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.

2025 StandDown Events

Tucson StandDown
Wednesday & Thursday, March 5-6, 2025
Ramada Inn (777 W Cushing Street, Tucson, AZ 85745)

Bullhead City StandDown
Friday, March 7, 2025
Bullhead Area Chamber of Commerce (1251 Highway 95, Bullhead City, AZ 86429)

Maricopa County StandDown
Thursday & Friday, March 13-14, 2025
Arizona State Fairgrounds (1826 W McDowell Road, Phoenix, AZ 85007)

Parker StandDown
Friday, March 14, 2025 / 9:30am - 1:30pm
VFW Post 7061 (516 S Hopi Avenue, Parker, AZ 85344)

Verde Valley StandDown
Thursday, March 20, 2025 / 9:00am - 2:00pm
Location TBD

2024 Recap of StandDown Events

3,000+ CONNECTED TO SERVICES

In 2024, more than 3,000 veterans and their families were served at 15 AVSA-sponsored StandDown events across Arizona.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

In 2024 alone, 400+ chronically homeless and transitional vets were served, 150+ veterans were enrolled into permanent housing, 390+ newly employed veterans were assisted through the Veteran's Toolkit Program, and 170+ newly housed veterans were provided move-in kits through AVSA's partnership with Community Bridges, Inc.

ENDING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS

As a result of processes learned through AVSA's past coordination of the Project H3 Vets initiative, more than 1,100 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].

2023

Maricopa County
Verde Valley
Tucson
Bullhead City
Kingman

2022

Maricopa County
Verde Valley
Tucson
Bullhead City
Kingman

2021

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