Veterans Inc

Outreach and supportive services program - the outreach program offers training, therapeutic group sessions, individual counseling, benefits counseling and advocacy, healthcare and benefit enrollment, employment support, transportation, and other support services such as food and clothing. The program focuses on the removal of barriers that prevent people from receiving critical services. Supportive services to veteran families focus on housing stabilization which offers case management, legal services, healthcare navigation, and temporary financial assistance to help low-income families obtain or remain in housing. Also offered is suicide prevention support that employs a public health approach that blends community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies with a goal to reduce veteran suicide risk, improve baseline mental health status, well-being, and social support, and improve financial stability for individuals and their families. The organization also provides housing retention assistance for veterans who have transitioned into their own permanent living situation and maintains a nation toll-free call center to provide veterans and their family members with needed support, referrals to other services, as well as to answer general inquiries on veterans' services.

Supportive housing for veterans - the program provides the basic human needs of food, clothing, and residential services to homeless veterans. The organization operates multiple facilities for veterans across new england. Programs vary by site from emergency shelter and barrack style living to single room occupancy units with shared common spaces, to independent apartment style living. All sites provide supportive services onsite through case managers and site coordinators. The organization works with each veteran to develop an individual service plan to meet their needs. The goals of the program are for clients to improve their mental health status and residential stability, increase their skill level or income, and achieve greater self-determination.

Training and employment program - the organization supports veterans in today's difficult job market by providing training and job placement services. This nationally recognized training and employment program helps veterans obtain and retain jobs so they can stabilize their lives. Veterans receive job counseling, support services, training, resume writing assistance, mock interviews, and job placement and retention services. Employment specialists conduct assessments of veterans' career interests, employment history, needs, abilities, and aspirations to determine a course of action for success and connect veterans to meaningful employment opportunities. Veterans in need of training or further certifications are provided with job training either internally or through a training partner. Success in the workplace often hinges on employees' ability to successfully manage other areas of their lives; the organization offers life skills, money management, transportation, childcare, and other supports to further eliminate potential obstacles to job success. After employment, staff follow-up to identify any potential issues before they become a barrier to sustained employment. A special component of the program engages with post-9/11 veterans to provide career advancing positions to those who are unemployed or underemployed.