Founded in 1974, Swords to Plowshares is a community-based, not-for-profit organization that provides counseling and case management, employment and training, housing, and legal assistance to more than 1,500 homeless and low-income veterans annually in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. We promote and protect the rights of veterans through advocacy, public education, and partnerships with local, state, and national entities.
Swords to Plowshares is the only veterans service agency in the United States that provides a full continuum of care to low-income and homeless veterans. We do not discriminate based on length of service, branch of service or military discharge status.
We help vets in the following areas:
Veteran News
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Mar 12 2010
The Dapartment of Labor announced that the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year.
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Mar 10 2010
The VA plans to fully automate claims process for illnesses related to exposure to the chemical Agent Orange.
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Mar 09 2010
Vietnam veteran: "These people in the VA need to be more accountable for these delays."
News at Swords
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Mar 05 2010
The power of community-based movements supporting veterans and their families.
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Mar 02 2010
Veterans Administration, Geared to Men, Shortchanges Special Needs of Women
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Mar 01 2010
Female vets find the VA health-care system lacks the resources and initiative to care for women returning from duty
