Helping Veterans Help Themselves
Established in 1987, Alpha Omega Veterans Services was first non-profit, charitable, organization specializing in services for homeless veterans in the Memphis region and one of the first in the nation. Our mission is to provide housing, counseling and job training for homeless and disabled veterans with a goal of reintegrating them with family and community. We provide an integrated system of services, developed to meet the specific needs of our veterans. The majority of our staff consists of veterans, former clients or both. Our services are designed to meet their physical, social and psychological needs, to promote their health, security, happiness and usefulness in society.
Our services include, but are not limited to providing housing, food, clothing, referrals for education, individual & group counseling, training and job placement for our clients, as long as needed. We also provide referrals and advocacy for any veteran in need, whether they are a part of our housing program or not. We provide rehabilitative services and access to those services necessary for our clients to totally reintegrate back into society. At full capacity, we serve over 100 veterans at our five housing facilities located in Memphis, TN.
Our Urban Farm & Garden, located at our Ball Road facility provides fresh food and improves the quality of life for our clients by utilizing therapeutic gardening, farm-to-table cooking courses, nutrition & environmental education classes, volunteer and employment opportunities, as well.
Our newest addition is a 22,000 square foot building that will serve as our administrative headquarters & house our veterans in a campus style facility that will not only be new housing, but enhanced transitional supportive services for our veterans.The facility will also offer services for our permanently housed veterans, such as an exercise music room, gym, library, basketball gymnasium, hobby shop, full service PC Lab & second Urban Farm. We expect renovations & construction to be complete by April/May 2023.