Nevada groups receive $4.6M in VA grants to combat veteran homelessness
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $4.65 million in grants Tuesday to organizations in Nevada for curbing homelessness among veterans and their families.
The goal of the VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program is to help low-income veterans’ families maintain stability in their current homes or transition to permanent housing. The program, which is in its fourth year, serves about 1,000 veterans.
This year the United States Veterans Initiative was awarded more than $1.2 million; Vietnam Veterans of California Inc., nearly $2 million; HELP Social Service Corp., about $954,000; and The Salvation Army more than $463,000.
“These funds will play a major role to help bring our heroes off the streets and provide a safe place for them to stay as they transition to long-term housing,” Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee said in a press release. “No one who wore the uniform should lack a roof over his or her head.”
Peggy Kearns, director and CEO of the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, said the VA’s supportive services program is “a key tool to promote housing stability among our most economically vulnerable veterans and their families.”
“This program empowers our community-based partners to provide the mix of services needed to prevent veterans from becoming homeless and rapidly re-house those who become homeless,” Kearns said.
