The long-term strategic goal of Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation's history. We will accomplish this vision by raising awareness and enlisting the public's aid for the needs of injured service members; helping injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other; and providing unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs.

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) positively impacts the lives of injured service members through a high-touch, holistic approach, reaching out to warriors at a personal level by engaging them at numerous points throughout their recovery continuum. By emphasizing our core programs - focused on Outreach and Engagement, Mental Health Support, Physical Health & Wellness, and Financial Assistance, Employment, and Education – WWP works to confront the spectrum of barriers to successful reintegration that many veterans face. As one of the fastest-growing national charities, WWP provides the largest scope of programs and services to veterans at every phase and stage of their recovery and transition.

Delivering backpacks at hospital bedsides, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) founders learned about the complex and ever-changing needs of injured service members. As the voice for this generation's wounded veterans and their caregivers and families, Wounded Warrior Project has grown in capability to serve more than 91,000 Wounded Warriors and nearly 20,000 families through its unique programs and services. Thanks to sustaining support from the American public, WWP is able to maintain and evolve these innovative programs to address emerging care issues wounded servicemen and women will face over their lifetime, and it continues to push the envelope on the care options available to veterans. For example, WWP committed $30 million in 2014 to help 250 of our most severely injured warriors who need a lifetime of support.

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) continues to receive feedback from the warrior community to shape and guide the direction of the organization and the programs it offers. The 2015 Annual Alumni Survey included data based on responses from nearly 23,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. The data demonstrates WWP programs initiated based upon results from previous WWP Alumni surveys are making an impact. One in three respondents said they did not feel comfortable with the existing mental health resources available through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or Department of Defense (DoD). This finding underscores the need for programs such as the Warrior Care Network, a $100 million commitment to battle the invisible wounds of war by filling gaps in government care and reaching those who might otherwise go untreated. Warrior Care Network is a first-of-its-kind partnership between Wounded Warrior Project® and four national academic medical centers of excellence including Emory Healthcare, Massachusetts General Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, and UCLA Health. In cooperation with the VA, this program will connect thousands of warriors with world-class care.

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) fought hard in our first ten years to ensure the promises made to our veterans were kept, and we are committed to fighting for them for a lifetime. In 2012, WWP won enactment of legislation to expand the scope of required rehabilitative care for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), helped lay the groundwork for enactment of strong mental health provisions, and successfully pressed the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to add peer-support services for wounded veterans to its mental health workforce. Today, Wounded Warrior Project is leading change in the veterans service arena with a grant program that exponentially expands the number of veterans and service members receiving support. We're proud of the support and lasting impact WWP has had within the injured service member community during the last decade, but our work is not done. Our commitment to veterans and their families is not for a day, week, month or year – it's a promise of a lifetime of support. As the nation embraces a new generation of veterans, WWP will be there – as long as they need us.