Wednesday, November 17, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Center gives helping hand
to Vietnam War veterans
By Jim Anderson
The Veterans Outreach Center, 1240
N. 10th St., has provided services aimed
at readjustment and resocialization to
honorably discharged Vietnam era (1964
1975) veterans since its establishment
nearly a year ago.
The center opened its doors in De
cember 1981, although centers like it
have existed since September 1979.
Funded by the Veterans Administration,
services are offered free or charge to the
16,000 honorably discharged Vietnam
veterans in a 15-county Nebraska and two
county Kansas area.
Norman McCormack, team leader and
one of the three counselors at the center,
said services offered fall into two main
categories.
First, he said, readjustment counseling
on personal and social problems and on
problems springing from military and
combat service is offered. McCormack
said the problems encountered at the
center are much like those handled by
any other counseling center.
Secondly, an information and referral
service is provided to the vets to acquaint
them with the benefits, programs and
entitlements available to them from
various governmental agencies.
A large number of Vietnam-era veter
ans, McCormack said, felt cheated and
used by their government when they
returned home from service. Many were
reluctant to get involved with the govern
ment again for fear of being further taken
advantage of.
McCormack said a lot of veterans do
not take advantage of the services avail
able to them. One of the things the center
does is try to break down this barrier.
Vet centers deal with the problems of
daily life encountered by veterans and
helps them back into normal roles in
society.
Success is measured in the number of
people served by the center, McCormack
said. The three counselors at the center
and the two mental health centers - Blue
Valley and Pioneer, which counsel vets
farther away from the Lincoln area -have
served more than 400 persons during
the last 1 1 months.
Originally scheduled to last only until
1981, vet centers were granted an exten
sion in October 1981 and will continue
in operation until 1984.
McCormack said the future success
of the centers depends on their efforts
to ensure that veterans of the Vietnam
era can relate to people and the govern
ment and that they can get what they are
entitled to. He said the centers are making
significant progress in getting that message
out.
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