Hundreds of Arizona veterans spent Friday at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as the Maricopa County StandDown pulled health care, housing navigation, legal clinics and job services into a single, full-day resource fair. For many, it was a rare chance to get a vision screening, ID assistance and court help without trekking all over the Valley.
StandDown Packs State Fairgrounds With Services
The two-day StandDown is run by the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance, a program of the Arizona Housing Coalition, and took place March 12–13 at the Arizona State Fairgrounds with services running roughly 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the Arizona Housing Coalition. Organizers say the Maricopa County event has grown into one of the largest StandDowns in the country…..