USMI Outreach

Our Mission Statement

USMI Outreach is dedicated to helping the individual who cannot help themselves at the moment, but who are looking for an opportunity to live today to make a better life for tomorrow.  We trust in our fellows and our Higher Power to bring lives to a better place so that they can maybe be the one helping others in the future.

USMI Outreach Efforts in January 2024

Army GWPOT Veteran – Hampton VA

  • Provided funds for back rent so veteran could stay in apartment after not working during hospital stay

Navy Veteran – Norfolk, VA

  • Provided apartment security deposit so veteran could move off the street

Marine Veteran – Portsmouth, VA

  • Provided back pay on utility bill as veteran recovers from an apartment cost increase and rebalances his monthly expenses

Marine Vietnam Veteran – Hampton, VA

  • Provided security deposit for new apartment due to increase in previous apartment would not allow him to live within his fixed income in the previous apartment

Army Veteran – Norfolk VA

  • Application fee and holding fee for veteran to move off the streets into an apartment

Navy and Army GWOT Veteran – Biloxi, MS

  • Temporary rent provided until permanent housing for family can be obtained

Army Veteran – Poquoson, VA

  • Renters insurance due to increase in apartment rental and fixed income made financing this change challenging

Past Projects

  • Application and Security Fees for housing

    - Nov 2023 Navy Veteran moved into apartment, had been living in a bus stop

    - Nov 2023 Army GWOT Veteran moved into apartment from being homeless

    - Nov 2023 Marine GWOT Veteran moved into apartment from being homeless

    Water and Electrical Assistance

    -  Army Vietnam Veteran water was cut off, bill paid, water restored

    - Air Force Veteran, electricity cut off, bill paid, electricity restored

    Transportation Assistance

    - Army veteran need transportation to work, 1 mile away, procured bike and accessories

    Quality of Life

    -  Army veteran with matters that were infested, funded services to clear infestation

    - Navy Korean veteran with infestation caused by neighbors in senior living community, cleaned and treated apartment.  Procured couch that he could get in and out of

    - Navy GWOT veteran moved to a new apartment to be closer to work to save money.  New apartment was larger.  Funded back rent on storage unit so that her children could retrieve toys and other items

    - Navy GWOT veteran victim of domestic violence.  Funded repairs to her apartment so she could pay for damages due to violence and move to a new safe location

    - Navy Special Operations veteran – Supported in home care after back surgery

    Transition from VA Hospitalization

    - Army Veteran provided hotel and groceries for 30 days until housing and a disability checks arrived

Summary Since June of 2022:

  • 60 Assistance efforts with housing

  • 22 assistance with utilities

  • 15 other types of assistance