Columbia County PFC Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program

The PFC Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program of the Columbia County Veterans’ Service Agency supports veterans facing PTSD, traumatic brain injury and depression; 100,000 was awarded to the agency for the PFC Dwyer Family Room and the peer support programme.

Also called: PFC Dwyer, Dwyer, peer to peer, PTSD, traumatic brain injury, TBI, depression, Family Room, peer support, 100,000, veterans peer, Hudson, Kinderhook, Chatham, Ghent, Philmont, Valatie, Copake, Hillsdale, New Lebanon, Clermont, Greenport, Stuyvesant, Stockport, Ancram, Gallatin, Claverack, Livingston, Austerlitz, Canaan, Taghkanic.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Columbia County, NYCounty

The county's page: "The PFC Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program exists to support Veterans facing the challenges of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury, and depression. Funding in the amount of $100,000 has been awarded to the Columbia County Veterans' Service Agency to assist with the construction of the PFC Dwyer Family Room and for the Peer-to-Peer program." The namesake. The page tells the story of PFC Joseph Dwyer, the Army medic from the 7th Cavalry whose photograph carrying an Iraqi boy ran nationwide - "Dwyer served in Iraq with Third Squadron, Seventh Cavalry Regiment, as the unit headed into Baghdad at the beginning of the war" - and who died in 2008 after years of PTSD. The programme that carries his name is the county's own peer support: veterans who have been there sitting with veterans who are there, run from the Veterans' Service Agency's office at 389 Fairview Ave., Suite 7, Hudson, where the Family Room is being built. Ask at 518-828-3610.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Columbia County PFC Dwyer Peer-to-Peer Program
Gate	Rule
Veteran facing PTSD, TBI or depression	Peer support run by the county agency; no rating or diagnosis is published as a condition. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Sources

Columbia County, New York, PFC Dwyer Peer to Peer Program (read 2026-10-30)Official

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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