VVSD Non-Residential Services
Stand Down: Hundreds of homeless veterans are provided with a wide range of necessities including food, clothing, medical, legal and mental health assistance, job counseling and referral, and most importantly, companionship and camaraderie. It is a time for the community to connect with the homeless veteran population and address this crisis that affects each and every town, city and state in this country.
Homeless Court Program: The Homeless Court Program (HCP) gives homeless people access to court. Local shelters host a special court session for misdemeanor cases. Judges give court sentences for program activities in which participants are already involved.
Veterans Legal Clinic: The Thomas Jefferson Veterans Legal Assistance Clinic provides limited legal assistance, as well as full service legal representation, to the residents and alumni of Veterans Village of San Diego.
Non-Custodial Parent Program: The objective of the program is to help the non-custodial parent become more financially and emotionally involved in their children's lives, while assisting the homeless veteran achieve their highest level of independence by alleviating the financial barriers that have prevented them from obtaining and maintaining employment.
Combat Debrief Group: The objective of this group is to address how and why combat affected the vet and how to deal with the issues affecting them. Members are never required to talk about what they did in combat.
Combat Support Group: Members discuss current, person issues and how their combat experience impacts how they deal with these issues.
Triple Threat: The name of the Group, "Triple Threat" refers to being addicted to alcohol, drugs or both and having PTSD from combat. It is a spiritually based program using principles borrowed form Alcoholics Anonymous.
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