Salvation Army Veteran Employment Services South HVRP Project

The Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS) awarded The Salvation Army a $500,000 Project Grant effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, under the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program (HVRP, CFDA 17.805). The grant funds comprehensive employment and supportive services designed to assist veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness in obtaining and retaining meaningful employment across Southern Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, and San bernardino County. Grant-funded activities include personnel and fringe benefits for HVRP services, staff travel, equipment, supplies, participant support costs, and indirect costs to support case management, job training, career counseling, employment placement, and wraparound supportive services.

The project targets 125 veteran enrollments with expected outcomes including a 70% employment placement rate, 55% completion of training activities, and average placement wages at 90% of the Service Delivery Area average market wage. The Salvation Army will coordinate services through established partnerships with local Continuums of Care, Veterans Affairs programs (SSVF and GPD), HUD-VASH, county and city agencies, workforce development boards, American Job Centers of California, and other veterans services organizations throughout the four-county service area. Performance metrics include maintaining a cost per placement of $5,681.82 and tracking employment retention at 70% in the second quarter and 42% in the fourth quarter following participant exit.