{"id":14332,"date":"2022-07-01T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=14332"},"modified":"2022-07-06T16:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T20:03:56","slug":"sens-ossoff-warnock-announce-resources-to-help-veterans-reenter-the-workforce","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-announce-resources-to-help-veterans-reenter-the-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Warnock Announce Resources to Help Veterans Reenter the Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff secured new resources to help veterans reenter the workforce and find stable housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Warnock today announced the new resources through the&nbsp;Homeless&nbsp;Veterans\u2019 Reintegration Program for three Georgia organizations that work to&nbsp;help&nbsp;veterans access job training and get the support they need return to the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust weeks after the Senate passed a historic expansion of health care for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, we have secured these grants for Georgia organizations that help veterans find good-paying jobs,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Sen. Ossoff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our&nbsp;duty&nbsp;to stand up for the people who stand up for us,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>said Senator Reverend Warnock<\/strong>.&nbsp;\u201cI was proud to team up with Senator&nbsp;Ossoff&nbsp;to secure&nbsp;new federal investments that will help&nbsp;give&nbsp;Georgia\u2019s veterans&nbsp;the resources and tools they need to secure safe&nbsp;housing&nbsp;and&nbsp;seamlessly enter the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Please find the allocations below:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><u>Organizaci\u00f3n<\/u><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><u>Ciudad<\/u><\/strong><\/td><td><strong><u>Funding<\/u><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Veterans Empowerment Organization of Georgia Inc.<\/td><td>Atlanta, Ga.<\/td><td>$468,091<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Recovery Consultants of Atlanta Inc.<\/td><td>Decatur, Ga.<\/td><td>$500,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mary Hall Freedom House Inc.<\/td><td>Sandy Springs, Ga.<\/td><td>$400,000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the latest step Sens. Ossoff and Warnock have taken to ensure the wellbeing and safety of veterans in Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, the Senators also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-warnock-announce-over-2-5-million-to-help-homeless-georgia-veterans-reenter-the-workforce\/\">secured over $2.5 million<\/a>&nbsp;for Georgia organizations that work to reduce veteran homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month, Sen. Ossoff also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-cramer-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-expand-mental-health-care-services-for-military-families-veterans\/\">introduced<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Military Families Mental Health Services Act<\/em>, which would help expand mental health services for military families and veterans in Georgia and nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff secured new resources to help veterans reenter the workforce and find stable housing. Sens. Ossoff and Warnock today announced the new resources through the&nbsp;Homeless&nbsp;Veterans\u2019 Reintegration Program for three Georgia organizations that work to&nbsp;help&nbsp;veterans access job training and get the support they need return to the [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14332","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14334,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/14332\/revisions\/14334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}