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The Michael Stevens Memorial Career Counseling Program

The Michael Stevens Memorial Career Counseling Program’s mission is to serve as a life-changing resource by providing opportunities and information to men and women of the Armed Forces transitioning from military to civilian life.

Since the war on terror started, for every American who has died in battle, dozens more have survived thanks to our cutting edge medical care. With that said, many severely wounded service members are returning home, faced with the challenges of putting their lives back together.

The Armed Forces Foundation provides injured soldiers with a case worker who will provide them with pertinent information crucial to their reintegration back into society. Whether it be referring the soldier to other organizations or serving as an advocate in helping them understand that many systems and paperwork involved in getting the benefits they deserve.

Our Veterans are finding that once they’re released from the hospital, the true hardships begin. Everyday challenges of a new life such as finding a home, continuing their education, or finding appropriate employment is made more difficult as a result of the sacrifices these Veterans have made.

The AFF’s Information Services Program helps support these hardships by helping injured Veterans fill out VA claims and answering important questions regarding various medical boards. Our staff has intimate knowledge on dealing with almost every facet of the programs, processes and sometimes more importantly the paperwork, involved with improving one’s transition.

With so many programs and organization devoted to helping our nations wounded, Veterans can sometimes feel overwhelmed. Our program is designed to serve as a guide through all of this information, so our wounded soldiers can spend more time healing and less time dealing with paperwork and phone calls.


“Mentoring Wounded Warriors”

The AFF’s Injured Warrior Mentor program provides career counseling and job placement for transitioning veterans. The mentoring program stars by addressing immediate hospital needs and ends after a successful transition into the civilian job sector. The program has evolved out of the recognized need to provide our nation’s injured with a veteran who has been through the system. The Veteran serves as mentor as well as a “one-stop” resource for information on benefits, programs, other organizations and correctly filing out necessary paperwork.

About Michael Stevens

A former Marine, and successful entrepreneur, Michael Stevens actively served as a member on the Armed Forces Foundation’s Board of Directors and was the driving force behind two of the foundation’s programs.Through the Armed Forces Foundation’s Michael Stevens Career Counseling Program over 40 returning Service Members have been placed in full-time positions of employment. A second AFF program dedicated to his memory, the Michael Stevens Family Assistance Program provides direct financial assistance to members of the Armed Forces community suffering through difficult times. Michael’s dedication to serving our nation’s Service Members was unparalleled, and his devotion to improving the ease of soldier’s reintegration to civilian life was truly an inspiration to others.

Michael Stevens was born in Houston, attending Robert E. Lee High School and graduating from the University of Houston in 1973 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. Michael Stevens Interests and its affiliates acquired, developed, and operated more than 80 real estate projects including over 10,000 apartment units and 40 different commercial projects representing more than 10 million square feet of rentable building area. Michael led the financing and development of more than one billion dollars to public or non-profit projects. He is survived by his wife Kim, and his grandchildren Grace Noel MacKenzie, Anthony Michael MacKenzie, and Kassidy Ann MacKenzie. He is also survived by his brother Vance Stevens, his wife Bobbie and their two children Glenn and Dusty, sister Leslie MacClean, her husband Chris, and their two children Warren and Emily.

Armed Forces Foundation Programs

Family Assistance Program	Injured Support Services	Bereavement Program
Career Counseling Program	Housing Assistance Program	Outdoor Sports Program
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Soldier's Retirement Home	Project American Heroes	Purple Heart Ride