VHA Homeless Programs – Ending Veteran Homelessness

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S1EP15: Figuring Out Why Veterans Return to Homelessness Jul 10, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Dr. Jack Tsai, Research Director for VA's National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans; Dr. Thomas Byrne, an investigator with both the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Implementation Research at the VA Bedford Healthcare System; and Ken Mueller, senior business operations specialist in the Homeless Programs Office to learn about returns to homelessness. Our guests talk about what returns to homelessness are, why it happens to formerly homeless Veterans, and what VA is doing about it.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP15.pdf ===============================
Find your nearest VA:https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the September 2022 status update for the 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement
Goal:https://news.va.gov/109012/va-pace-house-38000-homeless-veterans-2022/
Read VA’s press release announcing the 11% decline in Veteran homelessness:https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5836
Learn more about Housing First:https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/models/housing-first.asp

S1EP14: Improving Homeless Services for LGBTQ+ Veterans Jun 12, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Dr. Jillian Shipherd, Deputy Director of VHA's National LGBTQ+ Health Program and Lindsay Church, Executive Director and Founder of Minority Veterans of America, to learn about how VA homeless programs can improve services to be more accessible to, and effective for, LBGTQ+ Veterans. Our guests talk about the unique risk factors facing LBGTQ+ Veterans, VA policies and services, and how VA homeless programs can strive to do better.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP14.pdf
Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless
Learn more about VA services for LGBTQ+ Veterans: https://www.patientcare.va.gov/lgbt/
Read VHA Directive 1340: Health Care for Veterans who Identify as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual: https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=9944
Read VHA Directive 1341: Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans: https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=6431
VA does not endorse Minority Veterans of America and is not responsible for the content of the following linked website: Minority Veterans of America: https://minorityvets.org/

S1EP13: How VA Helps Unsheltered Veterans Come Inside May 08, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Allison Bond, Deputy Director of the Heath Care for Homeless Veterans Program and Anthony Love, the Principal Advisor to the Executive Director for Intra/Inter-Agency Collaboration and Director of Community Engagement in the VHA Homeless Programs Office, to learn about the experience of unsheltered homelessness among Veterans. Our guests talk about what unsheltered homelessness is, why it harms Veterans, and what VA and the federal government are doing about it.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP13.pdf ===============================
Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless
Learn more about the negative health impacts of unsheltered homelessness: https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/featuredarticles/negative-health-impacts-of-unsheltered-homelessness.asp
Read All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness: https://www.usich.gov/fsp
Learn more about how landlords can help end Veteran homelessness: https://www.va.gov/homeless/landlords.asp
Find your nearest Community Employment Coordinator to and employ homeless and formerly homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless/cec-contacts.asp
Find your local VA Voluntary Service Office and learn more about volunteering at your local VA medical center: https://www.volunteer.va.gov/directory/index.asp
Find your nearest Stand Down event: https://www.va.gov/homeless/events.asp

S1EP12: Helping Justice-involved Veterans Get Their “Second Chance Apr 10, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Sean Clark, National Director for Veterans Justice Programs and Madolyn Gingell, National Coordinator for Legal Services for Veterans to learn about why it’s important to help Veterans get their “second chance”. Our guests talk about what justice involvement is, how past incarceration can impact Veterans’ risk for homelessness, and what VA is doing about it.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.Find your nearest VA:https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP12.pdf ===============================
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:https://www.va.gov/homeless
Find your nearest Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist:https://www.va.gov/homeless/vjo.asp
Find your nearest legal clinic via VA’s Office of General Counsel:https://www.va.gov/ogc/legalservices.asp
Learn more about Veterans Reentry Search Service (VRSS):https://vrss.va.gov/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKilRc8prBc
Learn more about VA’s Status Query and Response Exchange System (SQUARES): https://www.va.gov/homeless/squares
Learn more about VA’s Legal Services for Veterans program:https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/LSV.asp
Check Out Stateside Legal’s resources:
https://www.statesidelegal.org/finding-legal-help
Check out the American Bar Association’s Military Pro Bono Project:https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_services/milvets/initiatives/

News Update: VA’s 2023 Homelessness Goals Mar 15, 2023

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BREAKING NEWS: Today, March 15, 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced its 2023 goals for preventing and ending Veteran homelessness. To help us understand what this means for Veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability, we are joined by Jill Albanese, Director of Clinical Operations and Senior Advisor with the VHA Homeless Programs Office. Ms. Albanese walks us through the new goals and how VA plans to homelessness assistance services for Veterans.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
If you are a landlord or housing provider with housing units and are interested in renting to Veterans, visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/landlords.asp to learn how to help.
If you are a business owner, hire Veterans. Visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/cec-contacts.asp to connect with your local VA Community Employment Coordinator.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_SpecialEP_VA's 2023.pdf ===============================
Find your nearest VA:
https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless

S1EP11: Putting Out Burnout - Supporting Those Who Support America's Veterans Mar 13, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Dr. Roger Casey, Director for Education and Dissemination at the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and Dr. Nikola Alenkin, Supervisory Social Worker with the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System to learn about burnout among VA’s homeless program social workers. Our guests talk about what burnout is, how it can impact Veterans’ care, and what VA is doing about it.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP11.pdf
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Find your nearest VA:https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the REBOOT Task Force fact sheet: https://www.va.gov/HEALTH/docs/REBOOT_Task_Force_Fact_Sheet_030122_508.pdf
Read about Dr. Alenkin’s research on burnout and self-care (Note: the views expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States government): Self-Care in Large Organizations: Lessons Learned at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Residential Program: https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swz041
Responding to COVID-19 While Serving Veterans Experiencing Homelessness: The Pandemic Experiences of Healthcare and Housing Providers: https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319221112585

S1EP10: Growing Older Together: How VA is Evolving to Support Aging Veterans Feb 13, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Deborah Lee, HUD-VASH Regional Coordinator for the VHA Homeless Programs Office; Jia Son, HUD-VASH Director at the VA San Francisco Health Care System; and Adriana Der, HUD-VASH Supervisor at the VA San Francisco Health Care System to learn more about how the how VA homeless programs are changing to help older Veterans age gracefully in their own homes. Our guests talk about the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Aging and Disabled Veterans Initiative and how it’s being implemented in the California Bay Area. Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
If you are a landlord or housing provider with housing units, and are interested in renting to Veterans, visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/landlords.asp to learn how to help.
If you are a business owner, hire Veterans. Visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/cec-contacts.asp to connect with your local VA Community Employment Coordinator.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP10.pdf
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Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Find your nearest VA:https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the September 2022 status update for the 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement Goal:https://news.va.gov/109012/va-pace-house-38000-homeless-veterans-2022/
Read VA’s press release announcing the 11% decline in Veteran homelessness:
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5836
Learn more about Housing First:https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/models/housing-first.asp

News Update: VA Exceeds Goal to House 38,000 Homeless Veterans Jan 26, 2023

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BREAKING NEWS: Today, January 26, 2023, VA announced that it has exceeded its goal to house 38,000 homeless Veterans in 2022. To help us understand what this means for Veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability, we are joined by Jill Albanese, Director of Clinical Operations and Senior Advisor with the VHA Homeless Programs Office. Ms. Albanese walks us through how many homeless Veterans were housed, how VA did it, and what’s next for our work to end Veteran homelessness.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
If you are a landlord or housing provider with housing units, and are interested in renting to Veterans, visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/landlords.asp to learn how to help.
If you are a business owner, hire Veterans. Visit https://www.va.gov/homeless/cec-contacts.asp to connect with your local VA Community Employment Coordinator.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_SpecialEP_38K.pdf
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Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Find your nearest VA:https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the September 2022 status update for the 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement Goal:https://news.va.gov/109012/va-pace-house-38000-homeless-veterans-2022/
Read VA’s press release announcing the 11% decline in Veteran homelessness:https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5836
Learn more about Housing First:https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/models/housing-first.asp

S1EP9: What the New Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness Means for Veterans Jan 10, 2023

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This month, we are joined by Mr. Jeff Olivet, Executive Director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), to learn more about how the recently released “All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness” will impact Veterans. Mr. Olivet talks about common myths and misconceptions about homelessness, what the plan aims to accomplish, and where the government is going next. Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP9.pdf
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Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the September 2022 status update for the 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement Goal: https://news.va.gov/109012/va-pace-house-38000-homeless-veterans-2022/
Read VA’s press release announcing the 11% decline in Veteran homelessness: https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5836
Learn more about Housing First: https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/models/housing-first.asp

S1EP8: 2022 Year in Review with Executive Director Monica Diaz Dec 12, 2022

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This month, we are joined by Mrs. Monica Diaz, Executive Director of the Homeless Programs Office with the Department of Veterans Affairs to reflect on how 2022 impacted Veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Mrs. Diaz talks about the major initiatives VA implemented this year and shares her thoughts about how relentlessness is critical to the work.
Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP8.pdf
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Find your nearest VA:
https://www.va.gov/find-locations
Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans:
https://www.va.gov/homeless
Read the September 2022 status update for the 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement Goal:
https://news.va.gov/109012/va-pace-house-38000-homeless-veterans-2022/
Read VA’s press release announcing the 11% decline in Veteran homelessness:
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5836
Learn more about Housing First:
https://www.va.gov/homeless/nchav/models/housing-first.asp

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