Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance

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

The Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance (AVSA) 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.

Upcoming StandDown Events

Upcoming Statewide StandDown Events

*2021 Maricopa County StandDown has been cancelled*
Due to a number of circumstance beyond our control and
out of an abundance of caution for the safety of all involved
we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 StandDown.
We are working on providing any services we can virtually throughout
the spring and holding a homeless veteran specific event this fall.

Although a number of events normally scheduled in the spring have
been forced to push to the fall, all are working to provide services
to veterans in need in their community in the interim.

Kingman
Date TBD
Kingman Elks Lodge
900 Gates Ave, Kingman, AZ 86401
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Bullhead City
Date TBD
1000 to 1400
Back the the Chamber of Commerce,
1251, Hwy 95, BHC, 86429
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Flagstaff
May 15, 2021
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Tucson StandDown
August 8, 2021
Grand Lux Hotel
1365 W Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Prescott StandDown
September 2021
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Graham and Greenlee StandDown
October 1, 2021
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Pinal County StandDown
November 13, 2021
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

*2022* Maricopa County StandDown
February 10-11 (Please note -these are the tentative dates for next year's event)
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
1826 W McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 8500

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.

2020

Maricopa County StandDown
Matthew J Broehm Memorial StandDown
Lake Havasu City StandDown
Cochise Serving Veterans -Sierra Vista
Pinal County StandDown