Purpose of project - project unity s fresh start 4 vets program will enable homeless veterans to reach their full employment potential and obtain high-quality career outcomes

The program will serve populations from category 1: all three populations all homeless veterans homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children incarcerated veterans and or veterans recently released from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness. Services will be provided in the brazos valley seven-county underserved region non-urban counties: brazos, burleson, grimes, robertson, madison, leon, and washington counties.activities to be funded by grant - a broad array of client-centered services utilizing a case management approach will be used in assisting veterans. These activities include: outreach, recruitment, engagement and follow-up (oref): intake assessment utilizing innovative INTAKE1 and additional assessments for eligibility and to determine a good fit for the program including hvrp enrollment form, homeless at-risk certification, employment history, determining readiness for employment form, individual employment plan, overcoming identified barriers needs form, and hvrp participant agreement form. Job training that will be provided to participants includes on-the-job training, apprenticeships, customized job training, upgrading or retraining, other work-based training and or occupational skills training. Case managers will coordinate referrals and provide support services to include but not be limited to: vehicle repair, work clothing, gas cards bus vouchers, access to childcare, IDS and or drivers license fees, basic needs assistance (utilities, rent, food), parenting support, individual and or group counseling, career counseling, facilitation of tabe testing, facilitation of work keys testing. Employer engagement activities include building strong relationships with job trainers who also help place participants creating job search logs to track veterans job search activities and follow up with employers attending job fairs, and developing good relationships with the cities and counties. Staff will reach marginalized veterans by doing more front end planning with incarcerated veterans before exiting and hold open houses in marginalized neighborhoods. Outreach to counties underserved is funded.intended beneficiaries of the project - homeless veterans and their families, veteran partner organizations, cities, counties, texas, community agencies, detention centers, homeless shelters, workforce systems, health systems, employers and employer systems, marginalized neighborhoods, rural underserved communities.outcomes of the project - number of participant enrollments: 270 average hourly wage at placement: 15.35 (established by texas SDA brazos, burleson, madison, grimes, robertson, leon and washington counties) placement rate: 80.1 . Cost per placement: 5,832 percent of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment in the second quarter after exit from the program: 60.1 median quarterly earnings of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment in the second quarter after exit from the program: 9,101.00 percent of program participants who are in unsubsidized employment in the fourth quarter after exit from the program: 51.0 key partnerships - project unity s fresh start 4 vets main partners are brazos valley council of governments workforce board, homeless shelters, and detention centers. Fresh start 4 vets belongs tothe COC, coordinates housing with vash, works closely with texas veteran s commission disabled veteran outreach program specialist rural veterans careeradvisor, texas veterans commission veterans volunteer coordinator, and veterans service officers (vsos) in the seven county rural region. FEMA awards funding to project unity yearly for veteran housing and utilities. Subrecipient activities, if applicable - narecipient of other funding - FEMA