Mission: The Objective Zero Foundation combats the public health crisis of veteran and military suicides by enhancing social connectedness and access to resources. We accomplish this by using technology to connect veterans, service-members, their families, and military caregivers to confidential peer-support through voice, video, and text. Additionally, we provide access to health and wellness tools, guided meditation, yoga and fitness content, and suicide prevention training.
Results: - over 750 peer support Ambassadors trained
- 3,000+ veterans and service-members connected to health and wellness resources
- 800+ hours of voice and video connections made
- 6,000+ unique text conversations facilitated on the OZ platform
Target demographics: combat the public health crisis of suicide in the veteran and military community
Direct beneficiaries per year: train over 750 peer support Ambassadors, connected 3,000 veterans to health and wellness resources, and logged over 800 hours of voice and video and 6,000+ confidential text messages between at-risk users and peer support Ambassadors
Geographic areas served: all 50 states and in 13 countries around the world
Programs: mobile app technology that improves social connectedness and access to resources, connecting at-risk users to trained peer supporters through voice, video, and text on a confidential platform.
Weinachtenman
Professional with expertise in this field
10/19/2019
Rating: 5
10/19/2019
“Take Care of Veterans”! Not one more! Objective Zero is growing within the group of Sexual Assault Response Victim Advocates in Grafenwoeher, Germany. Our local Chapter of the Tower VFW, has members spreading the word. We have a very large Community of Combat Veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq. As we vacation in Ireland, we are spreading the word of Objective Zero by means of educating world-wide vacationers from NATO Countries. We’ve handed out the little white Objective Zero cell-phone “person” holder. We are also handing out hundreds of Objective Zero pens. Santa will be passing the word throughout the Tower Barracks and Rose Barracks Military Communities.
I had the pleasure of meeting Justin and hearing why this nonprofit was started. Coming from a family of veterans, I don't see why people wouldn't support Objective Zero.
Objective Zero is a volunteer-led and run nonprofit that allows the military community to get support or give support on the Objective Zero App. I can select the times I am available to give support and can do it from anywhere. I have gone through the Ambassador training and been able to use that training to support others that are going through a difficult time. It is very rewarding!
