Welcome to Veterans Village of San Diego -- As Featured on 60 Minutes

Support Our Vets

YOU DID IT!! Thank you all very very much for your generous donations.

You made sure that our homeless veterans will be served three meals a day through the closing of the Veterans Winter Shelter in early-April. We could not have done it without you.



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 Or send a check made payable to Veterans Village of San Diego
 4141 Pacific Highway, San Diego, California 92110. Thank you.

VVSD Featured on 60 Minutes


60 Minutes Stand Down segment from October 17, 2010

Stand Down started in 1988 and was the first ever Stand Down for homeless vets. There are now over 200 nationwide. Four 60 Minutes crews spent five days at the event, which aired on October 17, 2010

VVSD is a nationally-recognized leader in providing prevention, intervention, treatment and employment services to military veterans, including men and women who have recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan.


"We get more bang for our buck out of Veterans Village than anything else we do, bar none. The success rate... is greater than any other program I am aware of." Mayor Jerry Sanders, City of San Diego
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With five locations throughout San Diego County, VVSD is the only program of its kind in the United States.

Each year VVSD provides services to more than 2,000 military veterans, men and women, who have served and sacrificed for our country.

VVSD provides a Continuum of Care with a full range of comprehensive and innovative services for military veterans for:
  • Prevention
  • Intervention
  • Treatment
  • Aftercare
"There is no finer program for homeless veterans in America than VVSD." Pete Dougherty, national Director of VA Homeless Programs

"VVSD sets the bar," and is the "gold standard of transitional veteran housing." James Nicholson, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs

VVSD extends assistance to veterans in need and their families by providing:
  • Substance Abuse Recovery
  • Mental Health Counseling
  • Job Training and Job Search Assistance
  • Housing
  • Food
  • Clothing
  • Legal Services


Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD)
4141 Pacific Highway
San Diego, CA 92110
619.497.0142