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For more information call: (202) 219-9116
Homeless veterans in 11 states and the District of Columbia
will receive training, job search and placement assistance through $2.5 million
in grants announced today by President Clinton and Secretary of Labor Alexis M.
Herman.
"We have a special obligation to the men and women who have
served our nation so selflessly," President Clinton said. "Our veterans deserve
the very best opportunities that America can provide."
The grants, to 22 state and local public agencies and
non-profit organizations, will provide job search and counseling assistance,
remedial education, classroom and on-the-job training, and support services
such as transportation and transitional housing so that veterans can
participate in and keep the jobs they get through the programs.
"The thousands of homeless veterans in America should have
the opportunity to gain the skills training they need to succeed," Herman said.
"These grants for job training and placement will help many of them escape
tragedy and begin realizing the American Dream."
The funds for the grants are authorized by Title VII of
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and are administered by the
Labor Department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS). VETS
received more than 60 applications for funding. The grant recipients were
chosen by a competitive process. Each recipient received the total amount of
funds requested to run the programs.
"This nation cannot afford to waste the creative energies
of these talented men and women who have so much to offer," said Espiridion
(Al) Borrego, assistant secretary of labor for veterans employment and
training. "These grants will be leveraged by the grantees to insure a
continuation of services to thousands of veterans without homes."
VETS is the only government agency who's primary mission
is to assist veterans find unsubsidized jobs in the civilian labor market.
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Organizations receiving the grants are as follows:
San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc.
1551 4th Avenue,
Suite 600
San Diego, California 92101
Amount: $125,000
Contact:
Lawrence G. Fitch or Richard C. Stork
Telephone: (619) 238-1445
Swords to Plowshares
995 Market Street, 3rd Fl
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San Francisco, California 94103
Amount: $125,000
Contact: Michael
Blecker
Telephone: (415) 247-8777
Vietnam Veterans of California
P.O. Box 378
Santa
Rosa, California 95402 (project to serve Sacramento)
Amount: $120,800
Contact: Byron Calos
Telephone: (707) 578-8387
City of Sunnyvale
505 W. Olive Avenue, Suite 550
Sunnyvale, California 94086 (project to serve San Jose)
Amount: $123,441
Contact: Michael J. Curran
Telephone; (408) 730-7232
Access Housing, Inc
. 916 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Amount: $125,521
Contact: Arlene Black
Telephone: (202) 547-4300, Ext. 30
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.
933 Goss Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40217 (project to serve Lexington)
Amount:
$119,874
Contact: Tanya Dickinson
Telephone: (502) 636-0771
Vietnam Veterans Workshop, Inc.
17 Court Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Amount: $125,000
Contact: James M. Yates
Telephone: (617) 371-1717
Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse, Inc.
126 Warren Street
Roxbury, (Suffolk County), Massachusetts 02119-1561
Amount: $104,056
Contact: Ralph Cooper
Telephone: (617) 541-8846
City of St. Louis Department of Human Services
Room
724, 634 North Grand
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
Amount: $125,000
Contact: Patrick Schommer
Telephone: (314) 658-1168, EXT. 2706
The Salvation Army
120 West 14th Street
New York,
New York 10011
Amount: $124,319
Contact: George Jones
Telephone:
(718) 784-5690
The Salvation Army
70 Liberty Pole Way
Rochester,
New York 14604-4310
Amount: $113,789
Contact: Ruth Nieboer
Telephone: (716) 987-9531
Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries
10600 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati, Ohio 45215
Amount: $124,704
Contact: John Briggs
Telephone: (513) 421-4501 or (513) 771-4800
Vietnam Veterans of America
Department of Ohio
65
S. Front Street, Suite 221
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Amount: $125,000
Contact: Douglas Lay
Telephone: (614) 228-0188
Central City Concern
2 N. W. Second Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
Amount: $121,460
Contact: Richard Harris
Telephone: (503) 294-1681
Impact Services Corporation
124 E. Indiana Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134
Amount: $125,000
Contact: John
MacDonald
Telephone: (215) 739-1600
Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program
1323 Forbes
Avenue, STE 202
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Amount: $118,500
Contact: Ronald G. Zola
Telephone: (412) 281-8100
American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program,
Inc.
206 San Pedro, Suite 200
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Amount:
$125,000
Contact: Carlos Martinez
Telephone: (210) 223-4088
Milwaukee County Veteran Service Office
901 N. 9th
Street #G5
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
Amount: $125,000
Contact:
Ted Fettig
Telephone: (414) 278-4058
San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc.
1551 4th Avenue,
Suite 600
San Diego, California 92101
Amount: $60,000
Contact:
Lawrence G. Fitch or Richard C. Stork
Telephone: (619) 238-1445
Area
Served: County of San Diego, California
Vietnam Veterans of California, Inc.
P.O. Box 378
Santa Rosa, California 95402
Amount: $73,290
Contact: Byron Calos
Telephone: (707) 578-8387
Area Served: Humboldt County, Eureka,
California
Volunteers of America of Kentucky, Inc.
933 Goss Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky 40217
Amount: $77,962
Contact: Tanya
Dickinson
Telephone: (502) 636-0771
Area Served: Boyd, Breathitt,
Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Perry and
Pike Counties, KY
Rehabilitation Services and Veterans Programs
406 San
Mateo, NE, #122
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108
Amount: $82,500
Contact: Ernie Dogwolf Lovato
Telephone: (505) 255-8440
Area Served:
Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia, and Cibola counties
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