VA Awards $12 Million to Assist L.A. Homeless

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families announced it's awarding $300 million in grants to help approximately 120,000 homeless and at-risk veterans and their families.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman announced Thursday that more $12 million is awarded to assist Los Angeles-area homeless veterans.

“The epidemic of veterans’ homelessness in our community is a national disgrace,” said Rep. Waxman in a released statement. “These veterans have served our country and risked their lives for their nation. It is a true embarrassment to the country that they remain homeless."

Waxman added that grants the VA awarded will move L.A. closer to ending homelessness among veterans.

The SSVF program is a nation-wide program that supports the Veteran Administration’s efforts to prevent at-risk veterans from becoming homeless and rapidly re-house those who have recently fallen into homelessness. Grantees will provide a range of services that promote housing stability and play a key role in connecting veterans and their family members to VA services such as mental health care and other benefits.

For more information on the grants, read the press release. 

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.

For more information about Rep. Waxman’s work on veterans’ issues, please visit http://waxman.house.gov/issue/west-los-angeles-va