Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
Veteran_ Resource_ book_2014
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NEW DIRECTIONS<br />
11303 Wilshire Boulevard, VA Building 116<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90073<br />
(310) 914-4045<br />
(310) 914-5495 (F)<br />
(310) 914-5966 (24-Hour Assistance)<br />
www.newdirectionsinc.org<br />
New Directions assists veterans in becoming healthy, sober, and self-sufficient by<br />
offering a wide array of services, including treatment for co-occurring disorders,<br />
job training and placement, parenting and money management classes, legal and<br />
financial assistance, counseling, remedial education, and resources for alumni.<br />
Clients leave New Directions with a job, housing, a savings account, computer<br />
skills, renewed self-confidence, and the support of mentors and peers.<br />
U.S. VETERANS INITIATIVE<br />
(213) 542-2600<br />
www.usvetsinc.org<br />
U.S VETS is the largest non-profit organization in the country that works<br />
to reintegrate homeless and at-risk veterans. U.S. VETS offers assistance<br />
in Inglewood, Long Beach and Riverside, California through transitional and<br />
affordable housing, case management, employment assistance, mental health<br />
counseling and substance abuse treatment.<br />
U.S. VETS INITIATIVE - INGLEWOOD<br />
733 S. Hindry Avenue<br />
Inglewood, CA 90301<br />
(310) 348-7600<br />
(310) 645-2605 (F)<br />
www.usvetsinc.org/inglewood<br />
U.S. VETS - Inglewood offers homeless veterans over 500 beds of transitional<br />
and permanent housing and a host of support services. Special needs programs<br />
include a Non-Custodial Fathers’ Program, which offers parenting classes and<br />
reunites fathers with their children. The High Barriers Program is designed to<br />
address additional barriers some veterans face (such as older workers) in getting<br />
back to work.<br />
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