Retailer Lands’ End, donated 17,000 pieces of new apparel to ensure the items would get in the hands of Veterans in-need.
VA's Veteran Experience Office, working with the Birmingham VA Medical Center and key community leaders, coordinated the effort to remove barriers and house Veterans within their community, so they are not forced to live on the streets.
VA staff and partners are undertaking a surge to house as many homeless Veterans as possible over the next 30 days.
Today, we better understand what causes homelessness and can better prevent it. As a result, we’ve cut Veteran homelessness nearly in half – down 47 percent since 2010.
Housing First is a major change of clinical philosophy and a giant logistic change at the same time. A recent article in Veterans Affairs & Military Medicine Outlook, explores some of the research being conducted in VA on this approach.
In 2016, high school students Kaela Redd and her friends Sandra Ramirez and Ashley Toralva founded KUUMBA, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to community service.
Since 2010, the number of homeless Veterans in the U.S. has been reduced by nearly half — but even one homeless Veteran is too many. That’s why VA remains focused on eradicating homelessness among Veterans.
As one of 100 Veterans across the country who received a car through Progressive’s Keys to Progress 2016 program on Veterans Day, Alison Lysne has more than one reason to celebrate.
“This is an opportunity for us to help the Veterans. Not to give them a hand out, but a hand up.”
To help Veterans in Massachusetts with health issues avoid the serious risks that come with falling behind on child support payments, VA is working with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue, where officials were eager to find solutions for Veterans.
VA prepares to transform its largest transitional housing program to better serve Veterans experiencing homelessness
This Veterans Day, premium sock company Bombas is partnering with VA to provide socks to Veterans who are experiencing homelessness.