Veteran Village
The James A. Peterson Veteran Village provides private tiny-home housing for veterans experiencing homelessness or housing instability while they work toward longer-term stability.
Beyond The Yellow · Feature Story
A tiny home is the beginning.Stability takes more than a roof.
Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin combines transitional tiny-home housing, food access, peer support, case management, and practical services for veterans working toward permanent stability.
John Shaw
Peer Support Specialist · Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin
Why VOW is featured
Housing, food, peer connection, and the next permanent step are treated as connected problems.
The Beyond The Yellow conversation focuses on what happens after immediate shelter is available: routine, food security, relationships, services, and the work required to move from temporary stability into permanent housing.
837,898
Pounds of food distributed in 2025
850+
Veteran families served through the Marketplace
32
Veterans served in the Village in 2025
10
Village residents moved to permanent housing in 2025
2025 figures from Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin's published annual summary, reviewed September 6, 2026. View the 2025 source.
How the work operates
Multiple programs address different parts of the stability problem.
Veterans Marketplace
The Marketplace gives eligible veterans and surviving spouses access to food, household essentials, and personal-care items in a grocery-style setting.
Support beyond housing
Peer support, case management, financial education, employment assistance, wellness activities, and housing-placement work operate alongside the housing and food programs.
Continue with VOW
Current eligibility, services, and support information belong with VOW.
ValorWell is publishing the interview and feature. Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin owns its program eligibility, current services, volunteer opportunities, and operating information.