- BEST PLACE TO START
- EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES
- FINANCIAL COACHING
- FOOD RESOURCES
- GENERAL INFORMATION
- GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SERVICES
- HOUSING AND SHELTER
- MEDICAL CLINICS
- M-SPAN
- REGIONAL OFFICES
BEST PLACE TO START
The best place to start to get any benefits for a veteran is on their website: http://www.michiganveterans.com/ Go to the web page and click on the link that says "Locate a benefits counselor".
These counselors are highly trained individuals that know how to help a vet get the help they need. Their services are free. They are important because benefits from the VA come from different departments and you have to know the right department to contact. The system is not coordinated.
The hot-line can also tell you where to locate a counselor: 1-800-MichVet (800-642-4837)
or 1-800-455-5228
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EMPLOYMENT RESOURCES
Career One-Stop (Veterans ReEmployment)
Allows veterans to quickly identify civilian job openings realtaed to prior military experience, locate training and identify benefits and other assitance after military service.
Federal Employment
The U.S. Government's official website for Federal jobs and employment information.
Feds Hire Vets
Federal employment information for Veterans, transitioning military service members, their families, and Federal hiring officials.
GI Jobs
Job postings, career tips, resume tips, and education information for post-military success.
Hire A Hero
The premier online job board and community of choice for those who have served our country and their spouses.
Hire Heroes USA
Dedicated to creating job opportunities for US military veterans and their spouses through personalized employment training and corporate engagement.
Hire Veterans
A top e-recruiting site for veterans
MEDC Job Portal
State of Michigan's job portal providing Veterans Preference to job seekers and Veterans
Military to Civilian Occupation Translator
Helps service members match military skills and experience to civilian occupations.
Military Vet Jobs
Offers veteran job seekers a community of support and connections to employers seeking qualified, veteran candidates
My Next Move for Veterans
A simple and quick search engine where veterans can enter in prior military experience and be linked to information on civilian careers and related training, including information on how to write resumes that highlight related civilian skills.
Oakland Community College Off-Campus Job Board
Public job board consisting of a wide range of job openings located off the OCC campus.
O*NET Military Crosswalk
Search codes or titles from the Military Occupational Classification
Vet Central
Provides access to career reserach to use your Military Occupation Classification to identify similar occupations and career opportunities in the civilian workforces, including government and private-sector resources to make a successful military-to-civilian transition.
Vet Jobs
Assists all members of "The United States Military Family" and their spouses with employment assistance, posting resumes, serching jobs, and upcoming job fair information.
Vet Success on Campus
Access to job tools and tips (job application,interview, resume, and cover letter tips, assess to military skills translators and jobs for veterans.
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FINANCIAL COACHING
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Department of Labor initiated this program in May 2015. It provides free financial coaching to veterans. The finance coach will help set goals, eliminate debt, build a credit score, avoid finance charges, save for retirement, etc. The coaches can meet with you at their office, by telephone, or at any safe place with a private room.
Macomb and St. Clair Counties:
Michigan Works Office
Clinton Township, MI
Garbriella Barthlow, Financial Coach
586-783-1398
Oakland and Wayne Counties
Michgan Works Office
15100 Northline Road
Southgate. MI 48195
Scott Rubin, Financial Coach
734-720-7857
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FOOD RESOURCES
Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA)
248-209-2600
Lighthouse Emergency Services
248-920-6000 Pontiac
248-620-6116 Clarkson
Open Door Outreach Center
248-360-2930
Open Hands Emergency Food
248-546-1255
Focus: HOPE
313-494-5500
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GENERAL INFORMATION
American Legion
1210 McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-964-6640
AMVETS
1227 McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-964-6920
Disabled American Veterans
1200 McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-964-6595
Paralyzed Veterans of America
1233McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-471-3996
Veterans of Foreign Wars
1215 McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-964-6510
Vietnam Veterans of America
1231 McNamara Federal Building
477 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, MI 48226
313-961-9568
VA Caregiver Support Line: 1-855-260-3274 — Help from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for caregivers of Veterans.
Veterans Disability Compensation: 1-800-827-1000 — Learn about benefits for Veterans with service-connected disabilities.
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SERVICES
US Veterans' Administration (Detroit Regional Office)
800-827-1000
Veterans Affairs Agency
800-MICH-VET ot 800-642-4838
Volunteers of America
21415 Civic Center Dr. Suite 306
Southfield MI 48076
Veterans Programs statewide call 877-509-8387
- Veterans Housing- Veterans are provided case management, employment assistance and physical and mental health services.
Veterans Employment- Employment and training programs addressing employment barriers and job skill training.
Support Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) - Services include help to prevent homelessness, housing for the homeless, case management, legal assistance and direct aid for rent, utility and moving expenses.
HOUSING AND SHELTER
Project Home - Providing Supportive Services to Veterans who are facing homelessness. Funded by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, the Veteran Family Services program is administered through Disability Network to provide supportive services ot very low income vetereans facing homelessness.
Please contact:
Wayne County Disability Network 313-923-1655
Macomb/Oakland County Disability Network 586-268-4160
St. Clair, Lapeer and Sanilac Counties: Blue Water Center for Independent Living 810-987-9337
Housing and Mortgages for Veterans
Help with the benefits of and eligibility requirements for VA loans
Salvation Army
Housing and utility assistance, referrals to shelters and rental assistance
248-334-2407
Training & Treatment Innovations, Inc. (TTI)
Administers the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program via a grant from the Department of Veteran Affairs. They support the "Housing Frist" model in addressing and ending homelessness, especially as it relates to the Veteran population. They serve Genesee, Jackson, Lapeer, Macomb, Oakland, and Saginaw counties.
Contact phone: 866-787-6734
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MEDICAL CLINICS
VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic
2360 South Linden Road
Flint, MI 48532
810-720-2913
Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center
1500 Weiss Street
Saginaw, MI 48602
989-497-2500
Pontiac VA Outpatient Clinic
44200 Woodward Avenue, Suite 208
Pontiac, MI 48341
248-322-4540
VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
2215 Fuller Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
800-361-8387
734-769-7100
John D. Dingell VA Medical Center
4646 John R Street
Detroit, MI 48201
313-576-1000
❖ Free shuttle transportation for a veteran with a confirmed morning appointment at the John Dingel VA Medical Center in Detroit. Pick up locations are in Shelby Township, Clinton Township, and Roseville. The veteran must be ambulatory - no wheelchairs or oxygen - and be able to walk without assistance. To be placed on the pick-up schedule, call no less than 2 days in advance of the appointment to Macomb Veterans Services, (586) 469-5315.
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M-SPAN
M-SPAN (Military Support Programs and Networks)
The M-SPan programs at the University of Michigan are part of the Welcome Back Veterans national initiative to address the mental health needs of our veterans and their families.
- Buddy-to-Buddy is a peer mentored outreach and support for post 9/11 service members in Michigan. 734-998-5827 or 734-249-0380 Valeria Shipp, Coordinator
- PAVE (Peer Advisors for Veteran Education) is on campus peer support to facilitate a smooth tranistion to college.
- Strong Military Families provides a 10 weeks parent/chld program to support and enhance the resilience of military families.
- HomeFront Strong is an 8 week resiliency group for military/veteran spouses or partners of post 9/11 service members or veterans.
REGIONAL OFFICES
Genesee County Dept. of Veterans Services
1101 Beach Street
Flint, MI 48502
810-257-3068
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