Women Tribal Services Are Special Priorities
WASHINGTON The Department of Veterans Affairs is allocating $39 million to fund about 2200 new transitional housing beds through grants to local providers.
VA is committed to ending the cycle of homelessness among Veterans" said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki. We will use every tool at our disposal health care education jobs safe housing to ensure our Veterans are restored to lives with dignity purpose and safety."
The $39 million in funding is broken into two categories. About $24 million in grants are available to renovate or rehabilitate space to create about 1000 transitional housing beds. The grants put a priority upon housing for homeless women and housing on tribal lands.
A second group of grants valued at about $15 million is expected to fund about 1200 new beds for homeless providers who already have suitable transitional housing. The grants will provide per diems based upon the number of homeless Veterans being served in transitional housing.
VA is the largest federal provider of direct assistance to the homeless with 14000 transitional beds in operation or development. About 107000 Veterans are homeless on a typical night. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has committed the department to ending homelessness among Veterans within five years.
For more information visit VAs Web page for the grant and per diem program at
www.va.gov/homeless or contact VAs program office at 1-877-332-0334 or e-mail VA at
homelessvets@va.gov.
