Out of the Woods: Local program helps homeless veterans get their footing
Veteran Integration ProgramThe Housing Authority's Veteran Integration Program was one of six projects in the nation to be earn a 2010 Excellence Award for Program Innovation: Resident and Client Services.
The award was granted by the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), a Washington, D.C. based advocate of adequate and affordable housing. Describing the local project, NAHRO said, "Each veteran works one-on-one with a case manager to accomplish three main goals: residential stability, increased skill levels and/or increased income, and greater self determination."
In early August, VA officials in Florida and Washington, DC, visited Longview for more information.
The local project is based on several sources of financing, including payments to VA for about $ 34.21 per day each for 20 veterans, covering case management, food, transportation and incidentals, a little money non-profit organization for training and Works Vet. and state funds for rental assistance if the veterinarian becomes independent
Mike Szpakiewitz got an apartment last week.
The simple act was monumental for the 58-year-old, who after 10 years in military service and years in custom cabinetry and car repair, had sunk into depression and homelessness.
Tom Hunter, who served a total of 17 years in the Army, National Guard and Reserves, has been living in an airy two-bedroom apartment for eight months — the same amount of time he spent living in a pup tent in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Then there's James. Tilted back at a barbecue in his camo do-rag, the former Marine can't believe he had to cadge nights on the couches of friends after doing well in construction and owning his own home.
In a 3-year-old program that has won national attention and an award for the Longview Housing Authority, homeless veterans in Southwest Washington are being rescued from the grim subset of 76,000 American veterans who have no bed, bath or address of their own.
Retention Project Coordinator (AmeriCorps)
. Primary duties will be to serve as mentor coordinator, to recruit first generation college students to serve as mentors, and engage in service-learning. Service-learning projects will focus on engaging at-risk ESL, ABE and GED students in service projects generated by the first generation college students. In addition, the Retention Project Coordinator will receive training and participate in National Days of Service as a member of the statewide AmeriCorps Retention Project team.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATED TASKS:
Mentor at-risk adult ESL, ABE and GED students. Recruit and advise first generation higher education students to engage in mentoring, service projects and other service-learning activities. Train higher education students to serve as mentors for ESL, ABE and GED students Maintain documentation of data related to student (e.g. mentor) recruitment and activities such as progress reports, and track personal activities using member timesheets Participate in Retention Project trainings, including orientation, graduation, regional cluster meetings and others as available. Participate in Make a Difference Day and MLK Day on campus or in the local community. Engage in personal reflection.REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
w BA/BS degree.
w Enrollment in Electronic Funds Transfer to receive bimonthly stipend.
w Ability to work well with people of diverse backgrounds.
w Strong organization, problem-solving and written and oral communication skills.
w Basic office computer skills, including word processing. Experience with spreadsheets/databases and desktop publishing preferred.
w Enthusiasm and self-direction.
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