WARRIORS ONCE AGAIN
A Transitional Residence for Homeless Veterans
Serving Our Vulnerable Veterans with Honor as They Served Us
Serving Our Vulnerable Veterans with Honor as They Served Us
WHAT WE DO
Identify and Evaluate Homeless and Vulnerable Veterans
We identify homeless veterans in the community through communication with other service providers, assessing their risk and recovery factors to determine their suitability to our program. In the event we do not have an available bed at such times, no veteran is left behind, as we work to connect them with alternate resources in collaboration with our partner agencies.
Provide the Veteran a Safe Affirming Place to Live
Veterans accepted into our program, are provided their own well-appointed room, complete with linens and personal hygiene items. They have free access to laundry and kitchen facilities, with food provided where necessary, as well as spacious common areas featuring books, television and available Wi-Fi. These comforts have been thoughtfully prepared to provide a stable platform for success in recovery.
Co-Build a Success Plan with the Veteran Resident
Each veteran resident is fully assessed to identify the specific risk factor they have struggled with in homelessness and targeted case management counseling is provided to address each of those individually, rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Having a voice in their own recovery and a plan with clear, achievable goals, encourages successful outcomes.
Partner with Veteran-centric and Community Service Providers
We partner with other community service providers to provide professional input and application beyond the scope of our function, to ensure each resident’s every issue can be addressed in a practical and successful way.
Transition the Veteran back into the Community No longer at risk
As our veteran residents approach the full achievement of their program goals, we begin to search the community for housing locations and availability, which further lends toward continued success for them beyond our program. We also transition them with the confidence of an ongoing relationship with Warriors Once Again and its case management service, should they experience difficulty.
Non-profit works to help transition veterans out of homelessness
Welcome Ricky Dufresne
Residence Manager
Ricky Dufresne is a U.S. Army and Operation Desert Storm veteran, with eight years of service, who came to Warriors Once Again as a homeless veteran himself, in 2025.
At that time, he was already fully invested in his own recovery and wellness, which our residence program helped him to continue uninterrupted. As he became comfortable in his new surroundings, he took an interest in the new community around him and availed himself to helping them and Warriors Once Again in any way he could.
With a background in both rough and finished construction, his skill set and personality revealed him as a suitable candidate for our Residence Manager position, which Warriors Once Again had been seeking to create for quite some time.
Now, with a unique opportunity to give back and help those coming behind him in the Warriors Once Again residence program, Ricky’s own lived experience will help lift others up on their own journeys, leading them to success with the clear example of his own to show them, helping to maintain our residences and the motivation of the recovering homeless veterans who will come behind them.
The Reality
THESE TOTALS ARE BASED ON 2023 HUD POINT IN TIME COUNT STATISTICS
U.S. HOMELESS PERSONS
653,104
U.S. HOMELESS VETERANS
35,574
SOUTH CAROLINA
HOMELESS PERSONS
4,053
HOMELESS VETERANS
393
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA
HOMELESS PERSONS
1,424
HOMELESS VETERANS
104
WARRIORS ONCE AGAIN
Response to this crisis, since opening in 2021
Homeless Veterans Served
50
Successfully Transitioned
23
Current in Residence
6
