Swords to Plowshares

Swords to Plowshares’ drop-in center provides mental health services, including counseling for drug and alcohol problems and post-traumatic stress disorders, case management and referrals. Our outreach and prevention programs target veterans who suffer from unemployment, poverty, medical problems, substance abuse, and social isolation. Last year alone, Swords to Plowshares’ Health and Social Services Unit served more than 1,000 veterans in need. Financial assistance was provided to 206 veterans who were homeless or at-risk for homelessness so they could move into or maintain permanent affordable housing.

In 2004 Swords to Plowshares’ Health and Social Services Unit was one of six programs - and the only veteran-specific one - across the nation to be honored by the US Department of Health and Human Services for excellence in providing care to homeless people with mental illness or substance abuse disorders.