Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance

What is the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance? We are AVSA.

The Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance (AVSA), established in 2013, is a program of the Arizona Housing Coalition that holds annual events and resource fairs in 13 of Arizona’s 15 counties, including the nation's largest event of its kind, the annual Maricopa County StandDown. These events allow veterans and their families who are experiencing housing instability and homelessness to get and stay connected to supportive services.

Arizona Veteran StandDown Alliance Organizational Sponsors

Angry Crab Shack Arizona Department of Veterans' Services

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Through Angry Crab Shack's July 2022 “You Dine We Donate” campaign, the brand vowed to donate $.25 for every pound of seafood ordered – delivery, carryout, or dine-in when it was available. Angry Crab has been a huge supporter of the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance for years and this year they presented to the Arizona Housing Coalition with a check for $75,000 to help keep up with the increased demand for housing assistance, clothing, meals, haircuts, and more to homeless or at-risk veterans. Thank you to the Angry Crab Shack and our fans who are there during the You Dine, We Donate campaign. We appreciate Angry Crab’s ongoing support of our mission to end homelessness and advocate for safe, affordable homes for all Arizonans.

The success of the coordination and programming for the Arizona Veteran StandDown Alliance (AVSA) is in large part due to the support of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services. In addition to the AVSA, the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services support has enabled us to perform the following ending veteran homelessness activities:

Project H3 Vets allowed us to work with a number of community providers and a grant from AZDVS for navigation services to house more than 350 of Maricopa County’s most chronic and vulnerable homeless veterans.
Administration of the AZDVS Toolkit program (since 2017), enabling more than 800 veterans to begin full time gainful employment.
Administration of furniture delivery for veterans moving from the streets into permanent supportive housing. Over 1,000 to date, and more than 200 veterans in 2020 alone.

Statewide StandDown Events

Bullhead City StandDown
Bullhead Chamber of Commerce
1251 Highway 95
Bullhead City, AZ 86429
Friday, February 17, 2023, 10am to 2pm

Parker StandDown
VFW Post 7061
516 South Hopi Ave
Parker, AZ
March 10, 2023, 9am - 3pm

Tucson StandDown
Grand Luxe Hotel
1365 West Grant Rd
Tucson, AZ
March 15, 2023, 9 am - 2pm (StandDown)
March 16, 2023, 10am - 2pm (Career Fair)

Verde Valley StandDown
Clarkdale Auditorium
39 North 9th St
Clarkdale, AZ
Wednesday, March 22, 2023 9am - 2pm

Maricopa County StandDown
Arizona State Fairgrounds
Phoenix, AZ
Friday, April 28, 2023, 7am - 4pm

Kingman StandDown
Mohave County Fairgrounds
2600 Fairgrounds Blvd
Kingman, AZ 86401
Friday, May 5, 2023 10am - 2pm

Flagstaff StandDown
May 18, 2023 (more information to come)

White Mountain StandDown
August 12, 2023 (more information to come)

Payson StandDown
August 19, 2023 (more information to come)

Williams StandDown
September 8 or 9, 2023 (TBD, more information to come)

3,700+ CONNECTED TO SERVICES

In 2018, 3,755 veterans and their families received assistance at a local StandDown event or resource fair in 13 of Arizona’s 15 counties.

2,100+ VETERANS PERMANENTLY HOUSED

Since January 2015, AVSA has played an active role in the coordination of permanent housing placement for approximately 76 veterans per month in Maricopa County, housing 2,183 veterans in total.

ENDING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

As a result of lessons & processes learned through AVSA’s past coordination of the Project H3 Vets initiative, 929 chronically homeless veterans have been housed in Maricopa County since 2015.

Event Results

We do our best to be transparent and accurate in reporting the results of our statewide resource fairs. Below is a list of our StandDown After Action Reports. If you have any questions, please contact us at info@azhousingcoalition.org.

2022

Maricopa County StandDown
Verde Valley StandDown
Tucson StandDown
Bullhead City StandDown
Kingman StandDown

2021

Mohave StandDown -Kingman
High Country StandDown -Flagstaff
La Paz Veteran Resource Event
Tri-State StandDown - Bullhead City
Yuma StandDown
Pinal County StandDown
Lake Havasu City StandDown
Prescott StandDown - Yavapai County
Cochise County StandDown
Safford Vet Fair - Graham/Greenlee Counties
Williams StandDown
Tucson StandDown
White Mountain StandDown
Rim County StandDown