Homelessness Focus on Veterans
HOMELESS VETERAN RESOURCES NATIONAL

About USICH


At the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, we coordinate and catalyze the federal response to homelessness, working in close partnership with senior leaders across our 19 federal member agencies.


By organizing and supporting leaders such as Governors, Mayors, Continuum of Care leaders, and other local officials, we drive action to achieve the goals of the federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness—and ensure that homelessness in America is ended once and for all.


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We know how to end homelessness among Veterans. A growing list of communities across more than 30 states has proven that ending Veteran homelessness is possible and sustainable.


Urban, suburban, and rural communities alike have proven that we can drive down the number of Veterans experiencing homelessness to as close to zero as possible, while also building and sustaining systems that can effectively and efficiently address Veterans’ housing crises in the future.


Nov. 2018 List of Communities That Have Ended Homelessness among Veterans


These communities have a system in place to ensure that homelessness is rare, brief, and one-time.


To be recognized as having achieved the goal, communities must meet the requirements laid out in the federal criteria and benchmarks for ending homelessness.
Homelessness in America: Focus on Veterans 
June 07, 2018
To prevent and end homelessness in America, we must have a clear understanding of who is at risk of homelessness and who goes on to experience it. In our Homelessness in America series, we summarize data and research about specific sub-populations to help inform the work we must do, together, to end homelessness.

Veterans make up 9% of adults experiencing homelessness.

Homelessness:Focus on Veterans
We know what it takes to end homelessness. The solutions:

Housing
Housing provides a foundation from which a person or family can access the services and supports they need to achieve stability, begin the recovery process, and pursue personal goals.

Integrate Health Care
To treat and manage chronic health and behavioral health conditions that often affect their ability to stay housed and achieve their personal goals, people experiencing homelessness must have access to comprehensive health care.

Build Career Pathways
One of the most effective ways to support individuals as they move out of homelessness and into permanent housing is increasing access to meaningful and sustainable job training and employment.

Foster Education Connections
For children and youth experiencing homelessness, schools can be a lifeline. They provide safety, stability, and a connection to community that can help mitigate the impact of homelessness.

Strengthen Crisis Response Systems
An effective crisis response involves coordinating and reorienting programs and services to a Housing First approach and emphasizes rapidly connecting individuals and families to permanent housing, while mitigating the traumatic effects of homelessness.

Reduce Criminal Justice Involvement
Our national data shows that the number of Americans caught in a revolving door between the streets, shelters, and jails may reach the tens of thousands.

Build Partnerships
Recognizing that the solutions to homelessness cut across federal, state, and local jurisdictions, we need to build a robust interagency, cross-sector approach to preventing and ending homelessness.

Prevent Homelessness
To end homelessness in America, we must strengthen our ability to prevent it in the first place. To do that, we must take a multi-sector approach that focuses on housing needs, housing stability, and risks of homelessness across many different public systems.

IT WILL TAKE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO END VETERAN HOMELESSNESS

Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP)


HVRP has two core objectives: 


1) to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force, and 


2) to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans. HVRP grantees accomplish these objectives through a variety of core services

National Alliance To End Homelessness:


The Alliance is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Advocy


To be an effective advocate for homeless veterans, you have to understand the reasons for homelessness and learn about the supportive services veterans need to regain an optimum level of self-reliance and productivity.


NCHV has a wealth of information, including facts about homeless veterans, policies impacting the availability of services, organizations that help homeless veterans in your area, and assistance programs funded by federal agencies.

Where to Write for Vital Records


For users who want direct access to individual state and territory information.


 To use this valuable tool, you must first determine the state or area where the birth, death, marriage, or divorce occurred, then click on that state or area.


 Please follow the provided Application Guidelines to ensure an accurate response to your request.
Find Legal Help
The following resources can lead homeless and low-income veterans to free legal help in their regions: Features a state-by-state listing of legal help, including basic legal information,
information on court systems, lawyer referrals and directories, and free legal help


LawHelp.org  www.LawHelp.org

LawHelp helps people of low and moderate incomes find free legal aid programs in their communities, answers to questions about their legal rights and forms to help them with their legal problems.



American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Homelessness and Poverty:  


The Commission is committed to educating the bar and the public about homelessness and poverty and the ways in which the legal community and advocates can assist those in need.

 

www.abanet.org/homeless
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