Purpose
The Yakima County
Veteran’s Incarcerated Program (VIP) (PDF) works with incarcerated veterans (with nonviolent offenses) in the Yakima County Department of Corrections jails as well as other jails in the county to successfully reintegrate veterans back into the community.
The program is managed by Yakima County Department of
Human Services and coordinated by the Yakima County Veteran’s Coordinator. The program grows out of both a national and local concern for the number of incarcerated and homeless veterans with non-violent offenses within the criminal justice system.
The Board of Yakima County Commissioners endorsed the initiation of the program and created a County position of veterans Coordinator to direct the program as well as address other Veteran needs within our community.
The Veteran’s Coordinator seeks to engage the Veteran while incarcerated to initiate a positive re-entry plan providing greater opportunity to break the chain of re-offending that often happens.
This approach has proven successful in King County and other counties. It has been a win-win situation for the Veteran, his family, the legal system, and the community.
The Veterans Coordinator is located at 223 N 1st Street, Yakima, WA, 98901. For more information please call 509-574-1537
Letters may be sent to Yakima County Veterans Program:
128
N. 2nd Street
Yakima, WA, 98901