When a veteran is in crisis tonight, we answer — in hours, not days.
SUAS QRF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Clara County, California.
PTSD doesn't keep a schedule. Symptoms spike at night — at exactly the hours when the VA and county offices are closed and the only remaining option is 911. In the 2025 Point-in-Time Count, 378 veterans were counted homeless in Santa Clara County; 298 of them were unsheltered.
That's the gap SUAS QRF fills. When a ... Read More
When a veteran is in crisis tonight, we answer — in hours, not days.
SUAS QRF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Clara County, California.
PTSD doesn't keep a schedule. Symptoms spike at night — at exactly the hours when the VA and county offices are closed and the only remaining option is 911. In the 2025 Point-in-Time Count, 378 veterans were counted homeless in Santa Clara County; 298 of them were unsheltered.
That's the gap SUAS QRF fills. When a veteran is in crisis at 2 AM — no ride, no meal, no safe place to sleep — our veteran volunteers respond with a hot meal, a ride to safety, and a safe bed, and a peer who stays on the line. We intervene early, in hours not days, before a crisis becomes an emergency call — easing pressure on police, EMS, and emergency rooms.
Every response is built from three simple units of comfort:
- $25 — a hot meal
- $35 — a crisis ride to safety
- $150 — a safe bed for the night
- $210 — the full crisis bundle: all three, for one veteran, in one night
We are a small, lean, all-volunteer organization: no salaries, no office — donations go to the work. This winter we are working toward serving 105 veterans (about 28% of the county's homeless veterans) while building the partnerships — cities, the VA, service clubs, and employers like yours — that make the response permanent.
If you or a veteran you love needs help right now: Veterans Crisis Line — dial 988 and press 1, or text 838255. Free, confidential, 24/7. SUAS QRF provides non-clinical peer support and logistics; we are not a replacement for emergency care.
What your gift funds:
- **Crisis response** — meals, rides, and shelter nights for veterans in Santa Clara County, at the unit costs above.
- **Winter surge** — our coldest-months response capacity, December through February (see Project 1).
- **Response equipment** — the field technology our four-person volunteer team runs on (see Project 2).
- **Employer matching** — many Benevity employers match gifts or convert volunteer hours into grants. Check your company's program: your $210 bundle can become two.
100% of donations support the mission. Every gift is tax-deductible.
Contact:
Jacob Silver, Founder & CEO — jacobsilver@suasqrf.org · 925-727-6109
Web: suasqrf.org · Donate: suasqrf.org/donate
Address: 727 Edge Lane, Los Altos, CA 94024
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