VETERANS EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE GRANTS

2014

Veterans Employment Committee of San Diego County Committed to Leadership Excellence as Veterans Employment Advocates The Veterans Employment Committee of San Diego County is dedicated to serve disadvantaged veterans and transitioning military members of all branches of service, by providing assistance to remove barriers that may prevent them from obtaining life sustaining employment. The committee believes that it is more benefiting to the veteran as well as the overall society to provide the veteran a hand-up not a hand-out thus preventing possible long term unemployment and homelessness.

Description and Purpose of Grant:

The Veterans Employment Committee of San Diego County (SD VEC) has established a grant program for the encouragement of organizations and agencies that provide a hand-up to veterans.  It is the desire of SD VEC to offer several $1,000.00 grants each year to qualified applicants.  SD VEC may not offer grants in any given year if there are insufficient applicant proposals meeting grant criteria.

The SD VEC is dedicated to serve disadvantaged veterans and transitioning military members of all branches of service, by providing assistance to remove barriers that may prevent them from obtaining life sustaining employment. The committee believes that it is more benefiting to the veteran as well as the overall society to provide the veteran a hand-up not a hand-out thus preventing possible long term unemployment and homelessness.

Eligibility Requirements:

The agency(s) selected for the SD VEC grants will be responsible for using the funds to assist veterans with a hand-up during their career pursuits. Meeting the following requirements is necessary to be eligible for grant consideration:

• Be an agency in the U.S.
• Be recommended by a SD VEC committee member
• The funds must only be used in support of veterans’ support activities.
• The agency must be able to demonstrate where and how the funds were used.
• Within one year of receiving the grant, the agency(s) awarded will be expected to have expended the funds so that the results can be published.
• The agency must publish their results with sufficient detail to enable the SD VEC to understand how the veteran(s) were assisted.

Application Process:

Interested agencies should submit a description thoroughly discussing the following issues:

• Project Title.
• History and mission statement of the agency.
• Current activities that support veterans.
• The intended use of the funds.
• Population served by the agency.
• A description of the intended results or outcome of the program and how it is linked to the agencies goals or strategic plan.
• A description as to how the effectiveness of the program will be measured, the measures in place to gauge the results, and the method to be used for quantifying the program’s success.
• A monetary breakdown of the project’s budget.

Application Deadlines: