Self-Sufficiency, Staff Stories, Supportive Housing, Veterans
Krysta Matsen is not a Veteran herself, but she’s no stranger to the struggle that prompts many to seek help from Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) to avoid homelessness and achieve stability. In fact, before she joined SSVF as a Rapid Rehousing case...
Affordable Housing, Donations, Emergency Assistance, Self-Sufficiency, Shelter Assistance, Supportive Housing, Veterans
SLIPPING THROUGH “They slipped through the cracks.” It’s a phrase we hear repeated far too often when we talk about homeless Veterans. Despite the numerous programs and courses available to outgoing military members, there always seem to be those ones who just...
Affordable Housing, Emergency Assistance, First Place Family Center, Supportive Housing, Veterans
DOWN BUT NOT OUT Everyone begins the race of life at a different starting point, and the track isn’t always as linear as we’d like it to be. It’s riddled with obstacles, setbacks and detours. Sometimes we lose the path altogether. But for Cari Hansen staying the...
Supportive Housing, Veterans
For Robert and Julie Palmer’s four school-aged children, it probably seemed like one long, fun-filled summer road trip. It even had a happy ending, when St. Vincent de Paul’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program helped the family settle into their...
Supportive Housing, Veterans
Something truly disastrous must happen before some Veterans will seek help from programs such as Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF). Take Trudy “Jess” Boykin. Now a firefighter, this U.S. Army Veteran served from 2007 to 2009 in Iraq, where she suffered...
