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Center for Veterans Issues
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Center for
Veterans Issues, Ltd. (CVI) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit
veterans administration and management organization.
CVI supports the concerns of all veterans by providing
information, resources, identification of funding, technical
assistance and organizational development to veteran
service organizations. CVI also provides transitional
housing to homeless veterans,
while offering many services
to help veterans transition back into the community.
History
In 1969, seven returning African American Vietnam
combat veterans, who were dissatisfied with the lack
of attention to their concerns and needs, united to
form the Interested Veterans of the Central City (IVOCC)
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The goal of IVOCC was to address
the welfare, health, education, employment, rehabilitation
and economic development issues of Vietnam veterans
as they attempted to adjust back into civilian life
in the inner city.
In 1973, IVOCC founding members and concerned
African American veterans from other eras gathered in
Milwaukee. The name of the organization was changed
to the National Association
for Black Veterans, Inc. (NABVETS), with the intent
to become a national service organization with members
nationwide. NABVETS members understood that in order
to effectively address the needs of all low-income veterans,
the management, administration and technical capability
of the organization had to be strengthened.
CVI was developed to fulfill such
needs in the mid 1980s by supporting the concerns of
all veterans. CVI promotes veterans' issues through
program services design, planning and implementation.
Since 1994, CVI has also provided supportive services
and housing to homeless veterans in order for them to
obtain employment and a decent place to live.
Future
Goals
CVI is looking toward expanding services to
needy veterans who are ex-offenders by finding them
employment and transitioning them back into society.
This effort will require collaboration with federal,
state and local officials and community-based groups.
Also in the near future, CVI will be expanding
its psychological readjustment couseling services. Already
a service offered at several of CVI's transitional
living programs, these services will be open to
individuals in the community and will provide mental
health, AODA and psychological counseling services to
veterans and their families.
An adult day services program will help
senior veterans with physical and cognitive impairments
remain independent. Day service participants often have
difficulty performing familiar daily tasks, have lost
initiative, motivation or memory, or need a safe environment
with supervision. CVI's adult day program will provide
socialization, reminiscing, recreational exercise, counseling,
support groups, information, nutritious meals and snacks,
health monitoring and art/music therapy.
By promoting more intensive and advanced
economic activity through education, improved tools
and techniques, more available financing, and creation
of new businesses, CVI will increase economic development
in the inner city. CVI is researching small business
initiatives to create jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities
for veterans.
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