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Warrior support - housing for homelessness and prevention assistance throughout the year, forcesunited continued to advocate for veterans and their families through our comprehensive services network and supportive community partners. Many of the diverse needs and logistical challenges forcesunited assisted with were often resolved wihtin hours due to the tremendous collaborative efforts and community connections forcesunited has throughout our areas in georgia and south carolina. Some of the unique needs included transportation, legal assistance, food assistance, money management, clothing, household goods, residential furniture for families moving into transitional housing, beds and bedding, tools for employment, and assistance with a variety of health and wellness needs. Warrior success center: forcesunited's headquarters and warrior success center (WSC) located in downtown augusta provides us with a central location and better proximity to the VA hospitals, the military installation, many of our community partners and resources, and the growing areas we serve in georgia and south carolina. The warrior success center serves as a hub for transitioning service members, veterans, and their families who are seeking crucial connections and advocacy to ensure transitional success in areas such as: veteran benefits, employment, education, housing, emergency services, health care, and wellness. Due to the generosity of a community partner, we were able to update our computer workstations enchncing the tools and resources available for our warriors.
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Employment services: forcesunited's employment services assists transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses with all- encompassing employment needs. This program operates from two angles, working with both emplyers as well as our veteran clients. We cultivate community relationships and educate employers on the benefits and incentives for hiring veterans. Forcesunited boosts awareness of the advantages of hiring veterans and the value that their knowledge, skills and experience lend to workplaces. We assist with talent acquisition by providing employers with qualified candidates for their job openings. Simultaneously, we seek employers who are willing to work with homeless and previously incarcerated populations and help those veterans to secure the positions. From the other angle, forcesunited provides veterans with one- on-one advocacy to assist them with job seeking readiness, resume assistance, interview skills, career development, and gainful employment. Aside from individual talent acquisition and case management, forcesunited also provides opportunities to bring our veteran clients in front of community partners in a professional development environment using employment transistion boot camps. These boot camps serve more warriors concurrently in all stages of employment needs. The boot camps provide valuable up to date information and best practces from local HR professionals covering areas such as resume writing, skills and strength identification and prioritization, social media importance, linkedin profiles, interview skills, and wage negotiation, as well as providing professional headshots by an on-site photographer. Transition and reintegration (t&r) program: our t&r program serves hundreds of warriors each year, connecting them with solutions for utilizing their health care benefits, education benefits and for finding meaningful employment and maintaining stable housing. These vital services are readily available because of forcesunited's many partnerships with businesses, institutions of higher education, social service agencies, and with the local VA and military installation. Our t&r advocates facilitate this proactive program of engaging warriors across the various stages of transitioning out of the military as WLL as helping to alleviate the fear and stress often associated with the many levels of reintegration into civilian life.
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Benefits: forcesunited provides service members and veterans with accurate and up-to-date information on benefits eligiblity for which they can apply. Maintain a matrix for tracking benefit services provided to veteran, military service members, and their families. Identify and follow-up with referrals from intake for veteran, military service members, and their families to ensure they are receiving all information regarding benefits eligibility. Assist WTH ensuring veterans are aware of programs and resources that aid in improving their lives. Assist verans in navigating through the process of submitting for TH eva benefits.respond to any requests from national guard
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Monthly association of the united states army breakfasts: the monthly breakfasts on fort gordon, georgia brought together active duty leadership and community partners to discuss and collaborate on fort gordon's missions and initiatives which allows forcesunited to best support transitioning veterans and their families in the area of eduction, benefits, employment, housing and health/wellness. Warrior success center: forcesunited's headquarters and warrior success center (WSC) located in downtown augusta provides us with a central location and better proximity to the VA hospitals, the military installation, many of our community partners and resources, and the growing areas we serve in georgia and south carolina. The warrior success center serves as a hub for transitioning service members, veterans, and their families who are seeking crucial connections and advocacy to ensure transitional success in areas such as: veteran benefits, employment, education, housing, emergency services, health care, and wellness. Due to the generosity of a community partner, we were able to update our computer workstations enchncing the tools and resources available for our warriors. Other: 11 to 11 campaign veterans treatment court prisoner reentry initiative