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Compassionate Contact Corps (CCC)

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Compassionate Contact Corps is a social prescription program that offers friendly phone and video visits between trained volunteers and Veterans. The volunteer calls their matched Veteran once per week to provide compassionate conversation and companionship. This program has been proven to reduce loneliness and improve overall well-being in Veterans.

This innovation is replicating across multiple facilities as its impact continues to be validated. See more replicating innovations.

Adoptions:

36 successful, 15 in-progress

Awards and Recognition:

Secretary's Honor Award for ICARE, Beryl Institute Organizational Innovation Award, American Red Cross Signature Program

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Metrics

  • See charts above for metrics on our data results.

Diffusion tracker

Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)

Statuses

AK: Anchorage VA Medical Center (Anchorage) AZ: Tucson VA Medical Center (Tucson)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
CA: Los Angeles VA Clinic (Los Angeles) CA: Palo Alto VA Medical Center (Palo Alto, California)
  • Started adoption on 04/2021.
CA: San Francisco VA Medical Center (San Francisco) FL: James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, Florida)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
FL: Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Gainesville) FL: Orlando VA Medical Center (Orlando) FL: West Palm Beach VA Medical Center (West Palm Beach)
  • Started adoption on 07/2021.
GA: Atlanta VA Medical Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
HI: Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Honolulu) IL: Marion VA Medical Center (Marion, Illinois)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
MA: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Bedford)
  • Started adoption on 01/2021.
MD: Baltimore VA Medical Center (Baltimore)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
MD: Loch Raven VA Medical Center (Loch Raven)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
MD: Perry Point VA Medical Center (Perry Point)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
MI: John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Detroit)
  • Started adoption on 07/2021.
MI: Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center (Ann Arbor)
  • Started adoption on 01/2021.
MN: Minneapolis VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
MO: John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital (St. Louis John Cochran)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
ND: Fargo VA Medical Center (Fargo)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
NY: Brooklyn VA Medical Center (Brooklyn)
  • Started adoption on 02/2021.
NY: St. Albans VA Medical Center (St. Albans)
  • Started adoption on 02/2021.
NY: Syracuse VA Medical Center (Syracuse)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
OH: Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
OH: Chillicothe VA Medical Center (Chillicothe) OH: Cincinnati VA Medical Center (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
OR: White City VA Medical Center (White City)
  • Started adoption on 04/2020.
PA: Coatesville VA Medical Center (Coatesville)
  • Started adoption on 06/2020.
PA: Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive (Pittsburgh)
  • Started adoption on 01/2021.
PA: Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre) SC: Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Charleston, South Carolina)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
SD: Hot Springs VA Medical Center (Hot Springs, South Dakota) TN: Nashville VA Medical Center (Nashville)
  • Started adoption on 01/2021.
TX: El Paso VA Clinic (El Paso)
  • Started adoption on 10/2020.
WI: Clement J. Zablocki Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

There are no unsuccessful adoptions for this innovation.

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Videos

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Veterans Affairs Compassionate Contact Corps Video for Veterans