Miami-Dade County Veteran Service Coalition

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Florida Department of Veterans Affairs has reported that the population of veterans residing in the state of Florida has continued to increase, now ranking Florida as the third most populous state in the nation, housing a total of 1,492,000 veterans. From this population, an estimated 77,000 to 82,000 veterans reside within the jurisdiction of Miami-Dade County. In 2018, to address this critical issue, the Community Action and Human Services Department’s Veterans Services Program established the Miami-Dade County Veterans Services Coalition (MDCVSC), whose primary focus and mission is to better coordinate the delivery of services, increase communication among service providers, raise awareness about the benefits and resources available to veterans and their spouses, and advocate for veterans’ benefits and wellbeing in Miami Dade County. The Coalition is made up of 32 agencies across Miami-Dade County which actively participate in bimonthly basis to discuss new legislative matters and service delivery. Furthermore, since 2018, the number of Coalition Members has continued to increase, and so has the number of attendees at our bimonthly meetings, allowing us to serve more of the Miami-Dade County veteran population in a more comprehensive and coordinated way. The MDCVSC has therefore filled a gap we had in Miami Dade County.