Purpose of project:to help veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness obtain meaningful employment by providing career exploration, training, placement, and supportive services, and…

Goodwill Of Western And Northern Connecticut, Inc. received a $260,000 project grant from the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (CFDA 17.805), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The grant funds comprehensive employment services for approximately 65 veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Fairfield County, Connecticut. Core services include job training, resume support, skills assessment, vocational training, job placement assistance, and housing supports. The program specifically targets incarcerated veterans, women veterans, and homeless veterans with children, delivering wraparound supportive services designed to address employment barriers and facilitate sustainable competitive employment outcomes.

The awardee executes these services through subrecipient Applied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute, Inc., doing business as Homes for the Brave. The project leverages additional funding through retail operations revenue from Goodwill Of Western And Northern Connecticut and Homes for the Brave organizational funding. Key partnerships include the Housing Collective Continuum of Care (CoC), Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF), HUD-VASH, and the VA Hospital, ensuring integrated linkages to critical housing, mental health, and veterans' benefits resources necessary to support veteran reintegration and employment success.

Purpose of project:to help veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness obtain meaningful employment by providing career exploration, training, placement, and supportive services, and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems. Activities funded by grant: job training, resume supports, skills assessment, vocational training, housing, job placement, intended beneficiaries of the project:veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness, incarcerated veterans, women veterans, and homeless veterans with children outcomes of the project:service to 65 veterans in fairfield county through the provision of employment services, job training, housing supports, and other supportive services. Key partnerships:partnerships include direct linkages to the housing collective (COC), ssvf, HUD-vash, and the VA hospital. Subrecipient activities: applied behavioral rehabilitation institute, INC DBA homes for the brave recipient of other funding:leverage funding for the project is provided by revenue from goodwill of western and northern CT S retail store operations, as well as from homes for the brave funding.