Opportunity to serve homeless Veterans in rural Colorado
ORGANIZATION: La Puente Home, Inc
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This position serves 2 days/week at La Puetne Shelter as a case manager for homeless veterans. The Homeless Veterans Program enables our shelter to provide up to two years stay for qualifying veterans, in addition to giving access to local, state, and national resources. This position directly contributes to the overall effort to end veterans' poverty and homelessness across the nation. The primary goal is to give veterans who are homeless a stable, transitional living facility. Daily tasks include conducting weekly check-in sessions with enrolled veterans, coordinating with the Eastern Colorado Health Care System to check eligibility of veterans for enrollment, ensuring appointments are scheduled and tracked, working together with internal and external agencies throughout the SLV to promote synergistic effects and creating/monitoring/updating individual service plans with enrolled veterans. This position also works closely with the Veterans Case Manager at the Outreach Homeless Prevention Program to ensure the health needs of the veterans are met as best as possible, this includes medical, dental, and mental health services.
The other 3 days/week are at the Shelter running the general day-to-day operations and serving as a case manager for non-veteran clients.
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About La Puente Home, Inc
Location:
P O Box 1235, 911 State Avenue, Alamosa, CO 81101, US
Mission Statement
La Puente Home is a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation that serves Colorado's San Luis Valley by providing emergency shelter, food services, advocacy, and transitional assistance for the homeless and community members in crisis.
Description
La Puente serves the homeless, the hungry, and people living in poverty in the San Luis Valley. Our services include: a homeless shelter (45 beds averaging 700 people/year), a soup kitchen (50,000 meals/year) a supportive housing program for families and individuals, a homeless prevention program, 15 food pantries scattered around the Valley (serving close to 25% of the SLV’s population), a free clothing distribution program, an educational garden program, a food recovery program following the farm harvest, two community thrift stores, and a coffee house.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
911 State AveAlamosa, CO 81101
DATE POSTED
September 30, 2016
SKILLS
- Verbal / Written Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 1 year
- US Citizen or Permanent Resident