Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program

On any given night, more than a quarter of a million persons who have defended our country are homeless and on the streets, and more than half a million veterans experience homelessness each year. Volunteers of America is a leading provider of services to veterans and is restoring the dignity of our former soldiers each day through its housing, health, job training and supportive services programs.

Volunteers of America’s affiliates in Kentucky and Los Angeles work with formerly incarcerated veterans through the Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP). The goal of IVTP is to provide supportive services and employment that will enable veterans to stabilize their personal lives and achieve economic self-sufficiency and remain out of prison.

Featured Story: Gerry Stribling

Gerry Stribling, manager of IVTP in Kentucky and a former veteran, has traveled to all 14 state prison and camps in Kentucky to meet with VETS CLUBS in the facilities and interview veterans getting ready to transition to the community. "Pre-release meetings with the veterans to assess the needs and having housing for that veteran on the day he leaves the facility is the key to success," Stribling said.