What We Do
If you are interested in learning more about any of the programs listed please feel free to contact us at 412.224.7207 or support@heroestoday.org.
Employment
Career Empowerment SeriesTM:
Veterans are instructed in areas such as how to transfer military skills onto a marketable resume, dressing for success, interviewing techniques, job search and networking, cover letters, thank you letters, budgeting and how to become financially independent from that budget.
(new program)Veteran Career Seminar:
A one day event which is broken into two stages.
1) Veterans are able to update their resume to include military service.
2) Employers conduct on the spot job interviews.
(new program)Veteran Education Seminar
A half day event which involves local colleges and technical institutions, to inform veterans of the types of education which they provide and how they can enroll.
(new program)Veteran Financial Seminar
A half day event which veterans are instructed how to improve credit, manage money and create budgets.
Veteran Career Seminar, Education Seminar and Financial Seminar are anticipated to begin in late 2010.
Community Networking:
Heroes Today develops and maintains relationships with employers, and other service organizations in order to enhance career networking opportunities for the veterans we serve.
Annual Homeless Veteran DinnerTM
On May 2, 2008 Heroes Today introduced its first Homeless Veteran Dinner which is now an annual event. The objective of this dinner is not only to feed the homeless veteran but to also connect them with resources that they are in need of to get and or keep them off the street. During the dinner veterans are educated on the various services they are eligiable for through the Department of Veteran Affairs and organizations within the community that will help them. This dinner is held the first saturday of May each year.
Distressed Family Program of Iraq/Afghanistan VeteransTM
Family is the most important element in the recovery of our veterans. For that reason our distressed family program is broken into three components.
1) Wives or Husbands of Iraq/Afghanistan veterans that are within the Allegheny County area that have had to resign from employment in order to care for their injured loved one or have a spouse that is currently hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in Iraq and do not have a personal vehicle. Heroes Today will perform an assessment of the family. Upon approval Heroes Today will:
Purchase a bus pass for the individual to get to and from the hospital.
Access if the family member is unemployed and in need of assistance at home. i.e..food, bill pymnt, etc.....
Refer the family member to agencies that will help find employment.
- Engage our volunteers to interact with these families as a support blanket.
Connect the family member with various communty based organizations.
2) Iraq/Afghanistan veterans who are in a drug/alcohol program and have a wife and children or husband and children that is still trying to maintain the household on their own. Heroes Today will perform an assessment of the family. Upon approval Heroes Today will:
Provide the family with one to two weeks worth of food.
Help with a bill payment. (not to exceed $75)
Connect the family member with resources that will aide in finding employment.
Provide resouces to purchase clothing for the children if needed.
Connect the family with various community based organizations that will help them to further accomplish their goals and sustain their way of life.
3) Families of veterans that are transplant receipients that are currently placed in hotels and have been in that hotel for longer than three weeks while they wait with the veteran. Most of these families are from other states. Heroes Today will perform an assessment of the family. Upon approval Heroes Today will:
Provide one to two weeks worth of food for the family so that they are able to focus the monies they have that will go toward the bills of the residence in which they actually live.
Provide family with personal care items.
Engage our volunteers to interact with these families as a support blanket.
Intensive Homeless Veteran OutreachTM
In an effort to get our veterans of the street and into a program at the Department of Veteran Affairs, Heroes Today conducts an outreach to homeless veterans twice per month. This outreach is an intensive outreach because it is conducted after the hours of 8pm. By going to homeless shelters and throughout the streets of various communities in the Pittsburgh area.
Upon making contact with the veteran we offer them information on the benefits they may qualify for through the VA and also a survival pack. The survival pack is a back pack that is filled with various items such as:
Soap
Toothpaste
Tooth Brush
Socks
Hat
Sweat Pants
Chap Stick
Pen/Pencil
Writting Pad
T-shirt
Underwear
Our goal for 2011 and beyond! Transformational Development ProgramTM (In-House)
Created by our Founder with the help of Psychologists in the field of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and also Social Workers in the field of drug / alcohol recovery.
This program is a 26 week 3 stage program of dynamical change. It is a in house program that targets 5 key components of recovery to ensure the success of our veterans.
With your help Heroes Today anticipates activating this program in late 2011.
If you are interested in learning more about any of the programs listed please feel free to contact us at support@heroestoday.org.