California veteran support · San Diego region first
Serving Those Who Served
CMCVS connects veterans, service members, and military families with resources, assistance, advocacy, and opportunities to move forward.
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Start here
How Can We Help?
Tell us what is getting in the way. We will help you identify a practical starting point, understand available options, and connect with the right kind of resource.
VA Benefits & Resources
Understand available benefits and connect with appropriate assistance.
Housing & Emergency Support
Find housing, shelter, emergency-assistance, and stabilization resources.
Employment & Transition
Connect with employment, career-development, education, and transition resources.
Mental Health & Wellness
Connect veterans and families with appropriate mental-health and wellness resources.
Military & Veteran Resources
Navigate federal, state, local, nonprofit, and community programs.
Advocacy & Support
Understand where to go and what resources may be available for your situation.
Why CMCVS exists
No Veteran Should Have to Navigate the System Alone.
Veterans and military families often face a fragmented network of federal agencies, state programs, nonprofits, healthcare providers, employers, charities, and community organizations. CMCVS exists to help bridge those gaps.
Listen
Understand the immediate need, location, and circumstances.
Clarify
Separate urgent concerns from the longer-term path forward.
Connect
Identify appropriate nonprofit, government, and community resources.
Support
Provide education, navigation, referrals, and organizational follow-through within our capabilities.
Accountable impact
Accountability starts with verified data.
CMCVS is establishing its impact-reporting process. Numerical counters will appear after source records are reviewed and approved for publication.
Resource navigation
A clearer path through a complicated system.
Begin with trusted federal, California, and San Diego resources. Search benefits, disability, health care, housing, employment, education, family support, transition, and more.
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Turn your organization's support into practical action.
CMCVS is building a network of employers, service providers, nonprofits, educators, housing organizations, and businesses prepared to support military and veteran communities.
Become a CMCVS partner
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Your support creates a direct path to help
Help expand veteran assistance across California.
Donations help CMCVS expand resource navigation, outreach, charitable programs, and community partnerships. No donation-to-outcome claims are published until verified program costs are approved.