The purpose of the project is to RE-engage homeless veterans to reach their full employment potential and obtain high-quality career outcomes for veterans experiencing homelessness

The squad-based program is a unique strategy to achieve economic prosperity, address historical inequities, and provide equitable access and outcomes to marginalized groups. The great lakes CCC will conduct four cycles of training, serving a total of 24 homeless veterans during the first year of the grant period. Approximately 20 of the training participants are initially expected to be placed in employment. Based on the needs, barriers and interests of the participant, the great lakes CCC veterans corps will directly provide training, hands-on experiential learning, industry-recognized credentials, work experience and employer-based OJT apprenticeships to program participants toward a growing sector of middle skills jobs in areas of disaster relief, building trades, transportation and agribusiness. Because hvrp participants are typically not in a position to complete long-term training, the great lakes CCC veterans corps will equip participants with a series of short- and mid-term training for stackable industry credentials to make them employable. The veterans corps will be crew-based participants will operate and learn together as a team to experientially complete public infrastructure improvement projects, acquire marketable skills, a work history, and make a difference through service in their community. As veterans, participants recognize that to accomplish any mission at the highest level, all units might have different jobs but have the same goal in the end. The great lakes CCC will serve homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, particularly veterans from historically marginalized communities. The great lakes CCC will enroll 24 homeless veterans or veterans at risk of homelessness and will place 80 of the participants into employment at an average hourly wage of 12.98. Approximately 61 of the veterans initially placed into employment will continue to be employed during the second quarter after exit, and more than one-half (50.6 ) will continue to be employed during the fourth quarter after exit. The great lakes CCC will partner with the homeless assistance leadership organization (halo) of the racine county COC, veterans outreach of wisconsin, center for veterans issues - ssvf program, racine county veterans services, veterans housing and recovery program at fairchild hall, racine county workforce solutions, kenosha racine dvop, HUD vash, racine vocational ministries, veterans closet, and legal action. U.S. EPA brownfield job training united way of racine county (equity innovation fund).