Building the Bridge — One Step, One Vet at a Time

Why Veterans? 

Because too many Veterans are sleeping on the streetsthey once fought to protect.

Because after serving our country, they’re left battling invisible wounds — and a system that too often lets them fall through the cracks.

Because 1 in 10 adults experiencing homelessness in the U.S. is a Veteran.

That’s not a statistic.  That’s a crisis.

At Grandma’s House of Hope, we know that and we don’t look away.

Here’s how we do it:

Step 1:  Safe Shelter, Right Now.  We bring Veterans in from the street and into one of our dedicated homes.

A clean bed.  Hot meals.  Community and support.

Step 2:  Wrap-Around Support.  Once they're with us, we move fast.

Case management.

Mental health services.

Job coaching.

We partner with the VA and local providers to make sure every need is met — medical, emotional, practical.

This isn't temporary shelter.  It's momentum.

Step 3: Permanent Housing.  We don’t stop until every Veteran has a place to call home.

That means working alongside the VA and housing programs to find long-term solutions that stick.

Because a permanent address means a second chance.

PT is our most recent graduate — the second female Veteran to get housed this month!  Here is some of her story.

PT was trained to survive.  Three years in the Navy but nobody trained her for what came next.

After her Honorable Discharge, she didn’t feel free.  She felt invisible.  No one could see the battle she was fighting inside.  She tried to silence it.  More than once.

FACT:17 Veterans die by suicide every day in the U.S.  (Source: VA 2022)

Six months behind bars for walking into a place she didn’t belong.  No one asked what she needed.  No one asked what she'd been through.

Until she found Grandma’s House of Hope.

Grandma's House of Hope didn’t treat her like a case.They treated her like a person.  A Veteran.  A survivor.

She got mental health support.  Real conversations.  Real care.

And on May 16, 2025... she got a home.

We at Grandma's House of Hope celebrate each and every time one of our participants is housed.  This is what we come to work for, this is what we live for.

What we do isn’t charity.  It’s justice.

And it can’t wait.

This isn’t just a roof.  It’s the first brick in a bridge back to dignity, stability, and purpose.  You help make this happen.