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Veteran's PATH Inc.

Peace Acceptance Transformation Honor

aka Veteran's PATH, Inc.   |   Colorado Springs, CO   |  www.veteranspath.org

Mission

Veteran’s PATH provides high quality, veteran-specific mindfulness training and support to build inner strength and resilience.

Ruling year info

2015

Executive Director

Mr. David Drake

Main address

PO Box 38546

Colorado Springs, CO 80937 USA

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Formerly known as

Honoring the Path of the Warrior

EIN

47-4428490

NTEE code info

Nonmonetary Support N.E.C. (F19)

Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (P99)

Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (W99)

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

We create healthy transitions. Veterans transitioning to civilian life need support in three critical and often overlooked areas: Finding a renewed sense of purpose, mindfulness training to build resilience, and a sense of community. We’re committed to providing all three through our programs and events.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Evidence-Based Mindfulness Training

Accelerated Mind Performance (AMP™) Training teaches skills for developing mental resilience and agility. The online course meets 1 hour weekly for 6 weeks of instruction. Veterans learn the science of mind-body dynamics, effects of stress on the nervous system, and how to re-engage system regulation and attention after a disruption. PTSD is a disorder of non-recovery from trauma. The combination of mindfulness training and peer support helps veterans monitor internal stress and maintain self-regulation of the nervous system and emotions, skills critical to self-awareness and self-compassion. Research shows a mindfulness program supported by AMP instructional methods found a 50% reduction in arousal regulation, a 30% improvement in concentration, significant improvement in cortisol levels, and 100% self-reported improvement in cognitive, physiological, and relational function. Our instructors are veterans who teach strategies to their peers that lead to a healthier quality of life.

Population(s) Served
Veterans

BRAVE stands for Breathwork Recalibration And Veteran Empowerment. The retreat invites women veterans to a 5-day intensive in-person gathering followed by a 12-week practice period online (in groups and individually with Veteran’s PATH facilitators) and ending with a 3-day reconvening in-person. BRAVE supports women veterans struggling with reintegration issues that can include post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, substance abuse, and family/caregiver matters. We integrate meditation and mindfulness practices into a disciplined, daily routine that is also full of fun and laughter so that, together, veterans can open up about their experiences and heal inner conflicts they never thought possible. The BRAVE retreats are life changing and offer an opportunity to connect with other female veterans in a safe and supportive environment. Lifetime friendships are formed!

Population(s) Served
Veterans

Naval Special Warfare veterans are taking initiative in the fight against suicide by identifying, researching, and validating new mental health treatments. One of the most promising is psychedelic-assisted therapy (“PAT”), which continues to headline advances in mental health treatments with ongoing research in hundreds of universities and clinical trials. Veteran’s PATH does not directly fund PAT, but our AMP Dojo meditation program serves as a critical element in stabilizing and integrating the therapeutic impact of an innovative treatment like PAT. AMP Dojo helps veterans undergoing PAT to integrate psychedelic-induced insights, including deconstructing faulty beliefs, restructuring attitudes, challenging assumptions, and healing traumas stored in the body/mind. Learning meditation plays a very important role in successful PAT, and AMP Dojo helps sustain lasting positive change.

Population(s) Served

Veteran’s PATH wilderness retreats offer veterans multi-day journeys based on mindfulness practice and activities such as whitewater rafting, rock climbing, hiking, or skiing/snowboarding. These life-changing and life-affirming opportunities require energy, courage and dedication. Time in nature can reduce anxiety and depression and decrease PTSD symptoms in veterans. This is a serious commitment, so only apply if you are ready to step forward towards the changes your heart is longing for. While programs can be challenging, they are filled with fun, laughter, connection, purpose, and renewal. Through coming together with other veterans, in a safe and beautiful natural setting, veterans are given the time, support, and new skills to focus on the personal changes needed to move forward from military service into the post-military life that they envision and create. Our retreats are open to active-duty service members and veterans of all branches of the military and all eras.

Population(s) Served
Veterans

Where we work

Awards

Top-Rated 2022

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Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of Veterans & Family Members Reached

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans, Families

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of Veterans in Crisis De-escalated

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans, Families

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Veterans Reporting Improvement After Engaging in Veteran's PATH Programs

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Veterans, Families

Type of Metric

Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues

Direction of Success

Increasing

Number of participants engaged in programs

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Adults, Veterans

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Veteran's PATH started providing programs to veterans in California. We are expanding our services in 2017 to Tennessee. In 2018, we expect to provide services in Colorado and beyond.

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Veteran's PATH Inc.

Board of directors
as of 11/08/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Christopher Thorsen

Quantum Edge LLC

Term: 2020 - 2024

Heather Buck

CPA Price Waterhouse and Certified Professional Coach

Kim Smith

Retired US Army

Bart Holaday

Board Emeritus

Kathy Polizzi

Technology Executive (Google) and ICF Certified Leadership Coach

Steven Millette

Gloo, LLC

Ron Rosansky

Fidelus Technologies, LLC

David Drake

Veteran's PATH

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No