Two Hawaii organizations will receive a combined half-million dollars to help serve veterans down on their luck.

Hawaii’s congressional delegation put out the news in a press release today.

The United States Veterans Initiative in Kapolei will receive $200,000 and the Mental Health Association of Hawaii will receive $300,000.

Nationwide, 90 grants totaling over $20 million will provide 11,000 vets with job training to help them succeed in civilian careers, according to the press release. It’s all part of the U.S. Labor Department’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program.

“As we end of the war in Iraq and continue to wind down our campaign in Afghanistan, we must remember that our veterans and their families have voluntarily sacrificed so much to defend our way of life,” U.S. Sen. Dan Inouye said in the release.

— Michael Levine