The National Center for Healthy Veterans
at Valor Farm is devoted to helping Veterans navigate the challenges of trauma and transition to achieve their full potential and contribute to every facet of American society.
Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States Armed Forces have deployed more than 2.77 million service members to operations around the globe.
More than a third of deployed service members experienced multiple deployments, with over 400,000 deploying more than three times and over 37,000 more than five times.
Some 5,448 were killed in action, 53,283 physically wounded, and several times that number suffered the invisible wounds of post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and the spiritual and psychic trauma of combat.
While most Veterans successfully transition back to civilian life – either on their own, or with some support – many do not.
Our veterans have pledged their lives for our freedom, security, and prosperity. Healthy veterans are productive members of society, good employees, and positive role models, but not all of our veterans are healthy.
At NCHV we take a faith-based, holistic approach to "Returning Healthy Veterans to America” in the natural healing environment of Valor Farm near Altavista, Virginia. Our Patriots – as we call the Veterans who participate in our programs – live and perform dignified work in community while participating in resilience, trauma recovery, and career preparation programs. As the nation’s premier faith-based veterans rehabilitation center, we employ a variety of experiential and technology-based approaches that support the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and relational healing for America’s veterans and their families.
Who We Serve
Veterans At Risk
The National Center for Healthy Veterans serves at-risk veterans, who we call Patriots, who are willing to invest nine months at Valor Farm for a "reset and restart.” We expect them to commit to change, be willing to work toward re-optimizing their daily performance, and to restore family and other relationships. Our Veterans must be able to live, learn, work, and train in a rural farm environment.
