$400k grant to help homeless San Bernardino County veterans

Advocates say homelessness is a problem for returning vets who sometimes have a hard time transitioning back to civilian life.

White House officials on Tuesday outlined a range of reforms for the Veterans Affairs Department to include enhanced protections for GI Bill education benefits and a renewed push to end veterans’ homelessness.

Right now it takes an average of 81 days from contact with a homeless veteran in Austin to moving him or her into a home, down from 238 days in 2012, said Ann Howard, executive director of the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO.

It’s CEO and Commissioner is Jamie Rubin, who says we owe veterans gratitude for their service. Funding comes from an increase in property recording fees approved by OR lawmakers two years ago.

The president highlighted a veteran unemployment rate which has dropped to 3.9 percent, a seven-year low.

If you’ve got housing that would be good for a Veteran, call the mayor’s office or call ECHO.

Veterans can come home with battle scars, and they’re not always physical ones.

Soldier On is the largest provider in the country of another largely effective program funded by the VA, Supportive Service for Veteran Families (SSVF), which has made a profound difference in ensuring that homeless and at-risk veterans and their families have access to the resources they need to successfully transition to permanent housing.

In addition, the administration said the VA and the Federal Trade Commission have signed a new agreement to “provide enhanced oversight and strengthen enforcement against schools that engage in deceptive or misleading advertising, sales or enrollment practices towards veterans”.

The Spokane VA program never turned a veteran away because of the policy change, Haken said. The agency said it has handled about 7 million more health care appointments for veterans in the past 12 months than in the previous year.

The Florida Republican noted government spending on such housing initiatives had far outpaced the overall reduction in homeless veterans.

There are an estimated 50,000 homeless veterans, according to the latest count taken on a single night in January 2014.

On average, one in four homeless people are veterans nationwide and in Oklahoma City that population is even higher.

Though Trump said he met Putin during a taping of an interview, they were interviewed in different countries.

A few homeless veterans could soon be turned away from a program that provides them with temporary shelter. They’re taking their medications, they’re getting their mental health therapy, their getting their substance abuse treatment, they’re really motivated, and they’re really willing to work.