$35 Million in job training grants will help more than 16,000 veterans overcome homelessness and secure employment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 23, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced today the award of more than $35 million in grants to provide an estimated 16,000 veterans with job-driven training for in-demand jobs to help them successfully transition from homelessness to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs.
“In cities like Salt Lake City, Houston and Phoenix, through partnerships and the aggressive delivery of supportive services, we have shown that veteran homelessness is not a reality we have to accept,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. “The Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program has proven time and again that it can be effective in helping veterans overcome obstacles to employment and sustainable housing, and they deserve nothing less.”
The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program is awarding funds competitively to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, and tribal governments, including faith-based and community organizations. Homeless veterans may receive occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance, including follow-up services. HVRP is the only federal program that focuses exclusively on employment of veterans who are homeless.
Grantees in the HVRP program network coordinate their efforts with various local, state and federal social service providers. To learn more about the U.S. Department of Labor’s unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans, visitwww.dol.gov/vets. For more information on this grant announcement, please contact the department’s Cassandra Mitchell at 202-693-4589.
The following is a list of 2015 award recipients:
| PROGRAM YEAR 2015 HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAM GRANTEES PY15 NEW GRANTEES | |||
|
Grantee |
Areas Served |
State |
PY15 Amount |
| Aletheia House, Inc. | Montgomery, Autauga, Bullock, Elmore and Lowndes counties and in non-urban Alabama |
AL |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Los Angeles | Los Angeles |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Vietnam Veterans of San Diego | City of San Diego |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Los Angeles | Compton, Los Angeles |
CA |
$300,000 |
| 1736 Family Crisis Center | Wilmington, San Pedro, Long Beach, Inglewood, Redondo and Hermosa Beach and Carson |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Goodwill of Santa Clara County | Santa Clara County-Sunnyvale |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc. | Monterey and Santa Cruz counties |
CA |
$200,000 |
| Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization | Alameda/Contra Costa counties |
CA |
$300,000 |
| PATH (People Assisting the Homeless) | Santa Barbara |
CA |
$100,000 |
| Denver Options, Inc., dba Rocky Mountain Human Services | Pueblo and Fremont counties |
CO |
$136,514 |
| The WorkPlace | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk |
CT |
$299,980 |
| Goodwill Industries-Central Florida | Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties |
FL |
$279,227 |
| United States Veteran Initiative | Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Kauai Rural areas |
HI |
$200,000 |
| America Works of Illinois, Inc. | Chicago, Cook County |
IL |
$300,000 |
| Volunteer of America-Indiana, Inc. | Allen County (Greater Ind.) |
IN |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Kentucky | Louisville |
KY |
$193,494 |
| Michigan Ability Partners | Washetenaw and Jackson counties |
MI |
$159,100 |
| Volunteers of America-Michigan | Bay/Genesee/Saginaw/Shiawassee counties |
MI |
$199,996 |
| Hancock Resource Center | Hancock, Pearl and Harrison counties |
MS |
$199,728 |
| Standing Rock Sioux Tribe | Standing Rock Reservation |
ND |
$200,000 |
| Harbor Homes, Inc. | Hillsborough County |
NH |
$200,000 |
| United States Veterans Initiative | Clark County |
NV |
$230,000 |
| Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc. | Manhattan and Bronx counties |
NY |
$300,000 |
| Easter Seals New York, Inc. | Nassau and Suffolk counties |
NY |
$150,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater Ohio | Dayton |
OH |
$300,000 |
| Faith Missions Inc. | Columbus-Franklin |
OH |
$120,160 |
| Volunteers of America-Oklahoma | Tulsa |
OK |
$300,000 |
| Easter Seals Oregon | Multnomah County |
OR |
$300,000 |
| Washington Department of Veterans Affairs | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue |
WA |
$300,000 |
|
TOTAL = $6,868,199 |
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| PY15 (Year 1) Option Year | |||
|
Grantee |
Areas Served |
State |
PY15 Amount |
| United Veterans Beacon House, Inc. | Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties |
NY |
$145,000 |
| Black Veterans for Social Justice | New York City (all 5 boroughs: Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan) |
NY |
$300,000 |
| Swords to Plow Shares | San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin counties |
CA |
$300,000 |
| St. Vincent de Paul | Lane County |
OR |
$200,000 |
| Vietnam Veterans of San Diego | Del Mar to Oceanside and Escondido and Poway, Carlsbad, Visa, Encinitas, Fallbrook, and Solana Beach |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater NY | Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Congressional districts 5-16 |
NY |
$300,000 |
| Berkley Charleston Dorchester Council of Governments | Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester |
SC |
$92,202 |
| The Houston Launch Pad-HVRP | Houston |
TX |
$300,000 |
| Pennyroyal Regional Health-Mental Retardation Board | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins,Livingstion, Lyon, Muhlenburg, Todd, and Trigg counties |
KY |
$172,320 |
| Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation | Greater Detroit |
MI |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Michigan | Grand Rapids/Wyoming, Muskegon/Muskegon Heights, Kalamazoo, Benton Harbor/Niles |
MI |
$300,000 |
| Colorado Coalition for the Homeless | Denver |
CO |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Los Angeles | Santa Ana, Orange County |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Boley Centers, Inc. | Pasco County |
FL |
$200,000 |
| Denver Options, Inc., dba Rocky Mountain Human Services | El Paso County |
CO |
$200,000 |
| People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) | Los Angeles Area |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Recovery Consultants of Atlanta | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta |
GA |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Florida, Inc. | Brevard County |
FL |
$179,075 |
| Nez Perce Tribe | Nez Perce Indian Reservation |
ID |
$154,356 |
| Easter Seals-New York, Inc. | City of Syracuse and Onondaga County |
NY |
$200,000 |
| Alethia House, Inc. | Limestone, Morgan, Madison |
AL |
$200,000 |
| Fast Forward | Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties |
SC |
$300,000 |
| St. Patrick Center | MO-001 City of St. Louis/ MO-002 County of St Louis, MO/MO-003 St. Louis Metro Statistical Area (MSA)/IL-12/ IL-13/IL-5 |
MO |
$300,000 |
| Mountain Comprehensive Care Center | Numerous E. Appalachian counties |
KY |
$162,400 |
| Volunteers of America-Kentucky Inc. | Louisville MSA including Jefferson, Oldham, Henry, Hardin, Shelby, Spencer, Bullitt, Nelson and Mead counties; and Clark Floyd, Harrison, and Washington counties in Indiana |
KY |
$255,000 |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | 22 counties in the Mankato Southern outreach area |
MN |
$120,000 |
| Workforce Development Council Snohomish County | Snohomish County |
WA |
$200,000 |
| Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley, Inc. | Cities of Lexington, Buena Vista, Roanoke and Covington; Roanoke, Botetourt, Bath, Craig and Franklin and Rockridge counties; and part of Alleghany County. |
VA |
$180,000 |
| Goodwill Industries-Heartland | Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha, and Robins |
IA |
$119,500 |
| Boley Centers, Inc. | FL-014 Pinellas County |
FL |
$300,000 |
| United States Veterans Initiative | Maricopa County |
AZ |
$300,000 |
| Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, Inc. | Ashville, Buncombe County |
NC |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater Ohio | OH-003 Columbus |
OH |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater Ohio | Cleveland, Cuyahoga counties |
OH |
$300,000 |
|
TOTAL = $8,079,853 |
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| PY15 (Year 2) Option Year | |||
|
Grantee |
Areas Served |
State |
PY15 Amount |
| The Strategist, LLC | Honolulu |
HI |
$300,000 |
| Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. | Cincinnati |
OH |
$300,000 |
| North County Interfaith Council, Inc. | Escondido |
CA |
$300,000 |
| American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc | San Antonio |
TX |
$300,000 |
| Crossroads Rehabilitation Center | Indianapolis |
IN |
$267,580 |
| Veterans, Inc. | All of Maine with focus on urban areas: Augusta, Lewiston, Auburn, and Portland |
ME |
$200,000 |
| Easter Seals-Greater Washington-Baltimore Region | Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, Md.; Washington DC; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun & Prince William counties, Va. |
MD |
$299,940 |
| Goodwill Industries-New Mexico | Counties of Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval, Torrance; cities of Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, 16 towns, Native American Pueblos |
NM |
$250,136 |
| Salvation Army, a California Corporation | Long Beach |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Operation Stand Down Rhode Island | State of Rhode Island, Fall River and New Bedford, Mass. |
RI |
$225,000 |
| Easter Seals-New York, Inc. | New York City (all 5 boroughs: Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island) |
NY |
$225,000 |
| Faith Hope Love Charity, Inc. | Palm Beach County |
FL |
$249,834 |
| Veterans, Inc. | Cities of Hartford and New Britain |
CT |
$125,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Michigan | Detroit |
MI |
$300,000 |
| Maryland Center for Vets Education & Training, Inc. | Baltimore City, Baltimore County |
MD |
$300,000 |
| Aletheia House, Inc. | Birmingham |
AL |
$300,000 |
| Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. | Cambria, Blair, Huntingdon, Somerset, Bedford and Fulton counties |
PA |
$121,617 |
| Philadelphia Veteran Multi-Service & Education Center | Philadelphia |
PA |
$300,000 |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | Duluth and all Northern Minnesota counties including: Cook, Lake, St. Louis, Aitkin, Carlton, Pine, Koochichining, Itasca, Cass, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Hubbard, Clearwater, Roseau |
MN |
$120,000 |
|
TOTAL = $4,784,107 |
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| PY15 (Year 3) Option Year | |||
|
Grantee |
Areas Served |
State |
PY15 Amount |
| Career and Recovery Resources, Inc. | Houston |
TX |
$300,000 |
| Center Point, Inc. | Austin |
TX |
$150,000 |
| Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd. | Portage, Winnebago, Outagamie, Brown, Waupaca, Marathon, Waushara, and Shawano counties |
WI |
$200,000 |
| River City Comprehensive Counseling Services | Richmond |
VA |
$300,000 |
| Easter Seals-Oregon | Jackson County and Grants Pass |
OR |
$200,000 |
| Inner Voice Inc. | Chicago, Cook County |
IL |
$270,000 |
| People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) | Los Angeles |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Way Station, Inc. | Baltimore City, Baltimore, Frederick, Montgomery and Washington counties, Md.; Jefferson, Berkley & Morgan counties, W. Va.; Washington, D.C. |
MD |
$300,000 |
| Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. | City of Rochester, counties of Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne |
NY |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater New Orleans, Inc. | New Orleans |
LA |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Delaware Valley, Inc. | Camden County |
NJ |
$150,000 |
| Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd | Milwaukee |
WI |
$300,000 |
| Journey Home, Inc. | Hartford |
CT |
$90,469 |
| YWCA of Greater Harrisburg | Harrisburg, York, Lancaster, Carlisle |
PA |
$178,750 |
| Project Renewal, Inc. | New York City (all 5 boroughs: Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan) |
NY |
$100,064 |
| Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Chicago | Chicago |
IL |
$300,000 |
| United States Veterans Initiative | Prescott |
AZ |
$140,000 |
| Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners | Hillsborough County |
FL |
$200,000 |
| HealthNet, Inc. | Indianapolis |
IN |
$254,546 |
| Salvation Army, a California Corporation | City of Bell, Los Angeles County |
CA |
$300,000 |
| United States Veterans Initiative | Washington |
DC |
$300,000 |
| America Works of New York, Inc. | New York City (all 5 boroughs: Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan) |
NY |
$300,000 |
| United States Veterans Initiative | Long Beach |
CA |
$300,000 |
| California Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc. | City of Bakersville |
CA |
$121,757 |
| City of Jacksonville | Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach |
FL |
$200,500 |
| New Directions, Inc. | Los Angeles |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados | All 78 municipalities in Puerto Rico |
PR |
$95,235 |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | Minneapolis, St. Paul and seven- county metro area including; Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Dakota, Carver, Wright, Anoka. |
MN |
$300,000 |
| Veterans, Inc. | All of Rhode Island and New Bedford, Mass. |
RI |
$225,000 |
| Veterans, Inc. | Central and Western (focus on Worcester and Springfield) |
MA |
$300,000 |
| Working Wardrobes for a New Start | Orange and Los Angeles counties |
CA |
$277,796 |
| Goodwill Industries-Central Illinois, Inc. | Champain, Hancock, Fulton, Mason, McDonough, Bureau, Lasalle and Henry counties |
IL |
$200,000 |
| Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc. | Harrison; Pendleton; Scott, Ind.; Dearborne; Franklin, Ohio; Ripley, Switzerland County |
KY |
$300,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Carolinas, Inc. | Raleigh |
NC |
$299,435 |
| Transitional Living Services, Inc. | McHenry, Lake, Kane, and Cook counties |
IL |
$300,000 |
| Interseminarian Project Place, Inc. | Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
MA |
$115,781 |
| Albany Housing Coalition, Inc. | Cities of Albany, Troy, Schenectady, as well as Albany, Rensselaer and Schenectady counties |
NY |
$118,000 |
| Impact Services Corporation | Philadelphia |
PA |
$300,000 |
| Father Bill’s & MainSpring, Inc. | South Shore of Massachusetts |
MA |
$101,520 |
| Goodwill Industries-Heartland | Scott, Clinton, Muscastine, Rock Island, Whiteside, Henry |
IA |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Northern Rockies | Henry, Lewis and Clarke counties |
MT |
$200,000 |
| National Organization of Concerned Black Men | Washington |
DC |
$300,000 |
| Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency | Atlanta |
GA |
$238,397 |
| Volunteers of America-Michigan | Lansing |
MI |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Kentucky, Inc. | Knoxville |
TN |
$300,000 |
| National Able Network, Inc. | Chicago, Cook County |
IL |
$238,000 |
| Goodwill Industries-Greater Grand Rapids, Inc. | Grand Rapids |
MI |
$64,635 |
| Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. | Nashville |
TN |
$300,000 |
| Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. | Lawrence, Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, Indiana, Armstrong and Butler counties |
PA |
$300,000 |
| Quad Area Community Action Agency, Inc. | East Feliciana, St. Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana parishes. |
LA |
$200,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Massachusetts, Inc. | Middlesex and Essex County |
MA |
$149,956 |
| ECHO Housing Corporation | Evansville |
IN |
$130,313 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater Los Angeles, Inc. | Los Angeles |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation | Anne Arundel County |
MD |
$134,487 |
| Able-Disabled Advocacy, Inc. | San Diego |
CA |
$300,000 |
| Washington Dept. of Veterans Affairs | Eastern Wash. |
WA |
$100,000 |
| Commission on Economic Opportunity | Lackawanna and Luzerne counties |
PA |
$100,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Florida | Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties |
FL |
$298,075 |
|
TOTAL = $13,142,716 |
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| Homeless Female Veterans/ Veterans with Families PY15 (Year 2) Option Year | |||
|
Grantee |
Areas Served |
State |
PY15 Amount |
| North County Interfaith Council, Inc. | San Diego County, Escondido, Oceanside, Poway |
CA |
$120,000 |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc. | Monterey and Santa Cruz |
CA |
$101,100 |
| Volunteers of America-NCNN | Placer County, Yolo County |
CA |
$142,800 |
| Swords to Plowshares | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties |
CA |
$150,000 |
| Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc. | City of New York |
NY |
$163,000 |
| Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc. | Fulton County, City of Atlanta |
GA |
$235,000 |
| Veterans, Inc. | Mass. |
MA |
$103,666 |
| Easter Seals-Greater Washington-Baltimore Region | Baltimore City and Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, Md.; Washington D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun & Prince William counties, Va. |
MD |
$300,000 |
| Easter Seals-New York, Inc. | New York City (all 5 boroughs: Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Manhattan) |
NY |
$225,000 |
| Volunteers of America-Greater Ohio, Inc. | Cincinnati, Hamilton County |
OH |
$200,000 |
| Goodwill Industries-Houston | Houston |
TX |
$300,000 |
| Partners in Careers | Portland, Vancouver |
WA |
$110,000 |
|
TOTAL = $35,025,441 |
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VETS News Release: [06/23/2015]
Contact Name: Egan Reich
Phone Number: (202) 693-4960
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Release Number: 15-1203-NAT
