The Veteran Affairs Program has a lot of benefits as well as services that are aimed at helping homeless veterans. They include education, disability benefits, health care, residential care, rehabilitation services, compensated work therapy, …show more content…
It has been able to do this by utilizing its resources and also in partnership with other programs. It has spent over a billion dollars from the benefit assistance and its healthcare programs to help many homeless veterans. To broaden this assistance, the Veteran Affairs Department conducts outreach programs that are aimed at connecting the homeless veterans to mainstream as well as homeless specific Veteran Affairs benefits as well as programs.
The programs offered by the Veteran Affairs Department are aimed at reaching out to veterans who live on the streets as well as shelters, who may not take a step to seek help. It also offers clinical checkups as well as referral medical services for both physical and psychiatric problems which include drug abuse. Other services offered include long-term transitional housing, rehabilitation, case management, employment assistance and also linkage to the available income supports as well as permanent residence.
The Veteran Affairs Program also offers grants to non-profit and public groups that intent help homeless veterans. For instance, it awarded 400 grants to such groups to help veterans in 50 states and Columbia District. The services offered by these public and non-profit groups include service centers, transitional housing as well as vans that are used for transport purposes and also