Clear Path for Veterans New England

During the first year of the outreach and support services contract with the department of Veterans services Massachusetts. Clear Path for Veterans New England attended 216 outreach events, identifying and providing services to over 546 unique Veterans, including 17 unique neuro fit Veterans. The Veterans who received services accounted for 18,465 services, including 668 veteran peer engagements, 327 employment services, 269 veteran wellness activities including women's wellness retreats and women wellness weekends, 6478 food pantry services, 95 veteran homeless housing services, 41 benefits counseling or advisement, as well as brazilian jui jitsu, tai chi, and pt101. On average providing 1,539 services a month.

In 2022 the homeless veteran reintegration program (hvrp) was successful in enrolling 114 homeless or at risk of being homeless in this grant year. Of those Veterans enrolled we have placed 20 into full-time employment. 60 Veterans have completed online training that Clear Path has provided, such as interview skills, dressing for an interview and resume writing. Clear Path had also enrolled 2 Veterans in our culinary program with those Veterans completing over 500 hours of on-hand and classroom training.

Clear Path for Veterans New England service dog program has been actively working with 12 Veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress, traumatic brain injuries or military sexual trauma. These Veterans are looking to be paired with a service dog in training. The service dog program is working with 20 dogs that are in the 2-year program to qualify as a service dog. We have a total of 18 dogs certified, two of those in 2023. Clear Path is on track to pair 4 more dogs with Veterans by june of 2023. Each dog provided has an average cost of $30,000 each. This is at no cost to the veteran.

Various other programs helping Veterans which include: peer to peer mentoring, wellness program, commemorative brick program, warriors working program and the family force group.