ZERO8HUNDRED INC
4420 Hotel Circle Court Ste 250, San Diego, CA 92108 www.zero8hundred.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: zero8hundred proactively links transitioning military families, recent veterans, Reservists, National Guard and/or their spouses to the broad range of resources & services in the community, helping them more successfully transition to civilian life.

LAUNCHING ITS SUPPORT OF TRANSITIONING MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN JANUARY 2015, ZERO8HUNDRED BEGAN AS A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROGRAM OF MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO. IN JULY OF 2018, ZERO8HUNDRED WAS GRANTED ITS 501(C)3 TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION STATUS BY THE IRS AND SUBSEQUENTLY SEVERED ITS FISCAL SPONSORSHIP WITH MISSION EDGE ON DECEMBER 31, 2018 EMERGING AS ITS OWN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC CHARITY ON JANUARY 1, 2019. WITH OVER 20,000 SERVICE MEMBERS SEPARATING FROM ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY SERVICE, IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY EACH YEAR, ZERO8HUNDRED FOCUSES ON PROVIDING A WRAP-AROUND PROGRAM TO AID TRANSITIONING MILITARY PERSONNEL, AND/OR THEIR SPOUSES, TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT TO THE RESOURCE PROVIDERS BEST SUITED TO SUPPORT THEIR UNIQUE POST-MILITARY NEEDS. DESIGNED AS AN EARLY INTERVENTION/PREVENTATIVE PROGRAM, ZERO8HUNDRED HELPS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS REFERRED TO AS TRANSITIONING SERVICE MEMBERS, OR TSMS PREVENT THE NEGATIVE OUTCOMES OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MILITARY TRANSITION, BEFORE THEY OCCUR, LIKE UN-/UNDER-EMPLOYMENT, HOMELESSNESS AND BEHAVIORAL/MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. TO DO THIS, THE ZERO8HUNDRED PROGRAM PROVIDES 1:1 RESOURCE NAVIGATION THAT IS 1) PROVIDED EARLY - UP TO ONE YEAR PRIOR TO SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY THROUGH ONE YEAR POST-MILITARY; 2) IS INDIVIDUALIZED; AND 3) TACKLES THEIR COMPLETE, RATHER THAN SINGULAR, TRANSITION NEEDS HOLISTICALLY INCLUDING POST-SERVICE EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HEALTH & WELLNESS SERVICES, BASIC NEEDS AND SOCIAL/COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS. WHAT MAKES ZERO8HUNDRED UNIQUE IS OUR RESOURCE NAVIGATION IS DELIVERED BY RESOURCE SPECIALISTS WHO ARE TRAINED CLINICIANS AND ARE ALSO VETERANS, MILITARY SPOUSES OR OTHERWISE MILITARY-CONNECTED THEMSELVES. ZERO8HUNDRED IS ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION IN PART DUE TO ITS UNPRECEDENTED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH NAVY REGION SOUTHWEST THAT PERMITS THE ZERO8HUNDRED PROGRAM TO BE EXCLUSIVELY PRESENTED TO MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, DURING THEIR ON-BASE, FEDERALLY-MANDATED TRANSITION CLASSES, HELD WEEKLY ON THREE SAN DIEGO NAVY BASES, AND TO THEIR SPOUSES AT MONTHLY ON-BASE AND COMMUNITY PARTNER WORKSHOPS (PRE COVID-19). A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BEGINNING IN APRIL 2021, HAS FURTHER OPENED THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MARINES ON BOTH CAMP PENDLETON AND MIRAMAR DURING THEIR TRANSITION PROCESS. THE SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION, SINCE INCEPTION, ALSO RESULTED IN THE ORIGINAL 5-YEAR MOU BEING RENEWED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 9-YEAR PERIOD ASSURING THAT TRANSITIONING MILITARY PERSONNEL/SPOUSES CAN BE INFORMED OF THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ENROLL IN THE ZERO8HUNDRED PROGRAM ALL THE WAY UNTIL 2028. ENROLLMENT IN THE ZERO8HUNDRED PROGRAM IS EASY AND AVAILABLE TO ANY ELIGIBLE SERVICE MEMBER/SPOUSE SIMPLY BY COMPLETING A SHORT ONLINE APPLICATION LOCATED AT: HTTPS://WWW.ZERO8HUNDRED.ORG/ENROLL BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND INABILITY TO PRESENT AT TRANSITION CLASSES FOR ALL OF 2020 AND INTO 2021, ZERO8HUNDRED FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON CREATING AN ONLINE PLATFORM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE COMPREHENSIVE SELF-NAVIGATION CALLED VETSTHRIVE WHICH WILL GO LIVE APRIL 2021. THIS PLATFORM ALLOWS TSMS TO CONNECT DIRECTLY TO RESOURCES AND GIVES ZERO8HUNDRED THE ABILITY TO FOCUS ON TSMS WITH MORE SIGNIFICANT NEEDS, I.E. HOMELESSNESS, FINANCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. TSMS CAN ALSO DECIDE AT ANYTIME TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH A RESOURCE SPECIALIST FROM THE VETSTHRIVE PLATFORM. FURTHER SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF VETSTHRIVE, OUR LOWER ENROLLMENT NUMBERS, AS DIRECT RESULT OF COVID-19, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIGHER LEVELS OF SUPPORT TO OUR CURRENTLY ENROLLED TSMS WHILE ALSO SEEING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT. AS OF APRIL 2021, OUR PRIMARY DATABASE WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE VETSTHRIVE PLATFORM, A FULLY VETTED DATABASE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND RESOURCE PROVIDERS ACROSS THE REGION. WE ALSO USE SERVICE AND RESOURCE REFERRALS DERIVED FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGES TO INCLUDE: 211 SAN DIEGO (AND IMPERIAL COUNTY), 211 RIVERSIDE COUNTY: COMMUNITY CONNECT, 211 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. ZERO8HUNDRED RESOURCE SPECIALISTS PROVIDE DIRECT CASE MANAGEMENT THROUGH TELEPHONE, EMAIL AND IN-PERSON MEETINGS (IN-PERSON MEETINGS NOT AVAILABLE DURING COVID, BUT ZOOM MEETINGS WERE OFFERED) WITH TSMS TO IDENTIFY THEIR NEEDS AND THEN CONNECT THEM TO THE SERVICES UNIQUELY BEST SUITED TO ASSIST THEM. THE RESOURCE SPECIALISTS THEN CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP COMMUNICATIONS TO ENSURE ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR TSMS TRANSITION PLANS ARE EXECUTED EFFECTIVELY, RECORDING ALL OUTCOMES FOR REPORTING AND PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT. AS NEW NEEDS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES EMERGE, ZERO8HUNDRED RESOURCE SPECIALISTS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER THEIR TSMS FOR UP TO A FULL YEAR FOLLOWING SEPARATION FROM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE. FINALLY, ZERO8HUNDRED CONSIDERS ITS GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS THOSE RELATED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE TSMS SERVED BY THE PROGRAM. OF THE MORE THAN 4,600 TSMS WHO HAVE ENROLLED SINCE JANUARY 2015, 84% OF THOSE SURVEYED REPORTED THEY HAD NO UNMET TRANSITION NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, 87% OF THOSE TSMS SURVEYED, WHO LISTED "JOBS" AS THEIR TOP TRANSITION NEED AND RECEIVED 1:1 COUNSELING WITH A RESOURCE SPECIALIST, REPORTED THEY WERE EMPLOYED WITHIN 12 MONTHS POST-MILITARY SEPARATION. FINALLY, 92% OF THOSE TSMS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT, 12 MONTHS POST-MILITARY SEPARATION, THEY HAD INCREASED CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM OVER WHEN THEY JOINED THE ZERO8HUNDRED PROGRAM.

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