Basic Organization Information
UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE
- Also Known As:
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U.S.VETS
- Physical Address:
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Los Angeles, CA
90017
- EIN:
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95-4382752
- Web URL:
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www.usvetsinc.org
- NTEE Category:
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L Housing, Shelter
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L80 Other Housing Support Services
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P Human Services
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P85 Homeless Services/Centers
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W Public, Society Benefit
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W30 Military/Veterans' Organizations
- Year Founded:
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1992
- Ruling Year:
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1992
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Mission Statement
The successful transition of military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.
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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit
Each year, U.S.VETS:- Helps more than 1,000 veterans return to full time employment. - Provides intensive program services and housing to 2100 veterans.- Provides transitional housing and services to 2500 veterans.- Provides permanent housing for 250 veterans.- Provides 127 women veterans with housing and need-specific services including military sexual trauma counseling.U.S.VETS contacts thousands of veterans every year in the effort to reach out to at-risk veterans before they become homeless. Homelessness among veterans has been reduced in every community where U.S.VETS operates.
Leadership
Mr. Stephen J Peck
Term:
Since
Aug
2010
Profile:
Stephen Peck embraced the Marine Corps vow to never leave anyone behind. It is that loyalty to those who have served their country that drives Peck as the president and CEO of the U.S.VETS. After his service in Vietnam, Peck began his career as a filmmaker, and made documentaries focusing on veterans and the homeless. He has been working on behalf of homeless and troubled veterans for nearly 20 years. He was appointed president of U.S.VETS in August 2010 following the sudden death of Dwight Radcliff. Peck was the founding director of U.S.VETS largest program: Villages at Cabrillo in Long Beach the largest social services program for homeless veterans in the country. Peck began his full-time commitment to veterans in 1991 when founded the non-profit, Far From Home Foundation to advocate for homeless veterans issues and raise funds for fledgling rehabilitation programs. In 1993 he began working full time at the Comprehensive Homeless Program at the West L.A. VA Medical Center. His nearly four years as an outreach worker and program coordinator gave him an intimate knowledge of the needs and hopes of homeless veterans. Simultaneously, he returned to graduate school and earned a Masters Degree in Social Work at USC. In 1996 he accepted an offer to become Director of Community Development for U.S. VETS.Peck continues to advocate on a state and national level to bring attention to possible solutions for the homeless, using as a model the programs U.S.VETS has developed.
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