It is better to stop homelessness before it starts. Our Supportive Services for Veterans Families program (SSVF, for short) helps those at immediate risk of homelessness side-step it altogether. If you or your family is homeless or at-risk of homelessness anywhere in NH, please contact us or call NH211.

How It Works

Our SSVF case managers and outreach staff work with veterans and their families across New Hampshire to make sure they have secure housing and the supports necessary to maintain housing. We offer:

• Housing counseling.

• Assistance with benefits, such as those offered through the VA.

• Referrals for health care, and legal services, and financial planning.

• Financial assistance to support case management goals.

• Connection to other Veterans FIRST and other Harbor Care services, including veteran transitional and supportive housing, if appropriate. 

With funding from the US Department of Veteran Affairs, we serve hundreds of households throughout NH each year.

Qualifications & Application

SSVF can help any veteran with 24 or more hours of active duty, who:

• Is in economic hardship.

• Is homeless or in a housing crisis. 

• Lives in New Hampshire.

 Please contact us to learn how you can apply.

NH’s veterans are resourceful and hard-working. To escape homelessness, they often only need to regain steady footing, such as a safe home and routine health care. Harbor Care’s FIRST Transitional Housing program and facilities provides veterans and their families the safe, supportive environment they need to reclaim stability. Please reach out to learn how the program could help you. Contact us by email or phone at (603) 305-1122.

How It Works

In our Transitional Housing for Veterans, veterans and their families live in private apartments in one of our three apartment complexes located in Nashua and Manchester, NH. 

While living in Transitional Housing, veterans pursue employment, further their education, or expand their skills by volunteering within the community. They work closely with both a case manager and, as needed, an employment specialist to permanently escape homelessness. Through our integrated services, as well as community partners, they also access health care, transportation, and meaningful income. This program is sponsored through a US Department of Veteran Affairs grant. 

By the end of their stay, veterans have the income and healthcare they need to live independently, with pride and dignity. 

Qualifications & Cost

The program serves veterans who are homeless. Once accepted into the program, veterans and their families pay an affordable portion of their income towards rent.

Locations

Harbor Homes currently operates three transitional housing facilities throughout NH.

• Buckingham Place is a 20-unit one and two bedroom apartment complex at 46 Spring Street in Nashua. The facility provides handicapped accessible apartments as well as common areas and a large community room. Named “Buckingham Place” after Byron Buckingham, a local veteran advocate, the facility was the first of its kind in the nation to house male and female veterans as well as their families.

• Dalianis House is a 40-unit apartment complex located at 59 Factory Street in Nashua. In 2010, Harbor Care spearheaded a massive renovation of the property (once a furniture outlet), and now serves male veterans in one bedroom and single room occupancy apartments. 

• BAE Systems Independence Hall is a 26-unit one and two bedroom apartment complex for male and female veterans and their families, located at 335 Somerville Street in Manchester. Six of the apartments house veteran households permanently in supportive housing. 

Employment for All Veterans

The Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP, for short) helps veterans gain the skills, materials, education and training, connections, and on-going support they need to land jobs. The program helps not only veterans, but also local employers seeking dedicated staff members.  Please call 603-459-9658 to speak with HVRP, or email us here.

How It Works

HVRP helps homeless veterans get back into the workforce, despite homelessness or other challenges. Part of Harbor Care’s Veterans FIRST programming, veterans first quickly gain housing, healthcare, and stability—the essential footing for any job search. 

They then meet with an HVRP job specialist to identify their current skills, their long-term goals around employment, and a plan to get them there. This may include education, on-the-job training, and on-going supports. We pride ourselves in going above and beyond to get veterans the extra necessities—like professional clothing or tools—they need to be successful. 

Our veterans have ended up working in a range of fields, such as mechanics, transportation, masonry, welding, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and more. With funding from the U.S. Department of Labor, HVRP helps veterans improve their skills, get better jobs, and keep those jobs. Visit our impact page to learn more.

Opened in July 2019, Boulder Point Veteran Housing is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire. It offers 25 one-bedroom apartments dedicated to veterans experiencing homelessness, through partnership with both the White River Junction Veteran Affair Medical Center and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Veteran Supportive Housing vouchers (HUD-VASH Program). The facility also offers five two-bedroom affordable (not subsidized) two-bedroom apartments. Check for current openings or contact us for more information and to see if you qualify.

Location & Amenities

A 27,000 square foot, 2-story, handicapped accessible/adaptable building, Boulder Point Veteran Housing is located on a picturesque 11-acre property. It features plenty of parking and outdoor space, as well as a large community room, a library/ game room, in-unit washer and dryers, and several private offices for residents to receive case management and supportive services. 

The program provides mentoring, case management, and supportive services for residents who choose to participate. All participants receive on-site access to coaching in eviction prevention, increasing household income and assets, increasing health and well-being, general life skills, and improving the educational success of children and youth.

Qualifications & Cost

For one-bedroom units, only individuals and households certified as eligible for a HUD-VASH voucher by the US Department of Veteran Affairs may apply. For two-bedroom units, veterans and their families are preferred, but non-veteran households may also apply; eligibility is based on income. 

Residents pay roughly 30% of their income toward rent. Income eligibility is based on household size.  For a single person, income cannot exceed 50% of the region’s average median income. For a 2-person household, income cannot exceed 60% of the region’s average median income. 

Heat and electricity are included. Residents are responsible for cable and internet in their individual units. Security deposits equal one month’s rent.