Transcript Working with Veteran Affairs

Working with
Veteran
Affairs
Connecting Homeless Veterans to
Resources
Goals
• End Veteran Homelessness by the end of 2015
• Connections to appropriate permanent housing
interventions
• Identifying the needs of Veterans
• Faster connections and bridges to mainstream
services
Ending Veteran
Homelessness by 2015
• In 2009, President Barack Obama and then VA
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced the goal of
ending Veteran homelessness by the end of 2015.
Together with partners and supporters nationwide
• In order to accomplish this goal, the VA invested
heavily in programs such as HUD-VASH, and
Supportive Services for Veteran Families
Veteran Affairs Permanent
Housing Interventions
• Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
• Rapid Rehousing and Prevention Program
• SSVF offers support services and short term financial
assistance to help homeless Veterans move as
quickly as possible into housing and attain housing
stability.
Veteran Affairs Permanent
Housing Interventions
• HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing
• Targets: Most Vulnerable chronically homeless
Veterans, to include those with substance abuse
disorders, medical and/or mental disabilities
Non VA Permanent
Housing Interventions
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Permanent Supportive Housing
Public Housing
RRH
VWWP
Identifying the Needs of
Veterans
• Greater Richmond CoC Veterans Workgroup
• Created to bring Veteran service providers together
in order educate and simplify access to services for
Veterans.
• Veterans Helplink Outreach, In reach and
assessment
Veteran workgroup
Partnering Agencies
Veteran Helplink
• Meets once a month as a group but coordinate
weekly to insure proper linkage to proper housing
resource
• Provide outreach to those who cannot make it into
the Homeless Point of Entry
• Provides soft handoffs to Veteran service providers
and mainstream resources
• Participates as a part of coordinated assessment
process for Veterans
Veterans Helplink for
Richmond CoC Area
Homeless Veteran Hotline
• Homeless Veteran in need of
help?
• Call 1-877-4AID VET (1-877-4243838)