The Greenwood Pathway House is the most recent nonprofit organization to join the South Carolina Veteran Coalition through a partnership with SCDVA. The Greenwood Pathway House's focus is to overcome homelessness in the area by helping homeless persons, including Veterans, navigate a pathway to physical, financial and social stability through holistic trauma-informed care to help them overcome homelessness permanently. They offer men, women, and women with children safety and shelter so they can focus on learning and putting into practice the necessary skills to help them transition form life on the streets to productive members of their community. Greenwood Pathway House is the only provider of homeless services for men women and children in seven counties: Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, Edgefield, Saluda, Laurens, and Newberry. With a strong focus on helping those in need, Greenwood Pathway House has an even stronger focus on helping and supporting Veterans.

"Greenwood Pathway House is a Veteran-led, Veteran-friendly organization. We have Veterans on our board, Veterans on our staff, Veterans that volunteer, Veterans that donate and we have Veterans as clients," said Executive Director Anthony Price. " I personally believe that the words homeless and Veteran should never be used together in the same sentence."

"In the Greenwood area alone there are over 4,000 Veterans and we want to make sure that our Veterans in this area have every resource they deserve and need," said SCDVA Upstate Regional Integration Officer Paulette Dunn. "The more services and  more resources that we can build in this area, the better chance our Veterans have to thrive."

For more information on Greenwood Pathway House click here.

To view the partnership signing, click here.

About the South Carolina Veteran Coalition

The South Carolina Veteran Coalition (powered by Combined Arms) is comprised of SCDVA leaders, nonprofits, Veteran Service Organizations and County Veterans Affairs' Officers joining together to help improve care, connect Veterans, Veteran Spouses, and their family members to resources in the state of South Carolina.

According to the 2022 Economic Impact of South Carolina’s Military Community report commissioned by SCDVA, the Upstate has a population of more than 94,000 Veterans, and an annual economic impact of approximately 3-billion dollars.

While the economic outlook to the community is strong, our transitioning Veterans struggle. According to Pew Research, about half of post- 9/11 Veterans reported the transition to civilian life was difficult and they struggled to pay their bills.  Lack of affordable housing, underemployment, emergency financial assistance, food insecurity and family issues are amongst the issues that the Coalition is addressing.