Veterans Village of San Diego Review

If you are a vet and need help getting off the streets this is the place to go. Also if you have substance use they can help you with that too.

Had a great memorial day with everyone. So nice of the residents time put on a bbq and welcome the public.

One of the best programs in San Diego for drug addicted and homeless veterans

If your a vet and in need of information, resources, or help with addiction then look at VVSD for support.

Engourages with drug and alcohol problems a safe shelter and giving motivated staff help them to address their issues

Veteran village is in the business of helping veteran regain there life.Facing hard obstacles of life. To better the quality of family and cummunity as a whole.

They are doing a great job with our addicted vetrans

It does help vets get off the street. However you need to do your own research as to where you fit into the MANY programs available.

Village Used 2B Vietnam Veterans Village San Diego , now missing original crew & the caring left with them too ! Not worth plugged nickel .......

My son is beginning his journey to recovery at Veterans Village today! Thank you for this wonderful opportunity for him.

Love our veterans Good folks of our armed forces.Go TRUMP

Many disqualifying factors, and seemingly
incompetency to work with through processing. Sent required paperwork several times, but kept requesting the same paperwork and off the bat the intake seemed to not really want to help.

When I arrived at VVSD,I was stubborn,angry,broken,immature,in denial and lost. I lost part of my family ,because of my mental illness and my alcoholism.I charged with the help of the caring and loving staff. I found a new family at VVSD and a new life. Now, because of VVSD, I have dedicated my life in helping others in this journey of life..

I'm now a CBHT/CPSS and soon to be a CVRS and I have completed my first semester at Rio Salad Collage,where I taking Online Courses in Addiction Studies at My GPA was a 3.75, not too bad for not being in college for 32 Years.Fall 2019,I will become a LASAC in AZ.I have worked in Addiction/Mental Health since 2010 and at 3 Treatment Center where it cost $30,000 a month and they don't even compare to VVSD. VVSD is the BEST Treatment Center by far!!! Do you want to know why?The Staff at VVSD inspires, challenges ,cares and believes in the Residents. The Staff has real life experiences not like the staff at treatment centers where I worked, they learned everything from books.Sorry, I missed Stand Down,but I got my 7th Kidney Stone Thursday @0300Hrs. Happy 4th and Remember "There's Always Hope even in the Darkest Moments."
RIP Jim St John my Dear Friend. I was a Resident at VVSD 9 Sept 15 --27 Mar 17

Toksha ake wacinyuanktin ktelo I shall see you again
Brian D. Myers Payson,AZ
CBHT/CPSS

I am a service vet and they would not let me enroll in their program. Yet their motto is " we help all veterans." So now i am about to be homeless. Typical V.A.

Amazing place where veterans help each other recover from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.

Helping veterans find their way back on track and society. Great customer service

Holy cow!
Phenomenal group, that deeply helped out my family in need. Can't express how grateful I am in words

This place omg this place nothing but miracles every day this place.

An ideal resoirce providing temporary and lomg term housing for Homeless Veterans requiring all types of assistance, help and useable and needed rehabilitation programs designed to aid those misplaced with a source of needed and confidential and positive reinforcemenr and support in thier time of need. A valuable and successful resource. A jewel in the crown of San Diego.

They changed locations for the stuff that I have to do but it's only a block away

Thankful that VVSD exist. Countless Veterans are being assisted.

VVSD helps many veterans, myself included, by giving them a support system to build off of. I've attended a few meetings and this is a great place to meet up with brothers and sisters who have served.

Amazing services to veterans seeking help for their substance abuse and mental illness.

Great place to go to change your life for the better if that is truly what you want. A place willing to help you with a knowledgeable friendly staff, now open for non vets seeking help for addictions, but also has connections to help with PTSD, housing options, metal wellness.

Best place for a homeless veteran suffering from addiction to get the help they need.

VVSD is a centralized command post for administering services to San Diego's veterans population across a wide spectrum of needs. It is an inspired effort staffed by competent and dedicated personnel. The lives of veterans and their families are salvaged and/enhanced by its presence.

The Headquarters for veteran services in San Diego.

This organization did not help me while I was pregnant.

I had been in contact with them for a month, they took a long time. It seams all they did was collect more data on me in order to collect funds for their organization.

The counselors were judgemental and cold. No diversity.

Extremely disappointed.

Thank God for the little garden thingy with benches and the mother Mary statue you had on the side of the buildings! It saved my life and my soul a long time ago! Thank you

If you are a vet in need of help and support then VVSD is a good place to start. They have lots of information and if they can not help they can place you in the right direction to get help and support.

This organization completely scammed me.

Last October, I agreed to host one of their candidates in my home. In my naivety, I trusted the transaction would be legit as I was hosting a veteran and most importantly, a candidate of an organization which receives money from the United States government. I was also lured because they assured me I would have the support of the organization and they even offered other incentives extra rent money, etc. I thought this was a legit organization I could trust. I could not be more wrong.



The tenant then turned his contempt on my housemate. He deliberately left disgusting messes and took food that wasn t his. When my housemate and I confronted him, he feigned ignorance. When we found undeniable proof he did such things, he just laughed. When my efforts to work out these problems with the tenant failed, I sought out support from the organization. The caseworker remained out of contact, so I tried other people in the organization. They told me I only could work with the caseworker. I still had not received rent after a month.

I became fearful and tried to get some assurance that I was in fact dealing with a legit organization despite all evidence to the contrary. When I tried to find some resource within the organization for support in this situation, I was met again with the same unhelpfulness and contemptuous tone. They hung up on me several times, they refused to give information and when I tried to explain the situation and my fear, they did not care. When my boss offered to help me she noticed I was under a lot of stress they did not contact her until after almost three months.



The tenant reduced his brazenly awful behavior. I think he realized the pain this was causing me. This along with the caseworker s apology gave me hope that I could get the rent money, part with the tenant, and move on from this awful chapter. But, the caseworker again became impossible to reach. Only after another week did he reveal in a short email that I would not in fact receive rent money because the tenant had conveniently been dismissed from the program.

Thus, I hope in sharing my experience I can prevent other households from being scammed like I was. A lot of people within the organization visited my house for showings, so beware.

Obviously, I cannot recommend this organization. I d sooner suggest you burn your house down before interacting with them.

Takes care of there people mostly vets in charge. They understand if u have some issues.

Excellent staff and services, A place where Veterans are welcome and taken care of.

l Just do not enjoy sharing a room with convicts and those who don't clean behind themselves. Not easy but I have no choice.
Staff can be lazy and rude at times when you complain or go to them for help with unruly roommates yet will evict you if you get into a fight or violate their rules. Try to get on your feet quickly because Kim and Andre are evil. Beware of monitor also. They also pick favorites and let them stay longer than the lease allows.

As an outsider I can't really give a good review except for the people at the front desk. They are very professional and I appreciate that and I feel comfortable there. Upon personal observation it looks as if all the patients that are in treatment are doing well as they have acclimated to the program structure. As someone who helps seek out a treatment program 4 certain individuals this program was a good fit for them. And from my observation the participants seem to be improving and doing very well during treatment. This program not only treats addiction behaviors they also provide housing assistance and financial assistance and many other things that a lot of programs wouldn't cover that can assist someone who is recovering to begin a normal healthy life again. And again most important for someone who is visiting and having the ability to feel comfortable and feel at ease is a big plus and and the front desk has accomplished that task very well and I thank them for their kindness and their professionalism and their candidness.

Awesome place! I am thankful for the service they provide to our veterans!

GREAT place for addicted/homeless vets. Provides a safe environment for Vets to get resources, training, comradery...a facility where they "get" the feel for success.

This is an amazing place to help our veterans get their feet back under them and get the help to move their life forward. Getting members off the streets and in line with their new life needs. The new adventure and skills that folks learn make them productive members.

Great place to get back on your feet.
You Must do the work!! Thy will help u.. If u r a Vet !!

The commenter below is right. VVSD is suppose to be 100% free from religious proselytizing, but VVSD mandates Jesus and Higher Power religions on the veterans. I've met a lot of homeless veterans still on the streets who have BEEN THERE, DONE THAT at VVSD's religious indoctrination center.

awesome place to volunteer. and help with the community veterans.

This Facility Is Truly Helping Our Community.This Organization Is moving people forward in life.

My love of my life is useing vvsd to get sober. Im blessed.... So is he because of vvsd our relationship will work out. Thank you for ur servives.

Superb customer service
Very clean and well run
Friendly staff

Serving and giving back to those that ensure our freedom

Wonderfull, caring staff delivering amazing leadership and training in life skills. So glad we found this place!

Nothing bad to say about it; check it out for yourself.

One of the best places for recovery for veterans that are homeless a must

All Veterans with drug or alcohol problem mental problems, this is the place to go

Very helpful I was there for 5 months. They helped me get a place of my own. If you're a Veteran and need help this is the place to get help.

Such high reviews? I'm sure they manipulated the outcomes of Google reviews. They are dishonest and are reckless with the grant money they receive.

Go there for services for my retired son good service

Homeless court is amazing. The whole country should model this program.

I loved the way it helped me understand how civilian life is soooooo different from the military as for me, I feel the transition is never over for some of us.

This is my new home for now and the photo is the parking lot to V V S D

Great resource for homeless veterans in San Diego. Assistance with substance abuse, job placement, and spiritual, mental, and physical fitness.

When my loved one was in the program, life was wonderful

This place is amazing. They are here to help veterans who need the help. If it were not for organizations like this many more veterans would be on the streets with no help.