Support Services for Veteran Families

Supporting Veterans Through Life's Challenges

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The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program connects low-income Veterans and their families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to housing and other support services in Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois.

For more information, please call us at 618.512.1823 or send us a message.

Free Services Available

Benefits assistance (receiving and coordinating)
Case management/outreach assistance
Employment assistance (resume writing and current job openings)
Financial counseling
Housing counseling
Referrals for childcare, daily living assistance, education, employment training, health care, legal aide, representative payee services, vocational and rehabilitation counseling, and other services as needed
Temporary financial assistance (rent and utilities)
Transportation (bus pass and pre-approved auto repair)

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Gregory Snyder

“If you’re a veteran and you’re in a situation where you’re homeless, reach out to the SSVF staff. They can help you.”

-Navy Veteran Gregory Snyder

See how the program helped him after he served his country.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, the recipient must be a veteran or a member of a family in which the head of household, or the spouse of the head of household, is a veteran; have income where annual gross income is 80 percent of the local median income for household size; and be homeless or in imminent danger of homelessness.

For more information, please call us at 618.512.1823.

For additional help, check out Vet Net

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