A Rough Idea of The Homeless Veterans Program I want to Start Part 2
Now that they are off the streets and being trained using established federal programs and other programs already in place, we can add letting they assist in another segment of the program. I want to create a working relationship between my program and banks in the area. We can assist the community by getting good deals on foreclosed properties in good areas, not another war zone. Even if the properties need rehab, we can use veterans, including the homeless in the program, to do the rehab, thus keeping costs down and at the same time, giving another area of job training.
We can use the VA Home Loan to purchase the properties for the veterans, using a for profit company. This will help provide funding for the non profit company and also a good salary for the investors involved, without having to pay large amounts to the salaried employees of the non profit. I think this will show the public that the vast majority of donations go toward the outcome and not paying salaries. I think we have all see or heard about non profits where large chunks of the donations won't reach the actual goals of the organization. Personally, I won't waste my donation on those groups.
The benefit of this type of program is that it can be used almost anywhere since there are foreclosures in most all areas of the country. If the program is expanded to non veterans, we can implement lease options and other techniques to move the people back into society from the program. I do think however, especially at first, that we work with the veterans to get the program established and ready to be taken to other states as the need arises. I do know that some states already have homeless veteran programs, so the priority is going first where limited or no program exist!
Once the program is ready to be implemented, the Board of Directors would be set. The best option there would be to get people that can pay a fee to be on the board, which is a common occurrence in non profits. That fee can be either money or some other needed assistance, like advertising etc. My ideas for board members include famous people already BIG into working with the military, like Vince McMahon of the WWE, former members of the military that are or were politicians, and ranking members of other local non profit organizations that can benefit the organization to name a few. There are so many possibilities here, but none can be approached until the business plan and non profit status has been approved.
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it seems like you have a very good rough draft to start working with
and that's a good start.
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