News Release
US Department of Labor awards more than $52M in grants to help homeless veterans reenter the workforce
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the award of more than $52 million in grants to help homeless veterans return to meaningful employment and address the complex problems facing homeless veterans.
Administered by the department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program funding also supports Homeless Female Veterans’ and Veterans with Families program and the Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program grants. Ending homelessness among veterans has long been a priority for the department. VETS designs these programs to provide training, skills development and career support.
“As the nation continues its recovery from the pandemic, initiatives like these are more important than ever,” said Secretary Marty Walsh. “Our veterans deserve our best efforts to ensure they have a safe place to live, means to support themselves and their families and opportunities to pursue a fulfilling career.”
The department will award 119 continuation grants totaling more than $40 million and 36 new three-year grant awards totaling more than $12 million to provide a wide range of services to veterans currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. In addition to working with VETS, grant recipients partner with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Service for Veteran Families program and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care program.
Learn more about VETS’ Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Programs.
“Those now or formerly in military service share the value that no one should be left behind,” said Veterans’ Employment and Training Services’ Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary James Rodriguez. “The Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program reflects our commitment to ensuring that our veterans have and are prepared for the opportunities they deserve.”
Learn more about the department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service.
A list of HVRP grant recipients follows this release.
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New Grant Awards |
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Recipient |
State |
Amount |
|
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles |
CA |
$400,140 |
|
People Assisting the Homeless |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
People Assisting the Homeless |
CA |
$333,000 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. |
CA |
$265,000 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. |
CA |
$255,000 |
|
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
Vietnam Veterans of California Inc. |
CA |
$155,055 |
|
Friendship Place |
DC |
$376,959 |
|
City of Jacksonville |
FL |
$240,924 |
|
The Warrior Alliance Inc. |
GA |
$430,000 |
|
City of Refuge Inc. |
GA |
$500,000 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
HI |
$200,000 |
|
Aspire Indiana Inc. |
IN |
$500,000 |
|
Clear Path for Veterans New England Inc. |
MA |
$420,957 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$154,000 |
|
Southwest Economic Solutions Corp. |
MI |
$180,000 |
|
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans |
MN |
$378,750 |
|
Welcome Home Inc. |
MO |
$80,000 |
|
Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri Inc. |
MO |
$354,612 |
|
Hancock Resource Center |
MS |
$295,000 |
|
EYES New Jersey |
NJ |
$480,556 |
|
Goodwill Industries of New Mexico |
NM |
$493,867 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
NV |
$323,000 |
|
Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey |
NY |
$500,000 |
|
Black Veterans for Social Justice Inc. |
NY |
$473,550 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$255,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Oklahoma Inc. |
OK |
$388,439 |
|
Easter Seals Oregon |
OR |
$500,000 |
|
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc. |
PA |
$213,093 |
|
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island |
RI |
$300,000 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
TX |
$250,000 |
|
Lubbock Regional MHMR Center |
TX |
$376,949 |
|
Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley |
VA |
$174,421 |
|
STOP Incorporated |
VA |
$465,768 |
|
Snohomish County Workforce Development Council |
WA |
$362,900 |
|
Washington Department of Veterans Affairs |
WA |
$500,000 |
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Option-Year Awards |
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|
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Recipient |
State |
Amount |
|
Aletheia House Inc. |
AL |
$251,329 |
|
St. Francis House |
AR |
$159,090 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
AZ |
$216,000 |
|
Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County Inc. |
CA |
$191,631 |
|
The Salvation Army, a California corporation |
CA |
$445,000 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. |
CA |
$350,000 |
|
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
Working Wardrobe for a New Start |
CA |
$266,600 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
DC |
$309,000 |
|
Volunteers of America of Florida Inc. |
FL |
$391,080 |
|
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency Inc. |
GA |
$375,000 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
HI |
$275,000 |
|
Goodwill Industries of the Heartland |
IA |
$186,339 |
|
America Works of Illinois Inc. |
IL |
$400,000 |
|
National Able Network Inc. |
IL |
$370,950 |
|
The Inner Voice Inc. |
IL |
$500,000 |
|
Elle Foundation |
LA |
$203,500 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$322,000 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$370,000 |
|
Easter Seals Serving DC|MD|VA |
MD |
$500,000 |
|
Way Station Inc. |
MD |
$396,639 |
|
Easter Seals Maine Inc |
ME |
$285,823 |
|
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans |
MN |
$447,613 |
|
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc. |
NC |
$500,000 |
|
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc. |
NC |
$500,000 |
|
Harbor Homes Inc. |
NH |
$200,000 |
|
Real House Recovery Inc. |
NJ |
$471,424 |
|
Mental Health America of Dutchess County Inc. |
NY |
$150,000 |
|
Veterans Outreach Center Inc. |
NY |
$500,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$215,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$320,000 |
|
Muscogee (Creek) Nation |
OK |
$348,878 |
|
Easterseals Oregon |
OR |
$325,000 |
|
Easterseals Oregon |
OR |
$400,000 |
|
YWCA of Greater Harrisburg |
PA |
$230,000 |
|
Volunteers of America (Dakotas) |
SD |
$216,372 |
|
Adaptive Construction Solutions Inc. |
TX |
$500,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Texas |
TX |
$385,710 |
|
Volunteers of America Texas |
TX |
$500,000 |
|
River City Comprehensive Counseling Services |
VA |
$320,000 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
VT |
$236,000 |
|
Partners in Careers |
WA |
$208,455 |
|
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies |
WY |
$405,000 |
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Incrementally Funded Awards |
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|
|
Recipient |
State |
Amount |
|
Aletheia House Inc. |
AL |
$500,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Southeast |
AL |
$248,358 |
|
Pima County |
AZ |
$190,848 |
|
Goodwill Industries of Southern California |
CA |
$368,473 |
|
JVS SoCal |
CA |
$466,800 |
|
Nation’s Finest |
CA |
$377,297 |
|
Able-Disabled Advocacy Inc. |
CA |
$360,396 |
|
America Works of California Inc. |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
Berkeley Food and Housing Project |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization |
CA |
$500,000 |
|
The Salvation Army, California South Division |
CA |
$440,000 |
|
United States Veterans Initiative |
CA |
$194,537 |
|
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego |
CA |
$233,000 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. |
CA |
$104,000 |
|
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles |
CA |
$396,780 |
|
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles |
CA |
$361,770 |
|
Volunteers of America-Northern California/Northern Nevada |
CA |
$499,476 |
|
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless |
CO |
$500,000 |
|
Delaware Center for Homeless Veterans Inc. |
DE |
$450,000 |
|
Gang Alternative Inc. |
FL |
$192,919 |
|
Boley Centers Inc |
FL |
$339,049 |
|
Mary Hall Freedom House Inc. |
GA |
$400,000 |
|
Recovery Consultants of Atlanta Inc. |
GA |
$500,000 |
|
Veterans Empowerment Organization of Georgia Inc. |
GA |
$468,091 |
|
Catholic Charities Hawaii |
HI |
$270,000 |
|
Of Color Inc. |
IL |
$497,425 |
|
Transitional Living Services |
IL |
$300,000 |
|
Crossroads Rehabilitation Center Inc. |
IN |
$297,440 |
|
ECHO Housing Corp. |
IN |
$149,419 |
|
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center Inc. |
KY |
$210,960 |
|
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana Inc. |
LA |
$210,960 |
|
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana Inc. |
LA |
$322,205 |
|
Massachusetts Military Support Foundation Incorporated |
MA |
$184,489 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$170,000 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$150,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Massachusetts |
MA |
$265,049 |
|
Volunteers of America Massachusetts |
MA |
$236,785 |
|
Veterans Inc. |
MA |
$500,000 |
|
Mosaic Community Services Inc. |
MD |
$500,000 |
|
Easterseals Serving DC|MD|VA Inc. |
MD |
$500,000 |
|
St. James A.M.E. Zion Church - Zion House |
MD |
$300,000 |
|
Michigan Ability Partners |
MI |
$158,204 |
|
St. Patrick Center |
MO |
$308,911 |
|
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry Inc. |
NC |
$500,000 |
|
Volunteers of America of the Carolinas Inc. |
NC |
$303,818 |
|
Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten and Serve |
NY |
$401,064 |
|
America Works of New York Inc. |
NY |
$450,000 |
|
Services for the UnderServed Inc. |
NY |
$142,020 |
|
United Veterans Beacon House Inc. |
NY |
$104,125 |
|
Easter Seals TriState LLC |
OH |
$168,048 |
|
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center Inc. |
OH |
$472,151 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$360,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$320,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$315,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$320,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana |
OH |
$255,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Oklahoma Inc. |
OK |
$420,208 |
|
Goodwill Industries of Lane and South Coast Counties |
OR |
$189,746 |
|
Easterseals Oregon |
OR |
$500,000 |
|
Commission on Economic Opportunity |
PA |
$200,000 |
|
Impact Services Corporation |
PA |
$500,000 |
|
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc. |
PA |
$213,680 |
|
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania Inc. |
PA |
$340,999 |
|
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc. |
PA |
$277,457 |
|
Veterans Multi-Service Center Inc. |
PA |
$388,939 |
|
Veterans Place of Washington Blvd. |
PA |
$364,000 |
|
Fast Forward |
SC |
$400,000 |
|
Adaptive Construction Solutions Inc. |
TX |
$450,000 |
|
Castle Cares Community Ministries |
TX |
$312,760 |
|
Unity Partners |
TX |
$263,565 |
|
The Houston Launch Pad |
TX |
$500,000 |
|
Focused Outreach Richmond Inc. |
VA |
$314,000 |
|
Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps Inc. |
WI |
$105,339 |
|
Center for Veterans Issues Ltd. |
WI |
$500,000 |
|
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies |
WY |
$500,000 |
|
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. |
WI |
$250,000 |
