Endeavors' Veteran Supportive Services (VSS) rapidly re-houses and prevents homelessness among eligible Veterans and their families.

Our programs offer emergency financial assistance and one-on-one case management services, including:

• Short-term Emergency Housing
• Rental/Utility Payment

Assistance Obtaining VA Benefits and Services

• Mental Health Resources
• Access to Substance Abuse Programs
• Job Placement Assistance
• Skills and Parenting Workshops
• Assistance with Other Public Benefits

Temporary financial assistance may be available for qualifying veterans on a case-by-case basis.

Shallow Subsidy Services

Veterans enrolled in Endeavors’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program may qualify for a rent subsidy service called “Shallow Subsidy.”

The Shallow Subsidy service provides eligible Veterans up to 50% of their rent for up to two years. For more information about the Shallow Subsidy service, please click here for more information.

Eligibility:

• Low-income Veteran families
• Veterans facing eviction
• Veterans currently homeless and scheduled to move into housing within 90 days

We can place unsheltered Veterans in emergency housing and offer other services for veterans needing immediate shelter. Call (210) 469-9664.

Veterans seeking other services contact us by phone at (210) 399-4838 or email here for information or other assistance.

The Endeavors San Antonio Homelessness Prevention Program will serve eligible individuals and families who are in danger of becoming homeless and/or facing eviction. The program is designed to stabilize individuals and families in their existing homes and/or assist individuals and families with securing affordable housing.

The program will provide clients with a wide array of support, including:

• Utility Deposits and Utility Payments (in arrears)
• Rental Application Fees
• Relocation Assistance and Initial Moving Costs
• Limited Child Care
• Rental Arrears and Forward (based on the individuals or family's financial needs to secure and/or sustain housing.)

Residents of San Antonio must meet the following guidelines:

• Primary lease holder
• Address must be within the city limits (Council Districts 1-10)
• Must not have received assistance from the City’s housing assistance program in the last 12 months
• Experienced financial hardship (reduction in income, Incurred significant costs, or experienced other financial hardship)
• At risk of becoming homeless (have a past due utility bill, rent notice, or eviction notice)
• Must have a household income at or below 50% of the Area Median Income (AMI)

Register at Homelink Coordinated Entry https://www.closetohomesa.org/find-help.html

Endeavors offers a free parenting enrichment program for all Veterans, National Guardsmen, reserve, and active military parents with children 0 -17 years interested in cultivating and understanding their parenting style. Classes include take-home resources, skills, and techniques during each session.

During each session, our goal is to:

• Build strong, healthy relationships
• Provide positive change for problem behaviors
• Prepare for school achievement
• Reduce family stress

Endeavors‘ Providing Sustainable Hope (PSH) program provides permanent supportive housing to chronically homeless adults who have a disabling condition. This can include mental health conditions, developmental disabilities, or substance abuse disorders.

Who We Serve

• This program can serve up to 96 adult individuals who have experienced chronic homelessness and have a disabling condition.
• Referrals must be located in Bexar County; all clients are referred to PSH through the coordinated entry system called Homelink.

Program Goals

• Provide permanent supportive housing and supportive services to single adults who have experienced chronic homelessness and have a disabling condition.

Program Services

• Individuals are connected with housing solutions within Bexar County.
• Residents can access long-term mental health counseling, employment assistance, educational services, life skills training, and basic needs.

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The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors provides high-quality, accessible, and integrated mental health care to veterans and their families, regardless of role, discharge status, or ability to pay.

The Cohen Clinics are Veterans Choice Providers and use evidence-based practices to improve the quality of life for veterans and their families. Services are provided by credentialed staff trained to work specifically with the military population. Veterans and their family members receive services individually and together in the same place, at the same time, with the same treatment team.

More than just mental health care, our Military Family Clinics help veteran families with support and referrals for related needs, including unemployment, housing, finance, and education.

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All veterans and their families are eligible, regardless of role, discharge status, or ability to pay.

To Schedule an Appointment:

• Walk-in during clinic hours.
• Call 210-399-4838 ext 4000 or email [email protected] to be connected to the Intake Coordinator.
• Fill out an Intake form: Completed forms can be brought during your scheduled appointment or open clinic hours.
• Intake forms for adults and children can be downloaded here

All post-9/11 Veterans, active duty service members, and military families are eligible for treatment, we believe cost should never be a barrier to care at our Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinics.

The Cohen Clinics at Endeavors accept all major insurances, including TRICARE, however, we work with clients on a case-by-case basis to ensure any barriers to care are addressed. For those without insurance, care may be available at no cost. CVN is contracted with DoD TRICARE and VA as part of the VA Community Care Network of providers under the VA Mission Act. Contact your local clinic for more information.

Endeavors provides a safe, healthy, stable, and caring environment to chronically homeless women with disabilities and their children.

Through permanent supportive housing, these families receive case management, professional counseling, life skills training, and employment opportunities, to increase self-sufficiency and family income, while decreasing episodes of homelessness and or acute psychiatric care.

Services:

• A safe, healthy, stable, and secure place to live
• Life skills training in parenting, finance, conflict resolution, relationship, problem-solving, leadership, and other social interaction issues
• Assistance in meeting the educational needs of school-age children
• Symptom management
• Case management services
• Individualized assessments

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Endeavors passionately serves vulnerable people in crisis through our innovative, personalized approach. We seek to provide comprehensive, effective, and innovative services that encourage growth, allowing people to build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. Why? Because we believe that everyone holds the capacity to grow, heal, change, succeed, and affect others positively.

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Endeavors' Youth Resiliency Project (YRP) provides rapid rehousing assistance to self-identified youth and young adults in the Bexar County area. Participants of the YRP participate in our proven housing model, which encourages safe and stable housing to heal from trauma.

Who We Serve 

• This program can serve up to 45 youth adults (aged 18-24) or families experiencing homelessness.
• All clients are located in Bexar County and referred to YRP through the coordinated entry system called Homelink. 

Program Goals

• Provide unhoused youth, young adults, and their families with rapid re-housing housing and supportive services to gain new skills and prevent eviction.

Program Services

• Individuals are connected with housing solutions within Bexar County.
• Participants have access to mental health counseling, parenting education, employment assistance, educational services, life skills training, mentorship, childcare, and basic needs.

Endeavors provide permanent supportive housing, case management, professional counseling, life skills training, and employment opportunities for chronically homeless women in San Antonio with disabilities and their children to achieve a life full of stability, success, and self-sufficiency in an apartment-style campus.

We provide the following services through Fairweather Family Lodge:

• A safe, healthy, stable, and secure place to live.
• Life skills training in parenting, finance, conflict resolution, relationship, problem-solving, leadership, and other social interaction issues.
• Assistance in meeting the educational needs of school-age children.
• Symptom management
• Case management services
• Individualized assessments

The goals for this program include:

• Providing a safe, healthy, stable, and caring environment
• Increasing self-sufficiency and family/personal income through education, job training, and job placement
• Decreasing episodes of homelessness and or acute psychiatric care.

Referral needed through hotline 210-2071799

• Single moms with children under 18
• mental health
• behavioral health
• homeless
• domestic violence
• no pets unless service dog with doctor's documentation

Located in San Antonio, Endeavor's longest-running program offers permanent supportive housing to individuals with mental illness. Fairweather Lodge not only provides permanent supportive housing, but also case management and life skills training so that individuals with mental illness can achieve a life full of stability, success, and self-sufficiency.

The goals for this program include:

• Providing a safe, healthy, stable, and caring environment
• Increasing self-sufficiency through life-skills training and proper referrals for education and work attainment
• Symptom management

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Admission criteria:

• 18 years of age or older.
• Axis I mental health diagnosis from a licensed professional.
• Stable and medication-compliant for at least 30 days.
• Be able to pay a monthly program fee.
• Willing to work, volunteer, or attend school for 15 hours per week.
• Remain drug-and-alcohol-free for at least 30 days.

Endeavors Unlimited’s mission is to improve the quality of life for adults with disabilities by providing integrated, competitive, inclusive employment and job-supportive services to help them sustain employment.

Founded in the 1990s, Endeavors Unlimited is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to employing and providing job-supportive services to individuals with disabilities.

With a goal of creating sustainable employment for those we employ, we partner with commercial and governmental agencies, both of whom rely on Endeavors Unlimited to provide them with quality, consistent, and professional services so they can focus on their business goals.

Adults with Disabilities

• Housing
• Life Skills Training
• Career Counseling
• Employment Assistance
• Job Readiness Training
• Direct Employment

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