Community Contacts and Resources
Employment Development Department
Employment Program Representative Disabled Veterans' Outreach Program Specialist
Steve Main
Direct: 909-382-0405 or 909-382-0440
Fax: 909-382-0483
Email: Steven.main@edd.ca.gov
Website: https://edd.ca.gov/en/jobs_and_training/Services_for_Veterans/
Reaching New Heights Foundation Inc.
Reaching New Heights Foundation (RNHF) provides an array of services that assist Veterans transitioning from active duty, incarceration, or homelessness. Services are provided through collaboration with local and government agencies to build pride and stability. Our Mentor Program generates a roadmap for success through interaction and accountability. Veterans Awareness Resources (VAR) provides Veterans assistance in applying for VA disability compensation, healthcare, burial benefits, obtaining medical records and many other VA benefits. Our association with the County Veterans Service offices in Riverside and San Bernardino provides many of the services connecting Veterans to benefits that they have earned. RNHF has several memorandums of understanding, letters of support from Riverside and San Bernardino County Veteran Service Departments.
Link: https://reachingnewheightsfoundation.com/about-us/
VA Rural Scholars Fellowship Information Sheet
Rural Scholars Fellowship (RSF)
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Rural Health (ORH) created the Rural Scholars Fellowship (RSF) program to develop a cadre of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) clinicians with the skills, knowledge, and professional networks necessary to become leaders and innovators in rural health care delivery systems. The program also promotes recruitment and retention of providers in rural VHA primary care practice areas.
Link: https://www.ruralhealth.va.gov/docs/ORH-Rural-Health_RSF-FactSheet_508c_FINAL.pdf [ruralhealth.va.gov]
VA Quality Scholars
The VA Quality Scholars Fellowship consists of nine active sites across the United States, as well as an affiliate site in Toronto, Canada. Each site in the US consists of a partnership between a VA hospital and an academic institution. It has an interprofessional emphasis with physicians, doctoral-trained nurses, clinical psychologists and pharmacists as fellows and faculty. Fellows use their 2 years to focus on healthcare improvement research and scholarship, operations leadership, and teaching quality and safety.
Link: https://www.vaqs.org/
NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)
The NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) provides an opportunity for applicants who received the distinction of GRFP Honorable Mention no more than three years before the proposal due date to be named NSF EPSCoR Graduate Fellows and obtain financial support for their graduate education at an institution in an EPSCoR jurisdiction.
Link: https://new.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/nsf-epscor-graduate-fellowship-program-egfp
FOURBLOCK
FOURBLOCK BRIDGES THE DIVIDE BETWEEN TRANSITIONING VETERANS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
They are a nation-wide community of veterans and employers dedicated to transforming the veteran transition process. They look beyond transition to equip our veterans to achieve their potential. They look beyond landing jobs to equip our veterans to pursue careers that fit their calling. We look beyond the now—we’re shaping the future for a new generation of veterans.
Visit their website for more information.
U.S. Army Heath Professions Recruiter (AMEDD)
William Hank Bechtol
Email William.h.bechtol.mil@army.mil
Phone: 602-432-2298
VA Scholarship Programs (HPSP)
The Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) provides financial assistance to students receiving education or training in a direct or indirect health-care services discipline (Title 38 and Hybrid Title 38 occupations); and assists in providing an adequate supply of such personnel for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). HPSP helps the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) meet its need for qualified health care professionals for which recruitment or retention is difficult.
Link: https://va-ams-info.intelliworxit.com/hpsp/about-hpsp/
50 STRONG
A NATIONAL, COLLABORATIVE, INDUSTRY-LED effort enabling military-seeking employers & military-affiliated jobseekers
LInk: https://m2r2resources.com/login-restrict/
American Corporate Partners (ACP) 
ACP Helps Veterans and Spouses Find Their Next Careers!
American Corporate Partners (ACP) is a national nonprofit organization focused on helping returning veterans and active duty spouses find their next careers through one-on-one mentoring, networking and online career advice.
Read more at: https://www.acp-usa.org/about-us/mission
FOUNDATION FOR WOMAN WARRIORS
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN WARRIORS IS A 103-YEAR-OLD NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO HONORING AND EMPOWERING THE WOMEN VETERAN COMMUNITY.
OUR MISSION IS TO SERVE WOMEN VETERANS AND THEIR CHILDREN SO THAT THEIR NEXT MISSION IS CLEAR AND CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE WORLD. OUR PROGRAMS ADDRESS THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE INCREASING POPULATION OF MILITARY WOMEN TRANSITIONING TO CIVILIAN LIFE. WE ADDRESS THE TOP FOUR NEEDS THAT WOMEN VETERANS HAVE SELF-IDENTIFIED AS CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THEIR TRANSITION: EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND CHILDCARE.
For more information check out their website: https://foundationforwomenwarriors.org/programs/
Institute for Child Development & Family Relations
ICDFR Student-Parent Resource Center
Talents ACEND
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For more information please visit: https://talentsascend.com/
U.S. Army Recruiting Company
- 1515 Industrial Park Avenue #102
- Redlands, CA 92374
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Harold R. Hill
- First Lieutenant
- U.S. Army Recruiting Liaison
- harold.r.hill2@army.mil
- Office: (760) 653-8697
- Cell: (909) 828-0917
U.S. Army Recruiting Station
- 1631 E. Highland Avenue
- San Bernardino, CA 92404
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Albert Gomez
- Staff Sergeant
- U.S. Army Recruiter
- albert.gomez33.mil@army.mil
- Contact: (909) 791-7209
Community Events
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