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

Yavapai County StandDown
Postponed to spring of 2021

Pinal County 2020 Veterans StandDown
November 14th, 2020
5497 W McCartney Road, Coolidge, AZ 85128
Open to all local United States military veterans who are in need
Event flyer can be viewed here.

Quartzite
11/21/2020
10AM - 3PM
Location: The Old Ted’s Truck Stop
965 W. Main St., Quartzsite
Flyer can be viewed here.

Tucson StandDown
January 12-14, 2021
Grand Lux Hotel
1365 W Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745

Kingman
01/15/2021
1000 to 1400
Kingman Elks Lodge
900 Gates Ave, Kingman, AZ 86401
Flyer can be viewed here.

2021 Maricopa County StandDown
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
1826 W McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85007
February 11-12, 2021
Temperature checks will be in place and masks will be required

Bullhead City
03/05/2021,
1000 to 1400
Back the the Chamber of Commerce,
1251, Hwy 95, BHC, 86429

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