WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez announced the award of $36 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program grants yesterday 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, Lowdnes, Elmore, Lee, Autauga, Dale, Barbor, 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 Federick; 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, Bollivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicksaw, Chocktaw, Claiborne, Clarke Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, Covington, Desoto, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene, Grenada, Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itwamba, 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, Tallahatchic, 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 and Buckes, 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 Behavorial 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 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, & 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, & 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, Orance, 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, 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 | Caldwall, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenburg, 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 | Washetenaw and Jackson counties |
| Volunteers of America of Michigan | MI | $199,996 | Bay, Genesee, Saginaw, 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, Velncia, 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, Montgomery counties |
| Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania, Inc. | PA | $121,617 | Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Hintingdon, Indiana, and Somerset |
| Operation Stand Down Rhode Island | RI | $225,000 | RI-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 |
Source: http://www.dol.gov
