
Melwood Veterans Services (MVS) is where veterans, service members, families, and caregivers can find a community – geared towards recognizing and serving those who have served. Melwood helps build a community for those involved in the program by gathering information about vets who come into the program and those who are trying to find employment without our assistance.
There are many words to honor veterans but to us honoring veterans comes in the form of actions taken. The MVS is a tribute to all veterans for their service and action to help them in their community.
Supporting veterans to overcome physical, behavioral, and emotional challenges associated with post-traumatic stress, mild traumatic brain injury, and other service-related traumas. The MVS is our tribute to veterans for everything they have done.
Operation Tohidu® is a Melwood program, founded in 2014 as an experiential and healing retreat for veterans and service members. Our team comprises of veterans and specialists who have direct experience with the issues at hand, either from their military service or intimate, relevant work in support of those who served.
MVS offers several services to our Nation’s veterans. Our transformative retreat program (Operation Tohidu®) continues to promote the mantra “Pease with the past, through power in the present.” This encourages veterans in the program to reframe trauma, injuries, or memories from war and military experiences, so they can go through life with renewed purpose and positivity.
MVS also provides corporate leadership training on best practices for hiring veterans with differing abilities. While the government does have disabled veterans benefits we want them to be able to join the workforce. Melwood’s longstanding history of employing and training veterans with physical, behavioral, or other service-related challenges revealed a gap in employment-related services for wonder warriors. Melwood human resources and vocational support services staff work in a close partnership with MVS to create and implement appropriate accommodations for veterans living with post-traumatic stress, other behavioral, or physical challenges.
The VetsReady2Work (VR2W) Program assists veterans and wounded warriors with their professional development while transitioning from the military to civilian sector, or provides training, skills and opportunities to veterans looking to change jobs or develop new career opportunities.
CONTACT
5606 Dower House Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
Phone (301)599-8000
Fax (301)599-0180
