VA Awards Grants to Help Low-income Families

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded $343 million in grants to 288 nonprofit organizations to help low-income veterans and their families. The grants were awarded under VA's Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program. SSVF funding, which supports outreach, case management and other flexible assistance to rapidly re-house veterans who become homeless or to prevent veterans from becoming homeless, was awarded to organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, including the list of grantees, visit the VA Homeless Veterans webpage.