The Veterans Service Center provides program services to assist military personnel in smoothly transitioning from active duty to civilian life.
BVSJ is dedicated to helping individuals and communities all over New York City rise from poverty, exit homelessness, and live healthy lives.
BVSJ’s Housing Division has developed an extensive portfolio of diverse housing opportunities for veterans and marginalized New Yorkers.
The New York City Council has created a unique partnership linking labor unions, community groups and a network of respected workforce providers to mobilize efforts that will benefit job seekers, the under-employed and unemployed New Yorkers.
In partnership with The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Program, BVSJ provides services to meet the needs of Veterans and their families through outreach, suicide prevention services, connection to VA and community resources.
On April 18th, 1979, a group of veterans from all military branches, representing enlistees from WWII through Vietnam, came together to assist veterans with problems. Some immediate problems faced were racism and racist policies, little or poor medical and rehabilitative services, unemployment and no re-entry preparation. Many soldiers leaving the military did not know their rights or the agencies willing to help them.
Wendy McClinton still remembers her surprise hearing she’d been accepted.
Federal officials and housing advocates hope their efforts in the coming months can significantly decline the number of veterans experiencing homelessness.
When Lashena Boyer left the Navy in 2011, her commitment to serve did not end...
When I joined Black Veterans for Social Justice in 1997, I was the only female veteran in the organization.
Elected officials and community nonprofits specializing in veteran’s affairs “came out in full force” to support their neighbors this year….
Veterans demanding better services rallied at city hall Wednesday.
Wendy McClinton, who served in Operation Desert Storm and serves as president and CEO of Black Veterans for Social Justice, added, “If you close these facilities.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Delivers a One Million Dollar Check to Black Veterans For Social Justice
Jeffries headed to Bedford–Stuyvesant on Friday for a Veterans Resource Fair, where he announced the funding for the BVSJ’s Incarcerated Veterans Transitional Program…
Black veterans hold annual parades while calling out the need for more services and resources.
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