$36 million in job training grants will help more than 17,000 veterans overcome homelessness, secure meaningful employment
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced the award of $36 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program grants today to help an estimated 17,000 veterans successfully transition to sustainable housing and good civilian jobs. The grants will fund a variety of services to assist homeless veterans in their return to the labor force including occupational, classroom and on-the-job training, as well as job search and placement assistance.
“Veterans homelessness is a moral outrage and it hurts the economy as well,” said the secretary in announcing the grants at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans‘ annual conference today. “We know that America works best when we field a full team, and veterans are some of our most valuable players. When a lack of stable housing is keeping highly skilled veterans out of the workforce, we all lose out on their gifts and talents.”
Grants were awarded on a competitive basis to state and local workforce investment boards, local public agencies and nonprofit organizations, tribal governments, and faith-based and community organizations. HVRP is the only federal program focused exclusively on employment of homeless veterans. President Obama has proposed increasing funding for the HVRP program to $50 million in the Fiscal Year 2017 Budget.
Many HVRP grant recipients’ awards will also include funding to allow them to target specific at-risk veteran populations. The Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program provides funding for services to expedite the reintegration of incarcerated or recently incarcerated veterans who are at risk for homeless into the labor force. The Homeless Female Veterans and Veterans with Families Program provides funding for services to expedite the reintegration of homeless female veterans and veterans with families into the labor force.
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, visit www.dol.gov/vets/.
The following is a list of 2016 award recipients:
*Denotes grantee will also provide services to IVTP-specific participants
**Denotes recipient of HFVVWF funding
PY 2016 New Grantees
Grantee
State
Award
Area(s) Served
Telamon Corporation*
AL
$200,000
Southeast Alabama, and Montgomery, Lowndes, Elmore, Lee, Autauga, Dale, Barbour, Pike, Crenshaw, Blount and Etowah Counties
St Francis House, Inc.
AR
$154,456
Greater Little Rock Urban Area
United States Veterans Initiative*
AZ
$200,000
Yavapai County in Northern Arizona and includes Tribal Lands of the Hopi, Navajo and Yavapai-Apache, also includes the Counties of Mohave, Coconino, Navaho, Gila and Apache
New Directions, Inc.*
CA
$300,000
Los Angeles County
People Assisting the Homeless*
CA
$300,000
Downtown San Diego, San Diego County
The Salvation Army, a California Corporation (Bell Shelter)*
CA
$300,000
Bell, California
United States Veterans Initiative*
CA
$175,000
Riverside and San Bernardino counties
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego*
CA
$200,000
Southeast region of San Diego County
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists Inc.*
CA
$300,000
Fresno and Madera counties
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles*
CA
$300,000
Downtown Los Angeles, including Skid Row, East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles*
CA
$300,000
San Fernando Valley
Working Wardrobes for a New Start*
CA
$300,000
Orange County
America Works of Washington D.C.*
DC/MD/VA
$300,000
District of Columbia; Maryland counties of Prince George’s, Montgomery, and Frederick; and the Virginia counties of Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudon and Prince William
Easter Seals Serving DC|MD|VA*
DC/MD/VA
$300,000
District of Columbia; Maryland’s Prince George’s and Montgomery counties; and Arlington, Virginia and counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William
United Way of Broward County, Inc.*
FL
$298,257
Broad County
Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.*
FL
$189,839
Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties
Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.*
FL
$299,519
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties
Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency, Inc.*
GA
$300,000
Atlanta
Veterans*
GA
$299,739
Atlanta, Georgia (Urban Area)
United States Veterans Initiative, Inc.*
HI
$187,258
Urban Honolulu
The Inner Voice, Inc.*
IL
$300,000
Downtown Chicago
Goodwill Industries of the Heartland*
IL/IA
$200,000
Counties of Clinton, Muscatine, and Scott in Iowa and Henry, Rock Island, and Whiteside, Illinois. Davenport, Bettendorf, Clinton and Muscatine, Iowa and Rock Island, Moline and East Moline, Illinois
Volunteers of America of Indiana, Inc.*
IN
$300,000
Marion County; Indianapolis
HealthNet, Inc.
IN
$254,546
Indianapolis and Marion County
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*
KY
$199,931
Central Kentucky, including Fayette, Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott and Woodford
Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans*
LA
$300,000
New Orleans-Metairie
Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans*
LA
$200,000
Tri-parish Region of Terrebonne-Lafourche-Assumption
Interseminarian Project Place, Inc.*
MA
$120,672
City of Boston-Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan neighborhoods
Veterans Inc.*
MA
$300,000
Worcester County, Springfield
Vietnam Veterans Workshop Inc. d/b/a New England Center*
MA
$275,000
Greater Boston metropolitan area and the Eastern section of Massachusetts, including Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and Dukes counties
Volunteers of America Massachusetts*
MA
$242,000
Essex, Middlesex and Suffolk counties
United States Veterans Initiative*
MD/VA
$300,000
Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland; and Alexandria, Fairfax and Arlington County, Virginia
Way Station, Inc.
MD/WV
$300,000
Baltimore, Western Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia
Easter Seals Maine, Inc.*
ME
$200,000
York and Cumberland counties.
Volunteers of America Michigan*
MI
$200,000
Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham and Jackson counties
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans*
MN
$300,000
11 counties in Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area: Anoka, Carver, Chisago Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, Washington and Wright County
Soldier On, Inc.*
MS
$200,000
Mississippi counties including Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, Desoto, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson, Winston, Yalobusha and Yazoo.
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies*
MT
$200,000
Helena, Montana
Easter Seals New Hampshire, Inc.*
NH
$200,000
New Hampshire
Veterans Inc.*
NH/VT
$200,000
Merrimack, Sullivan, Grafton and Hillsborough counties in New Hampshire; and Windsor, Washington, Orange counties, and Rutland, Washington, Orange and Rutland
Volunteers of America Delaware Valley
NJ
$185,000
Camden, New Jersey
Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.*
NY
$300,000
Harlem section of Manhattan and Bronx County
Veterans Outreach Center, Inc.*
NY
$300,000
Rochester and Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne and Orleans counties
Easter Seals TriState LLC
OH
$100,114
Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties, Ohio
Muscogee (Creek) Nation*
OK
$291,415
Tulsa and 11 Oklahoma counties in East Central Oklahoma
Volunteers of America Oklahoma*
OK
$200,000
Muskogee, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair and McIntosh counties
Easter Seals Oregon*
OR
$200,000
Marion and Polk counties
Easter Seals Oregon*
OR
$200,000
Josephine and Jackson counties
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.*
OR
$100,000
Non-urban Linn and Benton counties
Volunteers of America Pennsylvania*
PA
$200,000
Chester, Lancaster and Reading in Berks; Chester, Lancaster, Northumberland and Schuylkill counties in eastern Pennsylvania
YWCA Greater Harrisburg*
PA
$200,000
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry and York counties
Veterans Multi-Service Center*
PA/NJ
$262,050
Philadelphia; Bucks, Delaware; Chester and Montgomery, Pennsylvania; and Camden, New Jersey
Veterans Inc.*
RI/MA
$300,000
Rhode Island (excluding Westerly) and Bristol County, Massachusetts; Providence, Warwick and Cranston, Rhode Island; Fall River and New Bedford, Massachusetts
Telamon Corporation
SC
$300,000
Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington and Richland counties
Volunteers of America, Dakotas*
SD
$121,501
South Dakota’s Sioux Falls Metro Statistical Area
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System
TN
$200,000
Putnam, Cumberland, Overton, White and DeKalb counties
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*
TN
$199,371
Chattanooga Region, including Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie, Franklin, Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Polk, McMinn, Meigs and Rhea
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.*
TN
$300,000
Davidson, Cannon, Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Macon, Maury, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson counties
Center Point, Inc.*
TX
$175,000
Austin – Round Rock
Goodwill Industries of Houston, Inc.*
TX
$300,000
Houston/Harris County
Volunteers of America Texas*
TX
$299,919
Houston/Harris and Montgomery counties
American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc.
TX
$300,000
San Antonio
River City Comprehensive Counseling Services*
VA
$300,000
Urban area of Richmond
Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc.*
WI
$200,000
Dane County/Madison
Total
$15,530,586
PY 2016 Option Year Awards
Grantee
State
Award
Area(s) Served
Aletheia House, Inc.
AL
$200,000
Montgomery, Autauga, Bullock, Elmore and Lowndes counties and in non-urban Alabama
Aletheia House, Inc.
AL
$200,000
Madison, Morgan and Limestone counties
Aletheia House, Inc.
AL
$300,000
Jefferson
United States Veterans Initiative
AZ
$300,000
Maricopa County
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
CA
$300,000
Compton
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
CA
$300,000
San Diego
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
CA
$300,000
San Gabriel Valley
1736 Family Crisis Center
CA
$300,000
South Bay/SPA 8 Region of Los Angeles County
Goodwill of Santa Clara County
CA
$300,000
Santa Clara & San Benito counties
Swords to Plowshares-West Bay
CA
$300,000
Alameda & Contra Costa counties
People Assisting the Homeless
CA
$100,000
San Luis Obispo County
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc.
CA
$200,000
Monterey & Santa Cruz counties
Swords to Plowshares-West Bay
CA
$300,000
San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties
Vietnam Veterans of San Diego
CA
$300,000
North San Diego County
Volunteers of America of Los Angeles
CA
$300,000
Orange County
People Assisting the Homeless
CA
$300,000
Los Angeles
North County Interfaith Council, Inc.
CA
$300,000
North San Diego County
The Salvation Army, a California Corporation
CA
$300,000
Los Angeles County
North County Interfaith Council, Inc.**
CA
$120,000
San Diego County
Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc.**
CA
$101,100
Monterey & Santa Cruz counties
Volunteers of America-NCNN**
CA
$142,800
Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties
Swords to Plowshares**
CA
$150,000
San Bernardino County
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
CO
$300,000
Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties
Denver Options Inc. dba Rocky Mountain Human Services
CO
$200,000
El Paso County
The Workplace, Inc.
CT
$299,980
Metro area: Bridgeport-New Haven
Veterans, Inc.
CT
$125,000
Central & northern Connecticut
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida, Inc.
FL
$279,227
Lake, Orange, Osceola Seminole
Goodwill Industries of Manasota, Inc.
FL
$300,000
Manatee, Sarasota, Hardee and De Soto Counties
Boley Centers, Inc.
FL
$300,000
Pinellas
Boley Centers, Inc.
FL
$200,000
Pasco
Volunteers of America of Florida, Inc.
FL
$179,075
Brevard
Faith Hope Love Charity, Inc.
FL
$249,834
Palm Beach
Recovery Consultants of Atlanta
GA
$300,000
DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale
Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc.**
GA
$235,000
Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton
United States Veterans Initiative (Hawaii)
HI
$200,000
Rural Hawaii all counties
Goodwill Industries of the Heartland
IA
$119,500
Linn County
Nez Perce Tribe
ID
$154,356
Nez Perce Tribal Land and Greater Lewiston Area
America Works of Illinois
IL
$300,000
Chicago, Cook County
Volunteers of America of Indiana, Inc.
IN
$200,000
Fort Wayne-Allen County (Greater Indiana)
Crossroads Rehabilitation Center
IN
$267,580
Indianapolis-Hamilton, Hancock and Hendricks counties
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.
KY
$193,494
Carter; Greene; Hancock; Hawkins; Johnson; Sullivan; Unicoi and Washington counties
Pennyroyal Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board
KY
$172,320
Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg, Montgomery, Tennessee
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
KY
$162,400
Boyd, Carter, Rowan, Elliot, Lawrence, Morgan, Martin, Magoffin, Pike, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Leslie, Harlan, Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Knox, Bell, Whitley, McCreary, Rockcastle, Lincoln, Pulaski and Wayne
Veterans, Inc.**
MA
$103,666
State of Massachusetts
Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region
MD
$299,940
Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, Maryland; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia
Maryland Center For Vets Education & Training, Inc.
MD
$300,000
Greater Baltimore Area, Baltimore, Baltimore County
Easter Seals Greater Washington-Baltimore Region**
MD
$300,000
Prince George’s and Montgomery counties; Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia
Veterans, Inc.
ME
$200,000
Augusta, Lewiston-Auburn and Portland
Michigan Ability Partners
MI
$159,100
Washtenaw and Jackson counties
Volunteers of America of Michigan
MI
$199,996
Bay, Genesee, Saginaw and Shiawassee counties
Southwest Housing Solutions Corporation
MI
$300,000
Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties
Volunteers of America of Michigan
MI
$300,000
Kent, Berrien, Kalamazoo and Muskegon
Volunteers of America of Michigan
MI
$300,000
Wayne, Berrien, Kalamazoo, Kent and Muskegon counties
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
MN
$120,000
36 Southern Counties including four Native American reservations
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
MN
$120,000
38 northern counties
St. Patrick Center
MO
$292,423
St. Louis-St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson, Warren, Lincoln, Franklin, St. Francois, Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois
Hancock Resource Center
MS
$199,728
Hancock, Pearl River, Harrison
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, Inc.
NC
$200,000
Asheville, Buncombe County
Harbor Homes, Inc.
NH
$200,000
Hillsborough County, NH
Goodwill Industries of New Mexico
NM
$250,136
Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval and Torrance counties
United States Veterans Initiative
NV
$230,000
Clark and Nye counties, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, Pahrump and Laughlin
Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.
NY
$253,575
Manhattan and Bronx, NY
Easter Seals New York, Inc.
NY
$150,000
Nassau and Suffolk counties, NY
United Veterans Beacon House, Inc.
NY
$100,050
Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, NY
Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.
NY
$300,000
Kings, Queens and Richmond, NY
Easter Seals New York, Inc.
NY
$200,000
Onondaga County and Syracuse, NY
Easter Seals New York, Inc.**
NY
$225,000
Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.**
NY
$163,333
All counties of New York City
Easter Seals New York, Inc.
NY
$135,000
New York City
Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.
OH
$300,000
Dayton Montgomery counties
Faith Mission, Inc.
OH
$100,000
Columbus-Franklin
Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.
OH
$300,000
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County
Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.
OH
$300,000
Columbus-Franklin
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
OH
$300,000
Cincinnati-Hamilton, Butler, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland and Adams counties
Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, Inc.**
OH
$200,000
Cincinnati-Hamilton
Volunteers of America of Oklahoma
OK
$300,000
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Easter Seals Oregon
OR
$300,000
Portland-Hillsboro-Vancouver MSA, Multnomah and Washington counties
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Inc.
OR
$200,000
Lane County
Philadelphia Veteran Multi-Service & Education Center
PA
$300,000
Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester and Montgomery counties
Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.
PA
$121,617
Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Indiana and Somerset
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island
RI
$225,000
Rhode Island-ALL
Fast Forward
SC
$300,000
Richland and Lexington counties
Houston Launch Pad
TX
$300,000
Houston, TX
American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program, Inc.
TX
$300,000
Bexar and Comal counties
Goodwill Industries of Houston**
TX
$300,000
Houston, TX
Total Action Against Poverty
VA
$180,000
Roanoke, Botetourt, Bath, Rockbridge, Alleghany, Craig, Franklin counties; Lexington, Buena Vista, Roanoke, Covington and Salem;
Washington Department of Veterans Affairs
WA
$300,000
Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, King and Clark counties
Workforce Development Council Snohomish County
WA
$200,000
Everett, Snohomish counties
Partners in Careers**
WA
$110,000
Clark County and Portland, Oregon
TOTAL
$20,690,230
Release Date:
06/01/2016
Media Contact Name:
Joe Versen
Email:
versen.joseph.h@dol.gov
Phone Number:
(202) 693-4696
Release Number:
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