Kevin Scott Edwards is a formerly homeless military veteran and mental health consumer who was diagnosed with a co-occurring disorder in 1994. For 15 years Kevin utilized rehabilitation programs and community outreach organizations to secure a recovery lifestyle that focuses on proactive resiliency.Kevin serves as an active member of the Congressman C. W. Bill Young VA Medical Center Veteran Community Partnership, NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health), Goodwill Industries, NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), FACES & VOICES of RECOVERY, INAOPS (International Association of Peer Specialists, is the founder and former Chairperson for the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Veterans Advisory Council, a member of the Florida State Advisory Council on Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery-Priority to OEF/OIF Veterans, served as a veteran representative on the Central Florida Behavioral Health Network Board of Directors, current member of the Pinellas County Veterans For Lynn Council, The Task Force to End Veterans Homelessness, outreach volunteer, mentor and peer specialist for Veterans in Tampa Bay.

Kevin’s volunteer work began with the Salvation Army’s Borden Avenue Veterans Residence in Long Island City, NY when he became homeless for the first time. He currently volunteers at the Pinellas Safe Harbor Shelter, Veterans Village emergency bed program, the VA hospital in Tampa, FL, a local food pantry and with a number of grass roots organizations doing homeless outreach.

Kevin can be reached by e-mail: [email protected]

Or by phone: 813-260-6184