Los Angeles, CA
		Long Beach, CA
		Riverside, California
		Washington, D.C.
		Honolulu, Hawaii
		Waianae, Hawaii
		Las Vegas, Nevada
		Phoenix, Arizona
		Prescott, Arizona
		Houston, Texas
		Houston, Texas
		Compton, California

Westside Residence Hall

Fathers' Program participant with his children

 U.S. VETS - Los Angeles, the inaugural site in Inglewood, near Los Angeles International Airport, opened in 1993. The renovated eight-story building offers homeless veterans over 500 beds of transitional and permanent housing and a host of support services including:

• Career Center
• Community College Classes
• VA Mental Health Clinic

Special needs programs include:

• Non-Custodial Father's Program, which offers parenting classes and reunites fathers with their children
• High Barriers Program designed to address additional barriers some veterans face (such as older workers) in getting back to work

U.S. VETS - Long Beach at Villages at Cabrillo

Our Govenor comes for a visit

U.S. VETS - Long Beach, Villages at Cabrillo, a 26-acre naval base closure project, is the largest transitional housing facility for homeless veterans in the country with 520 veteran beds. Services include a Career Center and a VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

Special needs programs include:

• ADVANCE Women's Program which includes a module serving female veterans suffering from PTSD and/or sexual trauma
• A VA staffed substance abuse treatment program, the Veterans Village Recovery Center (VVRC), which includes treatment for dually diagnosed veterans

Opened in 2000, Villages at Cabrillo partners with nine agencies to provide services for non-veteran families, including Catholic Charities, The Salvation Army and the Long Beach Unified School District. The facility currently houses more than 220 in the homeless family programs.

U.S. VETS - Riverside at March Air Reserve Base

U.S. VETS - Riverside (Calif.), in October 2003, a 103-bed facility offering transitional and permanent housing and full services opened on March Air Reserve Base. The program offers employment assistance, long term supported and permanent housing.

Services include:

• Outreach and Assessment
• Residential Employment Program
• Career Center
• Senior and Disabled Housing

U.S. VETS - D.C. at Ignatia House

U.S. VETS - Washington, D.C., located at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, this 51 bed facility offers transitional and permanent housing. AmeriCorps team members served more than 500 homeless veterans in D.C. this past year. Opened in the fall of 2003, plans are underway to find a larger building in order to expand housing and services.

• Shelter Plus Care and long-term, service-enriched housing for formerly homeless veterans.
• AmeriCorps program currently serving Metro D.C. including Baltimore, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia.
• Developing a large scale, mixed use supportive housing project in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SITES UNDER DEVELOPMENT:

U.S. VETS - Hawaii

Kevin Barnett, Outreach Coordinator connecting with a homeless veteran on the streets of Oahu

U.S. VETS - Hawaii, opened in August 2001 at the former Barbers Point Air Station, now called Kalaeloa. The facility provides full services, 98 beds for veterans recovering from substance abuse issues and veterans in need of a residential employment program, 125 beds of long-term transitional housing, and 12 beds of permanent housing.

U.S.VETS - Hawaii occupies 3 buildings on 6 acres on the base closure property.

• 235 beds of Housing for Veterans
• Employment Services
• Career Center
• Mental Health Services
• Homeless Veterans Outreach Program
• Long-term housing
• Substance Abuse Treatment

U.S. VETS - Las Vegas

U.S. VETS - Las Vegas, opened in 2001, provides full services and offers 118-beds of transitional housing, including a sobriety support program, 120 beds of long term housing and 15 units of permanent housing.

• 257 beds of Housing for Veterans
• State of the art Career Center with 15 computer stations
• Sobriety Support Program
• Homeless Veterans Outreach Program
• Case Management
• Career Counseling and Job Development
• Resident softball team
• Support Groups for gambling addiction in conjunction with Gamblers Anonymous

U.S. VETS - Phoenix

U.S. VETS - Phoenix, opened in December 2001, provides 69 beds of transitional housing and 12 permanent units, as well as full services. Plans are underway for the redevelopment of 4.5-acres to include an additional 300 units of permanent housing and a community center.

• 81 bed veteran facility
• Veteran's Career Center
• Employment Programs
• Supportive Services
• Transitional Housing

U.S. VETS - Prescott

U.S. VETS - Prescott, since January 2003, it has provided full services to homeless veterans in this rural area of northern Arizona. It provides 58 beds of transitional housing and 7 beds for permanent housing.

• 58 bed veteran facility
• Veteran's Career Center
• employment programs
• supportive services
• transitional housing
• 7 beds of scattered site permanent housing

U.S. VETS - Houston at Midtown Terrace

U.S.VETS - Houston, was opened in 1997. It features 170 units of transitional and permanent housing and 72 program beds.

Special needs programs include a Critical Time Intervention Program, a joint program with the VA Medical Center designed to reach out to homeless veterans with mental illness.

• 242 bed veteran facility
• Veteran's Career Center
• Employment Programs
• Supportive Services
• Transitional Housing
• undergoing complete renovation

U.S. VETS - Houston Service Center is on the ground floor of the DeGeorge SRO

U.S. VETS - Houston Service Center

• Veterans Employment Center
• Homeless Veterans Outreach Center
• Referral Services
• Permanent Housing on-site through Houston Housing Corporation

Regional Outreach Services for Homeless Veterans

Coming in 2008:
Renovation will begin on an 80 bed program for homeless and formerly incarcerated veterans.

Support U.S. VETS in providing housing for homeless vets throughout the United States!