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  • LA VA partners with community groups to aid homeless Veterans

    LA VA partners with community groups to aid homeless Veterans

    Working closely with community partners helps VA better serve Veterans who are facing homelessness.

  • Mobile unit brings health care for Veterans experiencing homelessness

    Mobile unit brings health care for Veterans experiencing homelessness

    George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center’s mobile medical unit is part of the homeless program outreach efforts, delivering care directly to Veterans experiencing homelessness.

  • ‘Give yourself a chance’: Veteran overcomes addiction and homelessness

    ‘Give yourself a chance’: Veteran overcomes addiction and homelessness

    Marine Corps Veteran Rob Slaughter overcame addiction and homelessness, and maintaining his sobriety is how he leads by example.

  • Five tips on how to help homeless Veterans

    Five tips on how to help homeless Veterans

    Practical resources to help homeless Veterans in your community.

  • Getting Veterans off the street: A new step toward ending Veteran homelessness

    Getting Veterans off the street: A new step toward ending Veteran homelessness

    VA’s new surge initiative aims to find unsheltered Veterans by meeting them where they are and fast-tracking their access to housing and care.

  • Breaking the link between homelessness and suicide

    Breaking the link between homelessness and suicide

    How addressing homelessness and justice-involvement plays a crucial role in reducing Veteran suicide—and what VA is doing to break the cycle for good.

  • Veteran goes from homeless and bedbound to independent again

    Veteran goes from homeless and bedbound to independent again

    Age-friendly care played a large role in Veteran going from being bedbound to independent.

  • Veterans Response Team gives homeless Veterans a second chance

    Veterans Response Team gives homeless Veterans a second chance

    The Veterans Response Team at the Birmingham VA helps first responders support Veterans in crisis, including those experiencing homelessness.

  • Formerly homeless Navy Veteran dedicates his time to serving others

    Formerly homeless Navy Veteran dedicates his time to serving others

    When Navy Veteran Philip Lord was released from prison, he had nowhere to go until VA homeless programs found Lord a place to live and a job.

  • Volunteers make homeless Veteran stand down event a success

    Volunteers make homeless Veteran stand down event a success

    The VA Bay Pines stand down relies on volunteers to connect Veterans facing homelessness with the resources they need.

  • Homelessness among female Veterans in 2024

    Homelessness among female Veterans in 2024

    Fewer female Veterans were homeless in 2024 than in 2023, but VA is committed to reducing that number to zero.

  • Preventing homelessness of Veterans impacted by job loss

    Preventing homelessness of Veterans impacted by job loss

    Keeping Veterans stably housed is one of our top priorities at VA. We have numerous programs to help prevent Veteran homelessness.

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Last updated September 15, 2025

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