The 25 Cities Effort is a program designed to integrate efforts needed to end Veteran homelessness in cities with high homeless Veteran populations.
Veterans build confidence on the open water.
To accomplish the audacious goal of ending homelessness among Veterans, collaborating with others is essential.
Grass-roots collaboration between VA Community Employment Coordinators (CECs) and local workforce boards are helping more Veterans exiting homelessness find employment, according to Dr. Carma Heitzmann, director of VA’s Homeless Veteran Community Employment Services (HVCES), in a recent interview with National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) President / CEO Ron Painter.
On Monday, Secretary Bob McDonald and other administration officials took to the road in a three-city swing to connect with communities committed to ending Veteran homelessness.
To achieve our goal of ending Veteran homelessness, VA is seizing every opportunity to move homeless Veterans into permanent housing as quickly as possible.
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VA employee recognized for remarkable journey from homelessness to advocacy
Sonia Niznik was taking shelter from Arizona’s dry summer heat at a “cooling center” provided by a local church when a team of outreach workers began conducting screenings using the Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization and Decision Assistance Tool (VI-SPDAT). At the time, Sonia had been without a home for about three years.
HUD-VASH vouchers to build on national effort to end Veteran homelessness