Natural Healing Environment

Valor Farm Serves as the platform for the NCHV Program Where Community is the antidote to isolation, loneliness, and broken relationships.

Residents will experience a renewed sense of community and camaraderie in the National Center for Healthy Veteran Villages and will form lasting bonds of friendship.  Formerly homeless veterans will not only have a place to live, but also a place to thrive and contribute.

At Valor Farm, NCHV offers a transformative nine-month faith based residential program where Patriots live, learn, and grow in community. Structured trimesters focus on resilience, trauma recovery, and career readiness, while electives address personal needs and interests. Mentors help each Patriot create a Personal Development Plan, guiding their progress toward professional success, healthy relationships, and holistic wellness. Living in tiny homes within the Village, Patriots experience a culture of dignified work, inspirational faith, and supportive community that equips them to return to society strong, capable, and purpose-driven. 

Community directly counters isolation, loneliness and fractured relationships. Within National Center for Healthy Veteran Villages, residents rediscover camaraderie and rebuild meaningful connections that endure. Formerly homeless veterans gain more than housing—they gain a community where they can thrive, contribute, and belong.

Private homes in a restorative community setting, including:

  • Designed to ensure privacy and encourage community
  • Energy Efficient “Tiny Homes,” single or double occupancy
  • Village Community Center for laundry, cooking, communal meals and village interaction
  • Equipped for Online or Residential Courses at Liberty University
  • Personal and Village Gardens to grow food and connect with the land
  • Scenic views and access to hiking, kayaking, and outdoor recreation
  • Nestled inside a working farm with horses and other livestock
  • Access to NCHV Wellness Resources and Programs

Veteran Village 1

19 Homes + Community Center

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Spirit of Virginia Aren

Newly Completed

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2 Community Centers

One per Village

1 Completed
1 Under Construction

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Veteran Village 2 & 3

25 Homes + Community Center
under construction

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Healthy Veterans Lodge Complex

Architectural Design and Site Preparation Underway

Healthy Veterans Lodge Complex

Coming Soon
  • Focused on family, conferences and reunification
  • Counseling and conference wings
  • Guest accommodations (30 rooms)
  • Restaurant and catering for guests and special events
  • Veterans Gift Shop highlighting NCHV products
  • Associated Farmers Market offering farm produce
  • Primary access control to the NCHV property
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    • Transition: Returning to Society
    • Transition:
      Returning
      to Society

    In the last stage of the program Patriots learn about post graduation support and how to maintain balance in their new environments. They also conduct an outbound assessment of the outcome of their PDP and receive assistance transitioning to new employment and living arrangements.

    Key Activities or Objectives:

    • Outbound Assessments
    • Graduate Support Programs
    • Graduation
    • Reentry: Learning New Skills
    • Reentry:
      Learning
      New Skills
    Jobs for Life – A Faith-Based Approach to Career Preparation
    The National Center for Healthy Veterans (NCHV) offers a unique career preparation course called “Jobs for Life” during the third trimester of its program. This course goes beyond traditional career counseling by integrating biblical principles to instill a deeper understanding of the nature and purpose of work. 
     

    Key Activities or Objectives:

    • Transition Preparation
    • Career Preparation
    • RECOVERY: Healing the Trauma
    • RECOVERY:
      Healing the
      Trauma

    A nationally renowned, faith-based trauma healing course designed to help veterans of all eras and their families recover from the spiritual and moral wounds of war.

    Key Activities or Objectives:

    • Less Pain, Anger, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression.
    • More Forgiveness and Meaning
    • Better Social Participation and Connectedness
    • Quality of Life

    “The hospital fixed my body, but REBOOT fixed my soul. REBOOT sought out and resued the man I once was.”

    Trauma Healing For Everyone

    • RESILIENCE Is a critical life skill
    • RESILIENCE
      Is a critical
      life skill

    This one-of-a-kind course teaches you how to build bounce, weather the storm, and bounce back without getting stuck. This course is widely used in church and academic settings to build personal resilience.

    Key Activities or Objectives:

    • Preparing for the Storms of Life
    • Weathering the Storms
    • Bouncing Back
    • Navigating Adversity

    “We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair; there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.”
    2 Corinthians 4:8-9

    Resilience: Learning to Bounce

    • The Patriot Journey Starts Here

    Intake, Inventory, and Assessment

    The Patriot onboarding period includes familiarization with the farm, its work, living, and recreational areas, an individual assessment, and creating the holistic Personal Development Plan.

    Key Activities or Objectives:

    • Onboard & Familiarization
    • Inbound Assessments
    • Personal Development Plan

    Returning Healthy Veterans to America