Hope for homeless veterans

Published on November 4, 2024  By Ken Paiva New Bedford, MA: For 29 years, Veterans Transition House has sought nominations from the community for the Veteran of the Year Award. This award is presented to a Southeastern Massachusetts veteran in recognition of their outstanding contribution to veterans, veterans’ issues, and the community as a whole. …

Barry Richard  Published: October 31, 2024  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that 40,056 veterans are homeless on any given night. “Over a year, approximately twice that many experience homelessness,” the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans said. “Only 7% of the general population can claim veteran status, but nearly 13% of the…

New Bedford, MA: The Board of Directors of the Southeastern Massachusetts Veterans Housing Program, Inc., known as Veterans Transition House (“VTH”), has opened nominations for the 2024 Veteran of the Year Awardsponsored by BankFive. The Veteran of the Year Award is presented to a regional veteran in recognition of his or her outstanding contributions to…

Fall River Mayor Coogan learns about Fall River veterans served by VTH Fall River Mayor Paul Coogan visited VTH on Monday, May 20 to learn about housing and supportive services that benefit Fall River veterans. VTH outreach staff are often in Fall River identifying veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in order…

Veteran-owned Fairhaven business, Profishant, Inc. selects Veterans Transition House as its Philanthropic Partner   New Bedford and Fairhaven, MA: profishant, Inc., the veteran-owned pest control and food safety consulting business located in Fairhaven, MA has selected Veterans Transition House as its philanthropic partner. The New Bedford-based veterans housing and services nonprofit will be the beneficiary…

Standard-Times   Making up for lost time: After COVID hold-ups, VTH is bigger than ever Non-profit’s growth includes four-times the permanent housing, expanded scope of services and more Matthew Ferreira NEW BEDFORD — The year 2020 was supposed to mark a new beginning for the Veterans Transition House in New Bedford, as the non-profit founded…

Standard-Times Mighty good, Mann: VTH names 2022 Veteran of the Year VTH names Rebecca Mann 2022 Veteran of the Year Matthew Ferreira NEW BEDFORD — Veterans Transition House‘s 2022 Veteran of the Year Rebecca Mann, 38, of Plymouth, enlisted in the Army in 2005 at age 21 with a plan to get out in four…

KRAFT FAMILY, PATRIOTS FOUNDATION AND GILLETTE DONATE $275,000 IN THE NAMES OF 2022 MYRA KRAFT COMMUNITY MVP AWARD WINNERS Rosemarie Lopes of New Bedford, presented with $10,000 donation for the Veterans Transition House FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – For the past 25 years, the Kraft family and the New England Patriots Foundation have been recognizing volunteers for…

All right, stand at ease. I’d like to ask, what are the qualities of a good soldier? The makings of a good soldier bring in reliability, fearlessness, discipline, consistency, courage, motive and skill.

The VTH is the beneficiary of the Community Bag Program for the month of January.  $1 from each of the $2.50 Community Bags purchased at the Fairhaven Stop and Shop located at 221 Huttleston Avenue will be donated to the VTH.  The Stop and Shop Community Bag Program, which launched in May of 2019, is…

In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are pleased to honor these veterans of World War II and thank the donors would have made generous contributions to VTH in their names.

An ambitious group of Barrington children are selling face coverings to raise money for a worthy cause.

James Reid, executive director of the Veterans Transition House gave Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey a tour of one of the future transitional housing properties being constructed and renovated by the Veterans Transition House on Pleasant Street in New Bedford.

NEW BEDFORD — The Veterans Transition House is in a transition of its own.

Standard-Times photographer Peter Pereira and staff writer Aimee Chiavaroli in last Sunday’s paper documented the lives of VTH veterans as they try to put their lives back together. Pereira’s photos painstakingly showed both the pain and the everyday activities of the veterans’ lives: Chaivaroli illustrated the story of their ups and downs, the successes and…