Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance

What is the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance?

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 housing and supportive services.

2024 StandDown Events

Bullhead City StandDown
Friday, March 1 / 10:00am - 2:00pm
Bullhead City Chamber of Commerce
1252 Hwy 95, Bullhead City, AZ 86429

Tucson Veterans StandDown & Career Fair
Wednesday, March 13 / 9:00am - 3:00pm (StandDown)
Thursday, March 14 / 10:00am - 3:00pm (Career Fair)
Ramada Inn
777 W Cushing, Tucson, AZ 85745

Parker StandDown
Friday, March 15 / 9:00am - 3:00pm
VFW Post 7061
516 S Hopi Avenue, Parker, AZ 85344

Maricopa County StandDown
Thursday & Friday, March 21-22
Arizona State Fairgrounds
1826 W McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85007

Verde Valley StandDown
Wednesday, March 27 / 9:00am - 2:00pm
Sedona Elks Lodge 2291
110 Airport Road, Sedona, AZ 86336

Yuma StandDown
Saturday, April 20 / 10:00am - 1:00pm
VFW Post 1763
2485 E 14th Street, Yuma, AZ 85365

Kingman StandDown
Friday, May 3 / 10:00am - 2:00pm
Mohave County Fairgrounds
2600 Fairgrounds Blvd, Kingman, AZ 86401

High Country StandDown
Wednesday, May 15 / 9:00am - 1:00pm
Flagstaff Armory
320 N Thorpe Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Twin Arrows StandDown
Thursday, June 27 / 9:00am - 3:00pm
Dine Event Center, Twin Arrows Navajo Resort
22181 Resort Blvd, Flagstaff, AZ 86004

White Mountain StandDown
Saturday, August 17 / 10:00am - 3:00pm
Show Low City Gym
760 E White Mountain Blvd, Show Low, AZ 85902

Williams StandDown
Friday, September 13 / 9:00am - 2:00pm
Williams Recreation Center
300 W Railroad Avenue, Williams, AZ 86046

Yavapai County StandDown
Friday, September 20 / 8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday, September 21 / 8:00am - 2:00 pm
US Vets
1040 Whipple Street, Prescott, AZ 86305

Navajo County StandDown
Saturday, September 28 / 9:00am - 3:00pm
Holbrook High School
455 N 8th Street, Holbrook, AZ 86025

Pinal County StandDown
Saturday, October 12 / 9:00am - 1:00pm
HOHP Veteran Transition Center
5497 W McCartney Road, Coolidge, AZ 85128

Cochise County StandDown
Friday, October 18 / 9:00am - 2:00pm
Ethel Berger Center
2950 E Tacoma Street, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Lake Havasu City StandDown
Saturday, October 19 / 10:00am - 2:00pm
Aquatic Center, Relics & Rods Hall
100 Park Ave, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403

2023 Recap of StandDown Events

3,000+ CONNECTED TO SERVICES

In 2023, more than 3,000 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.

Thank You, AVSA Sponsors

Angry Crab Shack Arizona Department of Veterans' Services

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Through Angry Crab Shack's 2024 “You Dine, We Donate” campaign, the brand vowed to donate $0.25 for every dine-in guest at all of their Arizona locations during the month of July. This resulted in a check for $100,000 being presented to the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance to help connect veterans and their families experiencing housing instability or homelessness with necessary support and resources. We extend our gratitude to Angry Crab Shack and everyone who dined in during July for the 2024 You Dine, We Donate campaign.

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.

Support The Work

Every year, we provide thousands of Arizona veterans with access to resources that improve their lives and help them achieve housing stability. If your company/organization is interested in providing resources at an event, email us. If you are interested in donating to support our work with veterans across the state, please make a donation online.

Prior Year Events

We do our best to be transparent and accurate in reporting the results of our statewide resource fairs. Below is a list of StandDown events from prior years, including our StandDown After Action Reports where available. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

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

2020

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