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American Red Cross Hygiene Kits
Hygiene kits bring comfort to homeless veterans. Approximately one-third of the adult homeless population are veterans. Help bring comfort to these heroes with a hygiene kit with items such as a razor, toothbrush, soap, washcloth, lotion and more.
Homeless Disabled Veterans of the NorthWest
Homeless Disabled Veterans of the NorthWest Foundation (HDVNW) is a Transitional Housing Program. It is specifically designed to assist Homeless disabled veterans in Oregon and SW Washington in their transition back to civilian life.
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas
About one-third of all adult homeless people have served in the U.S. armed forces. Some may be disabled or may have a diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder or other combat related illness making it difficult to find consistent work and housing. To address the need for quality housing, LFS Carolinas provides shelter for homeless veterans through transitional facilities in North and South Carolina.
The program includes employment and benefit assistance, transportation to and from medical appointments and job interviews, counseling, re-integration into the community and support from local faith groups. The objective is to transition the veterans to independent living as soon as possible. Follow up services will be given to the veterans by our own trained staff, as well as partner organizations.
- Kinard Manor – Greenwood, South Carolina
- Angels House – Columbia, South Carolina
- Faith Farm – Dallas, North Carolina
Madison Street Veterans Association (Phoenix, AZ)
A peer-run group of homeless and formerly homeless veterans offering personal, individualized service, basic resources, community and advocacy for all veterans.
National Center on Family Homelessness
The National Center on Family Homelessness is a leader on Veterans issues, with an emphasis on women Veterans and Veteran family homelessness. We apply knowledge of military cultural competency, behavioral health issues, trauma-informed care, interpersonal violence to address Veterans' housing instability, food insecurity, and employment. We develop and provide innovative online resources, training, technical assistance, project management and research.
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
If you are a homeless veteran or a veteran at risk of becoming homeless, these pages provide information that you can use to seek help. They include addresses, phone numbers and websites to find out about services, programs and other help that is available.
New Directions
New Directions provides a wide variety of services for homeless veterans, including job training and placement, parenting and money management classes, legal and financial assistance, counseling, remedial education and resources for alumni. Such a transformation takes hard work, motivation and accountability, but the results are life-altering - and for many veterans, life-saving. New Directions is a licensed, long-term drug and alcohol treatment program founded by three formerly homeless veterans. It has provided food, shelter, and rehabilitation since 1992 and provides services to more than 800 homeless veterans a year through four locations.
Operation Dignity
Founded in 1993 by Vietnam Veteran Alex McElree, we offer a HAND-UP not a HAND-OUT approach, building community among vets and encouraging community outreach and support. Our services cover the continuum of the homeless situation, including a mobile outreach program.
Patriot Angels for Veterans
Patriot Angels for Veterans, is a one of a kind group of volunteers, who tackle veteran and active duty needs on all levels and aspects. Our unique group of dedicated friends, has come to function as team.
What started as friends from around the U.S.A. reaching out to help veterans who have fallen through the cracks of the system, returning, and active duty troops and deployed military members. The people this team has helped have come to the group in many ways, some looking for a helping hand with the red tape, others looking for a home to get off the streets or help with a hardship. We have been able to help the active duty men and women fight the problems of a broken system. We are dedicated and fearless in our quest to get what’s right for those we sent in harms way.
After realizing our troops have needs that go unmet, have invisible wounds, and a system that fails them, with each passing day we are getting more requests for help from our veterans and active duty members. The time has come to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done to help!
Project Foot
The mission of Project Foot is to strengthen military families and assist homeless and unemployed veterans. Project Foot believes that the ONLY time the words “Veteran” and “Homeless” should ever be used in the same sentence is: “Veterans Helping the Homeless.”
Project Foot achieves this mission through providing a wide variety of programs that include:
- Housing and food for homeless veterans
- Communication assistance for military families
- Travel assistance for military families
- Resume writing and job search services for unemployed veterans
- Providing business attire for unemployed veterans
- Through these programs, Project Foot aims to keep the bonds of our military families strong throughout their service to our Armed Forces and to be there to pick up the pieces when one of our brave men or women falls through the cracks.
Project H3 Vets (Arizona)
Project H3 VETS is a special initiative based off Project H3 and the 100,000 homes campaign to house chronically homeless veterans. Project H3 VETS will use the Vulnerability Index Survey to prioritize the mostmedically vulnerable homeless veterans living on the streets in the Phoenix Metro area. The project will utilizethe HUD-VASH supportive housing program to provide permanent housing and supportive services which includes case management, social support, and mental health services to chronically homeless veterans.
Currently the process to house a chronically homeless veteran in the HUD-VASH program is an average of 126 days. Project H3 VETS will work with community partners, navigation teams, and Local, State, and Federal agencies, utilizing the process/practices learned during Project H3 to house chronically homeless veterans in a quarter of the time.
Rebuilding Together
Millions of U.S. veterans are in desperate need of repairs and adaptations to their homes. Rebuilding Together’s Veterans Housing was created to meet the growing needs of veterans from past and present wars. Rebuilding Together fills the gaps in modifications and repair services that retired and active service men and women struggle to meet. In partnership with corporate sponsors, Rebuilding Together’s Veterans Housing strives to provide safe and accessible housing for all low-income veterans.
Stand Down
Stand Down, owned & operated by Faith*Hope*Love*Charity, Inc. (FHLC, Inc.), assists male veterans who are struggling and have lost their homes and ability to lead productive lives due to combat and non-combat related mental and physical wounds/illness, addictions, and/or other issues regain their independence and lives through transitional living, a multi tiered program, and collaboration with government agencies, VSOs, and the community.
Steps N Stages Jubilee House (Fayetteville, NC)
Our agency will provide transitional housing and permanent housing for women veterans. This house length of stay is determined on an individual basis depending upon circumstances and requirements. For women veterans and their dependents. Services and support provided will include:
- VA Claims Assistance
- Job Search Assistance/Referral
- Transitional Housing for Homeless Veterans
- Mentoring/Life Coaching
- Assistance with Discharge Upgrades
- Financial Literacy Classes
- Transportation to VA for medical care and treatment
- Peer counseling and support groups
And above all, compassionate care and consideration for the daughters of our nation.
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) - VA
The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program is a new VA program that awards grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will provide supportive services to very low-income Veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. The grantees will provide a range of supportive services designed to promote housing stability.
Swords to Plowshares
War causes wounds and suffering that last beyond the battlefield. Swords to Plowshares’ mission is to heal the wounds, to restore dignity, hope, and self-sufficiency to all veterans in need, and to significantly reduce homelessness and poverty among veterans.
Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that provides counseling and case management, employment and training, housing, and legal assistance to more than 1500 homeless and low-income veterans annually in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We promote and protect the rights of veterans through advocacy, public education, and partnerships with local, state, and national entities.
Swords to Plowshares is the only veterans service agency in the United States that provides a full continuum of care. We help vets, as well as families of vets, in the following areas:
Health & Social Services - Swords to Plowshares’ drop-in center provides emergency shelter, mental health services and referrals to homeless veterans.
Housing - Swords to Plowshares’ residential programs provide housing, rehabilitation and counseling to veterans in need.
Veterans Academy - At Swords to Plowshares’ Veterans Academy, formerly homeless veterans can live in a supportive community.
The New England Center for Homeless Veterans
Our mission is to assist veterans who are homeless, unemployed, or underemployed with the tools to move toward self-sufficiency.
The School accomplishes this mission by providing veterans with necessary training and job skills to obtain and retain competitive employment in today's ever-changing market. To meet our goal, the Veterans Training School partners with local businesses to provide apprenticeship and entry-level positions to our graduates. Together with educational institutions, we offer certificate and degree-seeking programs.
Veterans Project
Many communties lack funding for veterans assistance programs and housing is no exception. The Veterans Administration estimates that 107,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. Over the course of a year, approximately twice that many experience homelessness. We can give back to our veterans and thank them for their service by making sure we do our best, so that they never have to spend another night on the street.
Our mission is to raise awareness and funds for Veterans Project, which is a nonprofit organization that provides homeless veterans and at risk to-be homeless veterans a permanent residence.
Wish Upon a Hero Foundation - Homeless Hero Program
The Homeless Hero program helps homeless people through teaching responsibility and supplying basic needs. A multilevel rewards program encentivizes homeless individuals to network within their homeless community. This allows our staff to find and help more homeless people faster than ever before. In a 4 week period the Wish Upon A Hero Foundation touch the lives of over 80 homeless people on the streets of Philadelphia and distributed over $2,000 worth of food and clothing.
How does the program work? Each homeless person is given a T-Shirt and a $5 food gift card. The following week, if they return wearing the T-shirt and connect us with other homeless individuals, then they receive an additional $5 food gift card for wearing the shirt. They also earn $1 for connecting us with 1 homeless person, $3 for connecting us with 2 homeless people, and $6 for connecting us with 3 homeless person. The multi-level helping program then applies to this new tier of homeless program members and so forth. Each homeless person now has the ability to help himself and others in his homeless community while being rewarded for their connections.
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Shattered ~ by Canadian author, Eric Walters
A high school student volunteers at a soup kitchen to earn credit for his Civics class. He learns to see beyond his own world and is transformed through his interactions with the homeless, especially by a veteran named Jacques who is plagued by his wartime experiences in Rwanda.
Copyright Benita Koeman 2008 - 2012
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