Purpose of the project: provide career exploration, case management, job training, placement, and supportive services to veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, empowering them to secure…

Grant Award Summary

The Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant from the Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP, CFDA 17.805) effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The award funds comprehensive employment and supportive services designed to assist veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Sedgwick County, Kansas in securing sustainable employment. Key deliverables include outreach and intake services, career exploration and assessments, case management, job training, transitional and work-based learning opportunities, and wraparound supportive services to remove employment barriers. The program targets 125 enrollments annually with an expected employment placement rate of 50%, with particular focus on homeless women veterans, homeless veterans with children, and justice-involved veterans reentering from incarceration.

Service delivery is enhanced through established partnerships with the Coalition to End Homelessness in Wichita Sedgwick County, the Continuum of Care (KS-502), the City of Wichita Housing Department's HUD-VASH program, Wichita VA's Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) programs, American Job Centers (AJC), Goodwill Industries of Kansas, State of Kansas Veterans Programs, Kansas and Sedgwick County Corrections departments, and Home Base Wichita. These collaborative relationships enable integrated service delivery connecting participants to employment opportunities in high-demand occupations offering livable wages while addressing housing, behavioral health, and benefits navigation needs.

Purpose of the project: provide career exploration, case management, job training, placement, and supportive services to veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, empowering them to secure good jobs in stable, high-demand occupations paying livable wages in sedgwick county. Establish strong partnerships between public, private, and nonprofit organizations in the wichita region, especially those that employ and partner with veterans who have experienced homelessness, to deliver services to marginalized veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness to assist in overcoming barriers to employment. Activities to be funded by the grant: outreach, assessments, intake, case management, training, transitional jobs or work based leanring and wrap-around services to support employment. Intended beneficiaries of the project: veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, homeless women veterans, homeless veterans with children, and or justice-involved veterans reintering from incarceration in wichita sedgwick county expected outcomes of the project: enroll 125 individuals per year, 50% gain employment key partnerships: the WA will partner with the coalition to end homelessness in wichita sedgwick county, the continuum of care (COC) KS-502 for veterans experiencing homelessness, as well as the city of wichita housing department S HUD-vash program and wichita VA S ssvf programs, as well as partners at the AJC, goodwill industries of kansas, state of kansas veterans programs, KS department of corrections, sedgwick county corrections, and home base wichita for veterans at risk of homelessness and or returning from incarceration.