VA Announces $207 million to Help End Veteran Homelessness

September 30, 2014
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		Spotlight On... VA Announces $207 million to Help End Veteran Homelessness The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that it would award an additional "surge" of $207 million in funding for a program that serves homeless and at-risk veterans and families. VA had already announced in August that the program, the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, would receive $300 million to serve 115,000 veterans and their families. The additional $207 million in funding will be distributed among organizations in 56 high-need communities to provide outreach, case management, temporary financial assistance, and assistance in obtaining public benefits to approximately 70,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and families. The grants announced today will fund the fourth year of the SSVF program, which has played a key role in the 33 percent reduction in veteran homelessness since 2010. More information Webinar Recording: Prepare for the 2015 Point-in-Time Count, Enumerating Unsheltered Youth A recording of a webinar on effective strategies for including youth in the upcoming 2015 Point-in-Time (PIT) Count is now available on the Alliance website, where you can also find presentations slides from the webinar, and the Alliance Youtube channel. In the recording of the webinar, "Prepare for the 2015 Point-in-Time Count: Enumerating Unsheltered Youth," which originally streamed on Tuesday, Sept. 23, speakers addressed such topics as useful planning tactics, guidance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development on conducting reliable unsheltered counts of homeless youth, and more.

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