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

Bullhead City
Friday June 25, 2021
1000 to 1400
Suddenlink Center Gymnasium, 2380 Third St, BHC 86429
Flyer can be viewed here

Rim Country StandDown
July 23 , 2021
1000 to 1500
Payson Elks Lodge
1206 N Beeline Hwy
Payson, AZ

Tucson StandDown
August 18, 2021
Grand Lux Hotel
1365 W Grant Rd, Tucson, AZ 85745
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

White Mountain StandDown
August 14, 2021
1000 to 1500
814 E White Mountain
Pinetop, AZ 85935
2021_white_mountain_standdown_flyer.pdf

8th Annual Cochise StandDown
August 20, 2021
1000 to 1400
Flyer can be view here.

Second Annual Williams StandDown
September 10th, 2021
0900 - 1400
Flyer can be viewed here.

Prescott StandDown
September 17-18, 2021
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Lake Havasu StandDown
October 2, 2021
1000-1400
Flyer can be viewed here

Yuma StandDown
October 23, 2021
0900-1400
American Legion - H. H. Donkersley, AZ Post 19
2575 S Virginia Dr, Yuma, AZ 85364
When finalized, event details/flyer will be posted here

Graham and Greenlee StandDown
Veterans Day 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.

2022 2021 2020

Mohave StandDown -Kingman Maricopa County StandDown
High Country StandDown -Flagstaff Matthew J Broehm Memorial StandDown
La Paz StandDown -Parker Lake Havasu City StandDown
Cochise Serving Veterans -Sierra Vista
Pinal County StandDown