[2] The organization's goal is to strengthen mental health outcomes and complement existing support with a particular focus on post-9/11 veterans.

In 2011, Cohen became involved in veterans' mental health while serving on the board of Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable organization focused on alleviating problems caused by poverty in New York City.

That year, the foundation also gave the largest individual, single private gift in the nation to fund post-traumatic stress disorder research at NYU Langone.

The Tacoma, WA location publicly opened[9] in March 2019, at which point the network had served more than 10,000 veterans and family members.

[3] Veterans' families are also eligible for care at CVN clinics, including parents, siblings, spouses or partners, children, caretakers, and others, regardless of whether their military loved ones seek treatment.