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For first responders · Since 2018

Because Healing is Possible

The Chip Terry Fund provides educational, financial, and emotional support to police, fire, emergency personnel, and veterans—and the families who stand beside them.

Why we exist

First responders face trauma most of us never will. And when that weight settles into PTSD and occupational stress, they and their families often carry it in silence.

After losing her husband Chip, Jo Terry founded CTF to make sure no family has to navigate this injury without resources, without a community, without hope.

What we do

Ways we show up.

Every dollar raised, every training delivered, and every story shared brings the first responder community one step closer to the help it deserves.

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Educational workshops

By providing educational presentations on PTSD the CTF helps first responders and their families build awareness, understand symptoms and learn how to access available services.

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Stellate Ganglion Blocks

A medically recognized procedure done by an experienced physician to provide rapid relief from PTSD symptoms

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Therapeutic and Intensive Referrals

The CTF connects first responders to a wide range of supportive therapy.

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Retreats

The CTF partners with other organizations for couples and family retreats as well as higher level resiliency retreats

On average, individuals requesting resources each month
1
Treatments paid for by CTF last year
1
First responders trained since 2018
1 +
Raised and distributed since 2018
$ 1 K
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