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information may be out of date.
For more information call: (202) 219-5573
Homeless veterans in eight states will continue to receive
training, job search and placement assistance through $343,000 in emergency
grants issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and
Training Service (VETS).
The grants, to state and local public agencies and
nonprofit organizations, are part of $3 million allocated for homeless veterans
employment and training programs. The funds became available only after the
Labor Department's budget was enacted on Nov. 13, 1997. These emergency grants
will help the recipient organizations, which had grants last fiscal year, to
continue operating during the winter months.
"Men and women who have worn this country's uniforms should
not find themselves homeless on the streets of this great nation," said
Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. "Providing employment opportunities and
enhancing job skills are critical ingredients to achieving independent living,
and these emergency funds will ensure that many vital services will continue
for hundreds of deserving veterans."
Organizations receiving these grants provide homeless
veterans with job search and counseling assistance, remedial education,
classroom and on-the-job training and support services, such as transportation
and transitional housing, to enable them to keep the jobs they get through the
program.
VETS will award the balance of funding available for
homeless veterans programs on a competitive basis. An announcement will appear
in the Federal Register next month, and funds will be awarded to successful
applicants no later than March 31, 1998. The funds are made available under the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
Estimates on the number of veterans who are during the
winter months run as high as 270,000. A list of organizations receiving the
grants follows.
FY98 HOMELESS VETERANS GRANTEES
RECEIVING EMERGENCY FUNDING
(HVRP)
12/05/97 - 03/31/98
| Grantee |
Amount |
Contact |
The Salvation Army
New York, NY |
$33,000 |
Alfred Peck
(212) 337-7270 |
City of Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, CA |
$66,000 |
Michael Curran
(408) 730-7643 |
Volunteers of America of KY
Louisville, KY |
$25,000 |
Joe Stevenson
(502) 636-0771 |
Vietnam Vets. of CA (rural)
Santa Rosa, CA |
$17,000 |
Byron Calos
(707) 578-8387 |
Swords to Plowshares
San Francisco, CA |
$30,000 |
Michael Blecker
(415) 247-8777 |
Ohio Valley Goodwill Ind.
Cincinnati, OH |
$33,000 |
John Briggs
(513) 771-4800 |
San Diego Consortium PIC
San Diego, CA |
$33,000 |
Richard Stork
(619) 238-1445 |
Vietnam Vets. of CA
Santa Rosa, CA |
$31,000 |
Byron Calos
(707) 578-8387 |
Indianapolis PIC
Indianapolis, IN |
$18,000 |
Lyn Novotny
(317) 684-2214 |
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee, WI |
$20,000 |
Ted Fetting
(414) 278-4058 |
Pittsylvania County
Chatham, VA |
$7,842 |
Sherman Saunders
(804) 423-8250 |
IMPACT Services
Philadelphia, PA |
$29,347 |
John McDonald
(215) 739-1600 |
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