| According to the National Coalition for Homeless | | | | veteran programs. A Compensated Work |
| Veterans (NCHV), about 23% of America’s | | | | Therapy Program employing formerly homeless |
| homeless population are veterans. That is | | | | Veterans has been established at the Medical |
| somewhere between 529,000 and 840,000 | | | | Center in Lyons, NJ to receive, warehouse, and |
| veterans who are homeless at some time each | | | | ship these goods to VA homeless programs |
| year. Because of this, the Department of | | | | across the country. |
| Veterans Affairs and other non-profit | | | | HUD-VASH |
| organizations have devised a number of initiatives | | | | This joint Supported Housing Program with the US |
| to help our homeless veterans. Here are some of | | | | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| the initiatives provided by VA for our veterans. | | | | (HUD) provides permanent housing and ongoing |
| (Source: US Department of Veteran Affairs) | | | | case management treatment services for |
| VBA’s Acquired Property Sales for Homeless | | | | homeless Veterans who would not be able to live |
| Providers | | | | independently without the support of case |
| This program makes all the properties VA obtains | | | | management. HUD’s Section 8 Voucher |
| through foreclosures on VA-insured mortgages | | | | Program has designated over 10,0 |
| available for sale to homeless provider | | | | 00 vouchers to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) |
| organizations at a discount of 20 to 50 percent, | | | | throughout the country for Veterans who are |
| depending on time of the market. | | | | homeless. This program allows Veterans to live in |
| VA Excess Property for Homeless Veterans | | | | Veteran selected apartment units with a |
| Initiative | | | | “Housing Choice” voucher. These vouchers |
| This initiative provides for the distribution of | | | | are portable so that Veterans can live in |
| federal excess personal property, such as hats, | | | | communities served by their VA medical facility |
| parkas, footwear, socks, sleeping bags, and other | | | | where case management services can be |
| items to homeless Veterans and homeless | | | | provided. |