The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday two new grants to support Secretary Eric Shinseki’s goal of ending veterans’ homelessness by 2015. Homeless providers, under these programs, can apply for funding to enhance the facilities used to serve homeless veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Friday two new grants to support Secretary Eric Shinseki’s goal of ending veterans’ homelessness by 2015.
Homeless providers, under these programs, can apply for funding to enhance the facilities used to serve homeless veterans and acquire vans for their transportation.
“Those who have served this nation as veterans should never find themselves on the streets, living without care and without hope,” Shinseki said. “Homeless prevention grants provide community partners with the opportunity to help prevent and end homelessness on the local level. This is a crucial tool to get at-risk veterans and their families on the road to stable and secure lives.”
The VA said about $22 million in rehabilitation funds will be available as part of the effort to increase the useful life of facilities previously funded under the program.
In a 2012 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, there were an estimated 62,619 homeless veterans on a single night in January 2012, in the United States. This is a 7.2 percent decline since 2011 and a 17.2 decline since 2009.
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