About Stepping Stones for Veterans:
Stepping Stones for Veterans is a nonprofit located in Anderson, Indiana. The purpose of Stepping Stones for Veterans is to provide transitional housing to homeless, and/or chemically dependent Veterans, some of which may have a coinciding mental illness. In support of this program, Stepping Stones strives to assist this population in returning to, or creating happy, productive, substance-free lives by providing alcohol and drug education opportunities, AA/NA/GA/CA recovery program meetings, personal growth experience, individual, group and family therapy as well as constructive recreational activities. In addition Stepping Stones for Veterans, Inc. maintains a drug and alcohol free community proactively testing daily with randomly administered drug and alcohol screening. The total number of clients ranges from 65-69 on average.
Stepping Stones for Veterans was founded by Harold and Jan Barkdull in 1998. Harold and Jan founded the organization mainly to restore dignity to veterans, and to provide the kind of assistance that allows individuals and families to become self-sufficient, or as Harold puts it in short, "a hand up not a hand out."
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"Being an organization that is 501(c)(3), our income is very limited. Without Grassroots.org we would not have even considered building a website--a costly and time-consuming procedure. Thanks to the the free services provided by Grassroots.org we are able to obtain better recognition. And this has had a direct and measurable impact on our mission: as a result of our website, many of the referring agencies are able to locate us on line and make arrangements for transportation. This allows clients the ability to find a place to stay while recovering and thereby makes a huge difference."
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