Goodwill has received a grant of $225,000 from the US Department of Labor to fund the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, which operates under the auspices of Goodwill’s Veterans Services Program. This grant will help to expand the available service offerings provided by Goodwill to assist our returning heroes. In 2015, in response to the growing needs of the homeless veteran community, Goodwill’s Veterans Services Program expanded to include three facets: the Veterans and Their Families Program (VFP), the Special Emergency Resources for Veterans (SERV) Fund and the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP). The focus of the latter program is solely homeless veterans and is funded directly through grants from the US Department of Labor. Goodwill received the first grant from the Department of Labor to fund the HVRP in 2015; this is the third year of funding. This is a pay for performance grant, meaning funding is dependent on successful outcomes; it allows Goodwill to draw down financing of up to $255,000. The goal of the HRVP is to help more than 125 homeless veterans annually by reducing or removing barriers to employment and helping them to reintegrate back into society.

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