Purpose of the project: volunteers of america michigan (VOAMI) proposes an urban, category 1 homeless veterans reintegration program (HVRP) designed to provide meaningful and sustainable employment…

Grant Award Summary

Volunteers of America Michigan, Inc. (VOAMI) received a $256,761 Project Grant from the Department of Labor's Veterans Employment and Training Service under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP, CFDA 17.805) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. VOAMI will deliver comprehensive employment-focused services to homeless and at-risk veterans across six Michigan counties (Allegan, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, and Ottawa). The program employs a client-centered case management model integrating job training, career readiness preparation, and employment transition services with wraparound supportive services including housing assistance, mainstream benefits counseling, mental health services, substance use treatment, and medical care.

VOAMI's service delivery includes psychosocial and employment assessments, job retention planning, benefits management support, and partnerships with local employers and American Jobs Centers to facilitate job placement and sustainable employment outcomes. Based on the National Veterans Technical Assistance Center best practice model, the HVRP approach coordinates existing resources while preparing eligible veterans for competitive employment in high-demand occupations. Services address the complex barriers to employment faced by the homeless veteran population, with the ultimate objective of helping participants achieve self-sufficiency and stable employment.

Purpose of the project: volunteers of america michigan (VOAMI) proposes an urban, category 1 homeless veterans reintegration program (HVRP) designed to provide meaningful and sustainable employment opportunities to veterans who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness. Voamis successful client-centered case management model successfully helps homeless veterans transition back into sustainable employment and attain self-sufficiency.activities to be funded by the grant: the HVRP will serve allegan, calhoun, kalamazoo, kent, muskegon, and ottawa counties. Voamis successful client-centered case management model coordinates employment, training, housing, and supportive services into a comprehensive program. Voamis veteran-specific recruitment, training, and retention services successfully help homeless veterans transition to sustainable employment. To supplement its career readiness programs, VOAMI helps HVRP clients connect to necessary support services, such as housing, mainstream benefits, medical care, substance use treatment, and mental health services. VOAMI utilizes a client-centered, comprehensive service model to address homeless veterans complex service needs and return homeless veterans to meaningful employment. Based on the national veterans technical assistance center (NVTAC) best practice model, voamis approach integrates job training and supportive services to promote, prepare, and improve veterans job readiness and ability to maintain employment, as well as coordinate and maximize existing resources. To assist veterans in obtaining and sustaining employment, VOAMI will partner with employers and the local american jobs centers for job-driven training and outreach strategies, conduct psychosocial and employment assessments, provide employment transition services and job retention planning, help veterans obtain and manage benefits, and assist veterans in finding and maintaining housing. Intended beneficiaries of the project: VOAMI S HVRP plans to target veteran who are literally homeless or at risk of homelness, who are unemployed, underemployed, or and or enrolled in the HUD-vash program. Based on these numbers, VOAMI is confident that veteran specific employment support remains an unmet need in michigan S south-central and western counties.expected outcomes of the project: 65 veterans enrolled per fykey partnerships: VOAMI has over 18 years of experience coordinating resources for veterans among multiple federal, state, and local agencies. Within VOAMI veteran service delivery model we have HVRP, supportive services for veterans families (SSVF), and suicide prevention engagement referral for veterans program (SERV). Battle creek VA service area cbocs and healthcare for homeless veterans, HUD-vash, VET center, cocs MI-500, MI-506, MI-507, MI-516, MI-519, west michigan veterans coalition, MEL trotter ministries shelter, degage ministries women S shelter, haven rest ministries shelter, muskegon rescue mission, gateway mission shelter, calhoun county collaborative (multi organizations), 70X7 life recovery, offender success teams in region 4 7. Muskegon, kent, ottawa, kalamazoo, calhoun, allegan county veteran service departments.