What we do
Four pillars.
One goal: a steady job.
WarriorNOW helps Veterans find structure, camaraderie, and purpose through peer support, mentorship, reentry navigation, and community connection.
Pillar 01 · Trades & Certifications
Certified. Job-ready. Working.
Flagging and OSHA certifications, on-the-job training with our partners, and mentoring for veterans building their own trade business.
The skilled trades need workers, and veterans already bring the discipline, teamwork, and safety mindset job sites want. WarriorNOW was started alongside Exteriors Denver to open that door. Veterans earn their Flagging and OSHA certifications, then get hands-on, on-the-job training with partner employers and job sites, so they show up on day one ready to work. For veterans who want to start or grow their own trade business, WarriorNOW also offers entrepreneur mentoring.
Flagging
CDOT Flagging certification. Qualify to direct traffic on construction sites, a high-demand entry point into the trades.
PartnerCDOT (Colorado Department of Transportation)
OSHA
OSHA certification through the Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council. Job-site safety training employers look for.
PartnerColorado Building and Construction Trades Council
On-the-job training
Hands-on partnership trainings with partner employers on real job sites.
PartnersSMART Heroes at Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #9 and Exteriors Denver
Entrepreneur mentoring
For veterans who want to start or grow their own trade business: mentoring from WarriorNOW on starting and running it. Mentoring comes from various entrepreneurs from across Colorado.
- Certification partners: CDOT (Flagging) and the Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council (OSHA)
- CPR / First Aid training is also offered.
What's included
- Flagging and OSHA instruction by certified trainers through our partners
- Materials and exam fees are free to the veteran
- On-the-job partnership training with SMART Heroes at Sheet Metal Workers Local Union #9 and Exteriors Denver
- CPR / First Aid training
- Entrepreneur mentoring for veterans starting or growing a trade business
- Help connecting to employers
Next course
To be announced.
Register your interest and we'll reach out when the next course is scheduled.
Pillar 02 · Peer Mentors
Trained, certified Peer Mentors.
The person a veteran trusts most is often another veteran.
We train and certify veterans as Peer Mentors. Our mentors serve in Veterans Treatment Courts, and they're also here for any veteran in the community who needs someone to talk to: another vet who's been there. Mentors help veterans build structure, set goals, and stay accountable, with steady work as the target.
In the courts
- 18th Judicial District
- 23rd Judicial District
- Aurora Municipal Court
- Lakewood Municipal Court
In the community
One-on-one peer support for any veteran who needs another veteran to talk with.
What Peer Mentors do
- Check in regularly with the veterans they mentor
- Help set employment and life goals and stay accountable to them
- Connect veterans to certifications, transition education, and employers
- Support veterans through court requirements, reentry, and life milestones
- Model resiliency and steady, pro-social habits
Mentors are peers, not case managers. When a veteran needs professional help, mentors connect them to it.
Become a Peer Mentor
Mentor training is 8 hours plus quarterly in-service, at no cost to participants.
Mentor training
Pillar 03 · Transition Education
Leaving active duty, prison, or jail?
A steady job is what keeps you on track. We'll help you get there.
WarriorNOW provides transition education for veterans leaving active duty, prison, or jail. Each veteran is paired with a trained peer mentor who has walked a similar road. Together they build a plan for housing, transportation, ID, and above all a job.
- 01
Before release or discharge
Connect with a peer mentor and build a reentry and employment plan.
- 02
First weeks out
Support with the first critical steps: ID, transportation, appointments, court requirements.
- 03
Back to work
Certifications, job connections, and a mentor who stays with you on the job.
Reentry includes our life skills classes: Resiliency, Mentoring 101, Crisis Intervention, and Whole Health. See the classes
No cost to veterans or their families. No VA connection required. Discharge status does not disqualify you.
Pillar 04 · Resiliency & Life Skills
Built to last on the job.
The habits, structure, and life skills that help a veteran land a job and keep it.
Resiliency training
Practical tools to handle setbacks and stay steady.
Work readiness
Goal-setting, job search, and what it takes to keep a job.
Life skills
Structure, planning, and the everyday skills of civilian life.
Community
Steady, pro-social connections with veterans who get it.
Part of reentry
Life skills classes
WarriorNOW teaches these classes as part of our reentry program.
- 01Resiliency
- 02Mentoring 101
- 03Crisis Intervention
- 04Whole Health
Classes run monthly. Next class date to be announced.
Community
Nightly Buddy Check
Every night at 7pm MT on Google Meet. Led by a Whole Health Certified Facilitator. Open to any veteran who needs to connect, no strings attached.
One goal: a steady job.
Tell us where you are. We'll help you find the right pillar to start with.