MISSION STATEMENT
The Veterans Outreach Program exists to perform the following services for veterans:

        1.  To disseminate information regarding veterans benefits programs and details of groups or agencies that deliver those services.
        2.  To provide counseling, referral, job placement and follow-up services to veterans.
        3.  To develop jobs for veterans through coordination with area employers and manpower programs.
        4.  To develop and implement programs designed to assist other culturally and economically disadvantaged individuals.
        5.  To Develop housing alternatives for veterans and their  families.


In order to fulfill these purposes the Veterans Outreach Program will enlist the financial support and cooperation of both private and public institutions, including city, state, and federal government to achieve the following goals:

        A.  To identify potential veterans / clients.
        B.  To provide job placement services for veterans seeking jobs or wishing to upgrade their jobs.
        C.  To mobilize and coordinate community resources in helping the veteran.  (To include housing initiatives.)
        D.  To counsel veterans entering mainstream society.


The Veterans Outreach Program identifies it's primary target population as veterans and their family members who are unemployed or underemployed.  These clients may be experiencing other difficulties, which are not the result and not the cause of their unemployment status, such as family violence, substance abuse, homelessness, or mental health problems.  As a full service agency, The Veterans Outreach Program believes that these "consequences" must be addressed in order for the client to be successful in obtaining and retaining e,employment.


The Veterans Outreach Program's primary focus is employment services.  Regretfully, the resources of the agency cannot be effectively directed toward the veteran whose unemployment or underemployment is the consequence of other difficulties (substance abuse, family violence, mental health problems, ect.).  The Veterans Outreach Program makes every effort to refer the client to the appropriate services which will remedy their problems as a prerequisite for the successful delivery of employment or housing services.