VA Announces New Grants to Help End Veteran Homelessness
April 16, 2015
Initiative Targets 45,000 Homeless and At-Risk Veterans and Families in High-Need Communities
CHARLESTON, SC – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald announced March 31, the award of $2 million in homeless prevention grants to the South Carolina areas of Columbia and the Midlands. The grants will serve homeless and at-risk Veteran families as part of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program.
This award will serve Veteran families associated with One80 Place (formerly Crisis Ministries), one of 24 community agencies in 15 high-need communities to receive a grant.
“The Department of Veterans Affairs is committed to using evidence-based approaches such as SSVF to prevent homelessness and produce successful outcomes for Veterans and their families,” said Secretary McDonald. “This is a program that works, because it allows VA staff and local homeless service providers to work together to effectively address the unique challenges that make it difficult for some Veterans and their families to remain stably housed.”
Under the SSVF program, VA is awarding grants to private, non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives that provide services to very low-income Veteran families living in – or transitioning to – permanent housing. The grants announced today will provide additional resources to the fourth year operations of the SSVF program.
Through the homeless Veterans initiative, VA committed more than $1 billion in FY 2014 to strengthen programs that prevent and end homelessness among Veterans. VA provides a range of services to homeless Veterans, including health care, housing, job training and education.
More information about VA’s homeless programs is available at www.va.gov/homeless.
Details about the SSVF program are online at www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf.asp.
More information about how it affects the region, contact Amy Zeigler, One80 Place, VP for Development at (843) 723-9477 or [email protected]
