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Start with the next right path.

Paths for Heroes is veteran-founded and built to make practical support easier to find. Start with a resource guide, ask us for help finding a direction, or find veteran-friendly businesses in the local directory.

Need emergency help? This site and intake are not emergency services. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 and press 1, or text 838255. Open the mental health guide →
Four practical starting points

Find the kind of support you need right now.

These Arizona-focused guides organize the next steps for veterans, service members, and families. Needs overlap, so use more than one path when it helps.

Housing & Homelessness

Find a safer housing path

Find immediate shelter and hotline support, transitional housing, HUD-VASH, SSVF rapid rehousing, and longer-term pathways for veterans facing housing instability.

Open housing guide
Food Insecurity

Find food and nutrition help

Start with Arizona food banks, veteran-targeted pantry options, Nutrition Assistance (SNAP), and VA or social-work referrals when groceries or a meal cannot wait.

Open food guide
Employment & Benefits

Move work and benefits forward

Navigate Arizona workforce programs, job search support, VA benefits, education, health care, VSOs, and transition resources in one practical starting point.

Open work & benefits guide
Mental Health

Find support without waiting

Use a crisis-first path to 988 and veteran support, then find Arizona peer support, confidential counseling, MST resources, and local VA referrals.

Open mental health guide
Community identity

Belonging can be visible.

Our apparel is a wearable signal: a simple way to recognize the people and communities connected to the mission. It is an ordinary product purchase, not a charitable donation or a promise of emergency support.

Practical, not performative.

Paths for Heroes uses a self-sustaining operating model. You do not need a gala, a donor pitch, or the right words to start looking for a next step.

Not sure where to begin?

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