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
