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New Directions (Los Angeles):
The mission is to empower veterans and facilitate their successful return to families and society. New Directions is a licensed, long-term drug and alcohol treatment program, founded by three formerly homeless veterans in 1992. They provide services to more than 800 homeless veterans a year through five locations: The 156-bed Regional Opportunity Center; 50-person capacity New Directions North program for veterans with both substance abuse disorders and mental illness; Barrington House and Mitchell House, which provide residential care to women veterans, as well as spouses, daughters and siblings of veterans; and Chris's Place is a transitional residence for returning veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF).
www.newdirectionsinc.org
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Swords to Plowshares (San Francisco):
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 1,500 homeless and low-income veterans annually in the San Francisco Bay area and beyond. They promote and protect the rights of veterans through advocacy, public education, and partnerships with local, state, and national entities. The mission is to heal the wounds; restore dignity, hope and self-sufficiency to all veterans in need; and significantly reduce and prevent homelessness and poverty among veterans.
www.swords-to-plowshares.org/supportvets
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U.S. VETS (Los Angeles, with additional sites in Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas and Washington, DC):
U.S. VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless and at-risk veterans, and a nationally recognized leader in the field of service delivery to veterans. The mission is the successful reintegration of homeless and at-risk veterans. U.S. VETS strategy is to provide housing in conjunction with clinical counseling and employment assistance. Specialized programs include program for female veterans, recently separated veterans, and veterans with co-occurring disorders (mental health as well as addiction issues). Additionally, coordinating services with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other partners to bring in resources that foster the skills necessary for every veteran to return to the community, remain self-sufficient, and break the cycle of homelessness.
www.usvetsinc.org
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Vietnam Veterans of California (VVC – 4 primary sites in Northern California: Sacramento, Santa Rosa, Eureka, and Menlo Park):
VVC was incorporated in 1980 as a reestablishment of one of the first Veteran Community Based Service Agencies founded in 1973. It now offers housing, employment and training, small business, alcohol and drug rehabilitation services for veterans and their families living in all the Northern California counties from San Mateo to Sacramento to the Oregon border (excluding Alameda and San Francisco). VVC is focused on the complex realities of veterans' issues and works diligently to design innovative programs, including special programs for women veterans and those returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VVC operates one of only four business centers for veterans in the entire nation, the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC), partially funded by the Small Business Administration's Veterans unit, providing small business consulting and workshops for veteran owners of small businesses, and veterans wishing to start a small business in 20 states. VVC also supports a medical clinic, nutritional training program and school construction in the Republic of Vietnam.
www.vietvets.org
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Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD, San Diego):
Founded in 1981 by 5 Vietnam Veterans, dealing with their own issues and addictions stemming from the Vietnam War, VVSD is dedicated to extending assistance to needy and homeless veterans of all wars and eras and their families by providing housing, food, clothing, substance abuse recovery and mental health counseling, job training and job search assistance. VVSD believes in the inherent worth of each and every veteran and his or her right to a rehabilitation program which leads to renewed self-worth and independent living. VVSD offers a wide variety of services to veterans, including residential services, non-residential services, and employment & training.
www.vvsd.net
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