Community Outreach to Veterans

Our mission is to empower people to achieve greater personal, social and economic success. We are committed to undoing racism and promoting diversity. Each of our four divisions specializes in providing a particular type of service: 1. Employment Action Center assists people who are unemployed or underemployed. 2. Minnesota Resource Center provides training and employment services for people with disabilities. 3. Recovery Resource Center helps people recover from chemical dependency. 4. Spectrum Community Mental Health helps people with a serious mental illness.

The MN Dept of Veterans Affairs assists Minnesota’s 460,000 veterans and their dependents to obtain the benefits and services provided by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, formerly called the Veterans Administration.

The Minnesota Veterans Home – Minneapolis, once called the Old Soldiers Home, was built in the late 1800’s for indigent veterans of the Civil War. The Home is located on a 51 acre wooded campus overlooking the Mississippi River near Minnehaha Falls. At the end of the 19th century the intent was to create a beautiful, comfortable, community for veterans in need of care in their later years. That spirit of caring continues today.

Vet Centers provide readjustment counseling and outreach services to all veterans who served in any combat zone. Services are also available for their family members for military related issues. Veterans have earned these benefits through their service and all are provided at no cost to the veteran or family. The Department of Veterans Affairs Vet Center program operates a system of 232 community based counseling centers. The Vet Centers are staffed by small multi-disciplinary teams of dedicated providers, many of which are combat veterans themselves.

Veterans For Peace, Inc. (VFP) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to the abolishment of war. To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.