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The Veterans Crisis Line has a new number: Dial 988 then Press 1. Veterans can still call 800-273-8255 and Press 1 to reach the Crisis Line as well.  24/7, confidential support is always available. You do not need to be enrolled in VA benefits or health care to connect.

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) Fisher House in San Antonio, Texas, is a beautiful “home away from home" and provides high quality temporary lodging for families of Veterans receiving inpatient care (medical crisis) at STVHCS. The Fisher House provides cost free accommodations so Veterans families/caregivers who live 50 miles or further from the medical center can be close to their hospitalized loved ones during a medical crisis. A family’s love is always the best medicine. When a loved one is injured or ill, the Fisher House unites families and relieves the financial and emotional strain of being away from home.

With donor support from South Texans, the Fisher House Foundation constructed the VA Fisher House and gifted it to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 28, 2013. This 13,400-square foot comfort home is professionally furnished, decorated, and is able to accommodate 16 families. Each Veteran’s family is allowed one private guest suite with a private bathroom and may have up to 4 persons in each room. Families share a large communal fully equipped kitchen, laundry room, spacious dining room, family room with a large flat screen television, and an outdoor patio with pergola, gazebo, and covered outdoor pavilion with kitchen. Children under the age of 18 are permitted to stay at the Fisher House with their parent or guardian. 

The Fisher House Foundation and STVHCS will break ground for a second Fisher House in 2023. This house will add 16 additional rooms and is expected to be completed in 2024. Total STVHCS Fisher House capacity will be 32 rooms.

Fisher House referrals cannot be made by Fisher House staff.  To request accommodations for Fisher House lodging, please contact the Veteran's assigned Social Worker to request a referral. Social workers submit Fisher House referrals by conducting a screening interview using the eligibility criteria in the Fisher House consult menu. If you do not have an assigned social worker, your provider (primary care physician or nurse practitioner) is able to make the referral as well.

To contact the assigned social worker, provider, or nurse practitioner, call the Consolidated Outpatient Appointment Center at 210-949-9702.

All referrals to the Fisher House should be done in advance. Rooms are assigned on a first come, first served, space available basis. Referrals are based on eligibility criteria being met and room availability. Fisher House staff cannot confirm availability with guests until 24-48 hours prior to the check-in date. The Fisher House is for lodging only and is not a permanent residence, treatment facility, hospice, or counseling center.

The Fisher House relies on volunteers, donors and community support to maintain the home, enhance daily operation and program expansion. There are many ways for individuals or groups to volunteer and help our Veteran and military families.

You can be a part of the Fisher House mission. Fisher House depends on donations from individuals and groups to support its programs. Funds will be used to support the ongoing, daily needs of the Fisher House as well as to enhance the stay of Fisher House guests. Fisher House will continue to have one-time needs and on-going needs to support our guests—from pantry items, freezer foods, individual snacks, coffee supplies, bottled water to laundry products and other kitchen essentials. Every donation helps make the Fisher House a home for our Veteran’s families. 

To learn more about Fisher House, volunteer opportunities, request our wish list, or make a tax-deductible donation to the South Texas Fisher House, please contact the Fisher House Manager at 210-617-5542. 

Checks can be mailed to the address below and made payable to STVHCS Fisher House. In Memo of check, please write: GPF 7053.

South Texas Veterans Health Care System Fisher House