Vision & Mission
Mission Statement
Supporting female Veterans as they transition from active duty to civilian life, by providing dedicated advocacy and comprehensive referrals to stable housing, supportive services, and essential community resources.
Our dedication is to honor the service and sacrifice of female veterans by providing safe sustainable transitional housing options with supportive services and pathways to permanent housing independence. We are committed to uplifting the female veterans and empowering them to rebuild with purpose and reclaim their strength and rise with valor within their community.
Vision Statement
A future where every female Veteran is uplifted with safe, quality, and affordable housing supported by services that honor her service and strengthen her ability to thrive.
We envision an America where every transitioning servicewoman and homeless female veteran is welcomed with unwavering dignity, compassion and respect. We are committed to creating a sanctuary of safe transitional to permanent housing opportunities where women veterans are empowered to reclaim stability and build enduring paths to a better future.
Transforming Housing Outcomes for Women Veterans
Military Women of Valor was established to support and advocate for female Veterans in need of housing and other vital resources. We provide referral access to safe and affordable housing while connecting female Veterans to essential support services.
Our work focuses on long-term housing transformation by shifting traditional crisis response toward sustainable housing solutions that place female Veterans at the center of their transition, recovery, and rebuilding.
Military Women of Valor is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting former active-duty service women as they transition to civilian life. Over 2 million women have served in the United States military, making up 16% of today’s active-duty forces. Yet many return home hopeless and facing homelessness, unemployment, PTSD, trauma, and isolation.
Growing Housing Crisis
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development reports an alarming trend between 2020 and 2023 as homelessness among women Veterans continues to rise across the nation.
- Overall Veteran homelessness declined by 4.5%
- Homelessness among women Veterans increased by 24%
- Unsheltered women Veterans living on the streets or in unsafe conditions rose by nearly 48%
Current & Future Outlook
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Women’s Health Services
Women are the fastest-growing group in the Veteran population.
- 2000: Women made up 4% of the Veteran population
- By 2040: Women projected to make up 18%
- Current: More than 2.1 million women Veterans live in the U.S. today
Women Veterans face distinct challenges including trauma, limited support systems, and insufficient access to services designed to meet their needs. With women projected to comprise 18% of the total United States Veteran population by 2040, addressing this crisis is urgent and essential to achieving lasting impact, meaningful equity, and sustainable change.
Get Her Housed
At Military Women of Valor, our commitment is to ensure that no female veteran is left without safe, stable, and dignified housing.
We work with compassion, urgency, and purpose to provide temporary and permanent housing solution resources for the brave women who have served our nation with honor. Many are now facing housing insecurity and urgent housing needs, which reflects our belief that housing is the foundation for healing, independence, and long-term success.
We stand resolute in our mission to restore housing stability, hope, and dignity by helping each female Veteran secure a safe place she can truly call home.
Because She Served
Who We Are
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What Is Our Goal
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What We Do
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Explore the Issues
The Some Of The Issues Facing Our Nations Female Veterans Today
Many female military veterans return home not having a place to call home at the end of their military careers. Many find themselves homeless, unemployed and financially drained, some suffering from some form of mental issues, PTSD, physically disabled, socially and spiritually withdrawn. The veteran women sometimes find themselves with their children in very abusive relationships due to the fear of being homeless, codependency of alcohol and substance abuse. There are some instances wherein the women are often times alienated from their children and family due to these issues facing them.
The Department of Defense reports that there are 1.3 million women actively serving in the US Military. Did you know that in the late 1980s through 1990 women made up 25% of the homeless population, today women constitute half the population of all homeless people.
The 2011 GAO report titled Homeless Women Veterans: Actions Needed to Ensure Safe and Appropriate Housing (GAO-12-182) confirms that more than 60% of VA funded transitional housing programs did not accept children or placed restrictions on their age and number posing significant barriers for single mothers who are veterans.
The report also highlights that female veterans are significantly more likely to be single parents compared to their male counterparts which increases their risk of housing instability.
Data from the The US DEPARTMENT of Housing and Urban Development
Rising number of women Veterans who are homeless
Although it’s true that from 2020 to 2023, total homelessness among Veterans decreased by 4.5% from 37,252 to 35,574 homelessness among women Veterans actually increased by nearly 24% from 3,126 to 3,980 according to data from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In that same period, the number of unsheltered women Veterans those living on the streets, in a car or in another unsafe situation jumped nearly 48%, from 1,464 to 2,165.
While the general proportion of women Veterans experiencing homelessness is still low, the trend is concerning, given that VA estimates women are on track to make up 18% of all U.S. Veterans by 2040.
Factors That Contribute to Homelessness Among Veterans
Reducing and preventing homelessness among women Veterans starts by recognizing some of the contributing factors unique to them:
- Trauma. There’s evidence of a connection between women Veteran homelessness and trauma. Women Veterans who were homeless have told VA researchers that the experience of trauma before, during and after military service contributed to their housing instability.
- Military sexual assault. We also find that one in three women say “yes” when screened by VA health care for military sexual assault (MST), which is sexual assault or threatening sexual harassment during a person’s military service.
- Intimate partner violence. Many women Veterans who are homeless also report having a history of intimate partner violence.
- Poverty. Housing is a large expense for anyone, but studies show that women are more likely than men to be at risk of poverty.
- Single parenthood. Women also shoulder more of the costs of child-rearing, particularly as single parents.
Other Complex Challenges
Often connected to or worsened in service, can be common characteristics of women veterans experience of housing instability. These include childhood adversity, substance use, relationship termination, medical problems a post traumatic stress disorder diagnosis and unemployment
“Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do.”- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our Long Term Goal
Where We’re Headed
At Military Women of Valor our longterm goal is to create a holistic, healing centered pathway to permanent housing and true independence for our nation’s female veterans. By building strong strategic partnerships with the Department of Veterans Affairs, HUD, State and Federal Agencies, Habitat for Humanity, and other mission aligned organizations, we are committed to developing safe, stable and dignified housing solutions tailored to the unique needs of women who have served.
From Shelter to Strength
Our transitional home will be far more than a place to sleep, it will be a sanctuary. A space to heal from trauma, A space to escape cycles of abuse, instability or codependence. A space to reclaim identity rebuild strength and rediscover her purpose. Through trauma informed care, compassionate support, life skills training and access to vital resources. We will walk alongside these courageous women as they journey from homelessness to hope, from crisis to confidence and from temporary shelter to lasting stability. Because every woman who has served deserves not just a roof over her head but a future she can proudly call her own.
Our Vision for Change
Over the past three decades, progress has been made for female Veterans, yet the need remains urgent. Too many women who have served still lack equal access to safe, affordable housing and critical resources.
This must change. We at MWOV stand with every female Veteran in their need for housing, and we are committed to building a nation where female Veterans are respected, valued, and securely housed.
Our Core Beliefs
Support, train, and empower female Veterans as they navigate into civilian life.
- Ensure female Veterans are protected during housing crises
- Provide the resources needed to heal, restore, and rebuild their lives
MWOV is committed to transforming the housing landscape for female Veterans by turning cycles of crisis into pathways of safe housing security, dignity, and long-term success.
Be the Change for female Veterans
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Join our mission to empower and uplift those who have served. Every contribution, no matter how big or small, helps build a stronger community for women veterans.
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