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More than $536 million in grants has been authorized for services to veterans and their families. One grant is for $326 million; the other is for $200 million.
The $326 million award will help low-income veteran families getting benefits from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. That money will go to 252 nonprofit organizations around the country that help veterans and their families find stable housing situations. Services will include outreach and case management for health care, legal support, child care, a fiduciary, transportation and more.
Last year this same fund provided housing services to more than 129,000 people, including nearly 84,000 veterans and over 27,000 children. The funding will begin in October 2018. To learn more about the services, go online to ww.va.gov and put SSVF in the search box.
The other award, $200 million, will fund the Grant and Per Diem Program, which helps homeless veterans. That amount will provide 13,000 transitional housing beds during fiscal 2019. An additional amount, $2.7 million, will go to special needs to provide housing services for veterans with minor dependents, mental illness and women veterans.
Programs include bridge housing (short-term stay in transitional housing when permanent housing is not yet available); low demand housing for veterans who have been unable to use traditional housing programs; hospital to housing for veterans who were hospitalized or seen in emergency rooms; clinical treatment for veterans who need mental-health or substance treatment and need housing and employment; service-intensive transitional housing to permanent housing; and transition-in-place support services as a veteran adjusts over time to permanent housing.
Homeless veterans might be eligible for any number of benefits, such as insurance, home loans, education and training, vocational rehab and employment, pension and more. To learn more about the benefits, go online to www.benefits.va.gov/PERSONA/veteran-homeless.asp.
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