Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance

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

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 supportive services.

Arizona Veteran StandDown Alliance Organizational Sponsors

Angry Crab Shack Arizona Department of Veterans' Services

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Through Angry Crab Shack’s July “You Dine We Donate” campaign, the brand vowed to donate $.25 for every pound of seafood ordered – delivery, carryout, or dine-in when it was available. As a result, $55,125 was raised and presented to the Arizona Housing Coalition to help keep up with the increased demand for housing assistance, clothing, meals, haircuts, and more to homeless or at-risk veterans. Thank you to the Angry Crab Shack and our fans who are there during the You Dine, We Donate campaign. We appreciate Angry Crab’s ongoing support of our mission to end homelessness and advocate for safe, affordable homes for all Arizonans.

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.

Upcoming Statewide StandDown Events

10th Annual Lance Davidson Memorial High Country StandDown
Flagstaff Armory
320 N Thorpe Rd Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Friday, May 20, 2022 - 9am - 2pm

White Mountain Barney H. Kengla Memorial StandDown
Show Low City Gym
620 E McNeil Show Low, AZ 85901
Friday, August 12, 2022 - 10am - 3pm

Rim County StandDown
Star Valley Moose Lodge 852
4211 E Hwy 260 Star Valley
Saturday, August 27, 2022 - 10am - 3pm

3rd Annual Matthew J. Broehm Memorial Williams StandDown
Williams Recreation Center
300 W Railroad Ave, Williams, AZ 86046
Friday, September 9, 2022 - 9am - 2pm

Yavapi County StandDown
1040 Whipple Street
Prescott, AZ 86305
Friday, September 16, 2022 - 8am - 5pm
Saturday, September 17 - 8am - 3pm

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

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