Homeless Veterans

Army Veteran Teressa White was homeless, needing a permanent living situation. A partnership with a dedicated VA social worker helped her forge a new path.

During Second Chance Month, VA examines the relationship between homelessness and incarceration, and explains how re-entry services help Veterans get a new lease on life.

VA permanently housed 40,401 homeless Veterans in 2022… exceeding the goal to house 38,000 Veterans by 6.3%.

Hundreds of Veterans received housing, food and employment assistance, clothing and health screenings at Chicago Winter Stand Down.

VA is committed to finding innovative ways to help Veterans exit homelessness. Sometimes this means making sure those who have answered the call to service have smartphone telephone service.

Innovative rideshare program provides transportation to Veterans in critical need after discharge, emergency department visit, or appointment related to hospitalization.

At the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, we’re working to support Veterans experiencing homelessness through our Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program, a competitive grant program focused on reintegrating individuals into the workforce and building strong systems to address the challenges veterans experiencing homelessness routinely face.  

In San Antonio, volunteers prep before dawn for the annual Point-In-Time Count. They also provided food and resources to homeless Veterans.

Texas A&M University’s librarians created a platform for public librarians to develop toolkits to support Veterans and their families.

The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks was recently named as one of Arkansas’ best hospitals for patient experience by Becker's Hospital Review.

50,000 socks have been given to homeless Veterans at 53 VA Medical Centers and 50 community partner sites across the country.

Hundreds of homeless Veterans are now off the street in Los Angeles. Between October and December, LA VA and partners housed 705 Veterans.