Veterans Bridge Home

Veterans Bridge Home serves as the backbone organization for ncserves markets: metrolina (charlotte region), triad, triangle and the sandhills (fayetteville region) as a coordinated care network connecting service members, Veterans, and military families to services through a collective impact model to improve social determinants of health. In 2022, Veterans Bridge Home connected 2,941 identified service members, Veterans, and their families, a 23% increase from 2392 identified smvf in 2021, to 6,275 services, an average of 2.13 services per family. The top 3 needs were: housing, employment and income support with these categories making up 58.7% of all network requests. In 2022, the network resolved 73% of all requests favorably. Vbh and the ncserves network are committed to serving a diverse population of service members, Veterans, and their families throughout our community. In 2022, 27.9% of Veterans served were female; 51.4% black/african american, 0.8% american indian/alaska native or native hawaiian/pacific islander, 4.3% identified as hispanic/latino. 1,093 clients had 2+ identified co-occurring needs; 706 of these clients with 2 or more needs did not include housing support as one of their identified needs. Of all clients served in 2022, 24% had multiple co-occurring needs, excluding housing requests.

In september 2022, vbh was awarded a $750,000 grant from the u.s. department of Veterans affairs to counter veteran suicide.the staff sergeant parker gordon fox suicide prevention grant supports community-based suicide prevention efforts through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to va and community resources.

The u.s. department of labor's data showed a decrease in veteran unemployment from 4.4% in 2021 to 2.8% in 2022 of Veterans 18 years and over. Employment support was the 2nd most requested service across our service area in 2022 making up approximately 12% of all requests. Some sought new careers while others desired better employment opportunities. To address this, vbh organized 5 career fairs statewide, attracting 6,659 service members, Veterans, and family members. We also worked closely with over a thousand employers to help them better understand how and why they should hire Veterans and their spouses.