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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 1, 2010Secretary Shinseki Announces $41.9 Million to Help the HomelessWASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki has announced that 40 states will share more than $41.9 million in grants to community groups to provide 2,568 beds for homeless Veterans this year. “These grants wouldn’t have happened without the extraordinary partnerships forged with community organizers,” said VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki. “These investments will provide transitional beds to Veterans who have served honorably, but for various reasons now find themselves in a downward spiral toward despair and homelessness.” The Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program provides grants and per diem payments to help public and nonprofit organizations establish and operate new supportive housing and service centers for homeless Veterans. The $41.9 million is broken into two categories. About $26.9 million will help renovate, rehabilitate or acquire space for 1,352 transitional housing beds. A second group of awards, valued at $15 million, will immediately fund 1,216 beds at existing transitional housing for homeless Veterans this year. The awards will cover daily living costs based upon the number of homeless Veterans being served in transitional housing.A key component of VA’s plan to eliminate homelessness among Veterans within five years, the grants and per diem payments helped reduce the number of Veterans who were homeless on a typical night last year by 18 percent to about 107,000 Veterans within one year. - More -Homeless 2/2/2/2VA’s strategy to eliminate homelessness among Veterans is to implement a “no wrong door" approach, meaning Veterans who seek assistance should find it in any number of VA’s programs, from community partners or through contract services.Under the Secretary’s action plan to end homelessness among Veterans, VA will continue to offer a full range of support necessary to end the cycle of homelessness by providing education, jobs, health care and counseling, in addition to housing. VA will increase the number and variety of housing options available to homeless Veterans and those at risk, including permanent, transitional, contracted, community-operated and VA-operated housing. Most importantly, VA will target at-risk Veteran populations with aggressive support intervention to try to prevent homelessness before it starts.For more information, visit VA’s Web page for VA’s National Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Office at homeless. Additionally, VA has a National Call Center for Homeless Veterans, 1-877-4AID VET (1-877-424-3838), www1.HOMELESS/NationalCallCenter.asp.# # # Recipients of VA Capital Grants forHomeless Veterans Service ProvidersStateCityRecipientsProgramAmountAriz.PhoenixArizona Department of Veterans' Services8 beds$19,600PhoenixLode Star Day Resource Center49 beds$65,000Calif.FairfieldMission Solano Rescue Mission, Inc.One van$11,408FresnoWestCare California, Inc.28 beds, one van$526,500Long BeachSubstance Abuse Foundation of Long Beach, Inc.One van$15,597Los AngelesPeople in Progress, Inc.One van$26,521Moreno ValleyLightHouse Treatment CenterOne van$14,300San BernadinoTurrill Transitional Assistance Program21 beds$329,647San FranciscoSalvation Army, A California Corporation10 beds$297,561South Lake TahoeSierra Recovery dba Vitality Lake Tahoe20 beds, one van$124,232Sun ValleyPeople in Progress, Inc.30 beds, one van$191,900Colo.AuroraMile High Council8 beds, one van$76,132DenverVolunteers of America Colorado Branch8 beds$381,380Conn.BridgeportApplied Behavioral Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. (ABRI)17 beds, one van$824,338New BritianVeterans, Inc.18 beds, one van$727,497WinstedMcCall Foundation, Inc.10 beds$450,000Fla.BradentonVolunteers of America of Florida, Inc.20 beds$761,012HudsonUniversal Spiritual Center, Inc. dba St. Judes HVRC30 beds$493,675MelbourneBRIDGES BTC7 beds$35,750OcalaVolunteers of America of Florida, Inc.50 beds$1,050,000Ga.AugustaHope House, Inc.20 beds, one van$391,185DecaturPhoenix Rising Center for Women, Inc.20 beds$293,571Ill.ChicagoA Safe Haven Foundation30 beds, one van$289,598ChicagoFeatherfist Development Corporation40 beds, one van$416,250Ind.Fort WayneVolunteers of America of Indiana, Inc.40 beds, one van$726,375IndianapolisHVAF of Indiana, Inc.50 beds, one van$1,979,426South BendCenter for the Homeless, Inc.25 beds, one van$305,500Ky.PikevilleMountain Comprehensive Care Center25 beds$750,000La.Baton RougeRaven's Outreach Center, Inc.20 beds$117,000Mass.PittsfieldUnited Veterans of America, Inc. dba Soldier On16 beds$786,074MaineAugustaVeterans, Inc.20 beds, one van$863,352Mich.GaylordGoodwill Industries of Northern Michigan, Inc.24 beds$589,273Miss.HattiesburgRegion XII Commission on Mental Health & Retardation24 beds$360,000Mont.MissoulaThe Poverello Center, Inc.26 beds$517,338PoplarFort Peck Housing Authority19 beds, one van$345,794N.C.CharlotteParker's House Foundation, Inc.60 beds, one van$294,473DurhamTriangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.15 beds$65,000Winston-SalemNorth Carolina Housing Foundation, Inc.30 beds, one van$925,379N.M.AlbuquerqueYoung Women's Christian Association of Albuquerque10 beds, one van$185,250Nev.RenoBristlecone Family Resources12 beds$240,000RenoWestCare Nevada, Inc.20 beds, one van$640,675N.Y.Ballston SpaSaratoga County Rural Preservation Company, Inc.11 beds$212,423BuffaloThe Altamont Program, Inc.10 beds, one van$233,375WaldenRegional Economic Community Action Program20 beds, one van$575,250OhioAkronFamily & Community Services, Inc.30 beds, one van$906,338ChillicotheNew Vision Outreach24 beds$421,200LancasterLutheran Social Services of Central Ohio8 beds$106,383LorainFamily & Community Services, Inc.30 beds, one van$469,948Okla.TulsaLove Heals Church dba Restoring Lives Program25 beds$325,167R.I.ProvidenceThe Providence Center12 beds, one van$355,421S.C.CharlestonCrisis Ministries40 beds$1,215,625S.D.Belle FourcheNVN Country Community Action Team28 beds, one van$412,422Tenn.ChattanoogaBuffalo Valley, Inc.9 beds$165,750TexasHoustonHouston Launch Pad14 beds, one van$75,187UtahSalt Lake CityHousing Authority of Salt Lake City72 beds$1,000,000Wash.BellevueRed Vines 120 beds$480,000Port OrchardWashington Department of Veterans AffairsOne van$14,973SeattleArchdiocesan Housing Authority dba Catholic Housing Services18 beds$1,108,803SeattlePioneer Human Services38 beds$329,689Wisc.JanesvilleRock Valley Community Programs, Inc.48 beds, one van$418,828W.V.BuckhannonOpportunity House, Inc.5 beds, one van$108,615CharlestonRoark-Sullivan Lifeway Center, Inc.10 beds$461,500Recipients of VA Per Diem Only Awards for Homeless VeteransStateCityRecipientsProgramAla.AttallaRapha Ministries, Inc.15 bedsAla.TuskegeeDivine Inspirational Ministries, Inc.10 bedsAriz.TucsonOld Pueblo Community Foundation20 bedsCalif.BerkeleyBerkeley Food and Housing Project12 bedsDiamond BarSt. Anne's Transitional Home For Soldiers6 bedsFairfieldMission Solano Rescue Mission, Inc.30 bedsLong BeachSubstance Abuse Foundation of Long Beach, Inc.24 bedsLong BeachUnited States Veterans Initiative9 bedsLos AngelesSalvation Army, A California Corporation8 bedsMenlo ParkInnVision the Way Home12 bedsMoreno ValleyLightHouse Treatment Center12 bedsSan BernardinoFrazee Community Center5 bedsSan FranciscoSalvation Army5 bedsSan FranciscoUnited Council of Human Services70 bedsSan JoseEmergency Housing Consortium of Santa Clara County20 bedsSanta MariaGood Samaritan Shelter15 bedsSanta RosaInterFaith Shelter Network8 bedsSanta RosaVietnam Veterans of California, Inc.7 bedsStocktonDignity's Alcove, Inc.20 bedsSun ValleyPeople in Progress, Inc.20 bedsColo.AlamosaLa Puente Home, Inc.6 bedsDenverCatholic Charities & Community Services, Denver9 bedsDenverColorado Coalition for the Homeless20 bedsConn.AnsoniaCentral Connecticut Coast YMCA6 bedsFla.ClearwaterHomeless Emergency Project, Inc.20 bedsFort MyersSouthwest Florida Addiction Services, Inc.6 bedsGainesvilleVETSPACE, Inc.10 bedsNew Port RicheySteps to Recovery, Inc.18 bedsOrlandoThe Tree of Life Ministries of Orlando, Inc.16 bedsSarasotaHarvest Tabernacle of Sarasota, Inc.24 bedsSt PetersburgWestCare Gulf Coast Florida, Inc15 bedsTitusvilleCoalition for the Hungry and Homeless of Brevard, Inc.8 bedsGa.AtlantaMary Hall Freedom House, Inc.30 bedsIdahoCoeur d'AleneSt. Vincent De Paul Salvage Bureau3 bedsIll.ChicagoFeatherfist18 bedsRock IslandChristian Care6 bedsRockfordJanet Wattles Center12 bedsInd.IndianapolisHVAF of Indiana, Inc.25 bedsKan.Kansas CitySalvation Army8 bedsKy.FlorenceBrighton Center, Inc.5 bedsHopkinsvillePennyroyal Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center5 bedsLexingtonHope Center, Inc.5 bedsLouisvilleSalvation Army, A Georgia Corporation28 bedsMass.BostonPine Street Inn, Inc.16 bedsMich.DetroitEmmanuel House100 bedsDetroitSalvation Army60 bedsMinn.MinneapolisCatholic Charities St. Paul Minneapolis1 bedsMo.Kansas CityBenilde Hall8 bedsN.C.RaleighThe Healing Place of Wake County, Inc.24 bedsNeb.LincolnPeople's City Mission18 bedsN.J.Jersey CityCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark5 bedsNev.North Las VegasSalvation Army of Clark County20 bedsNorth Las VegasThe Shade Tree, Inc.4 bedsRenoThe Ridge House, Inc.1 bedsSun ValleyVitality Unlimited dba Vitality Center10 bedsSun ValleyVitality Unlimited dba Vitality Center10 bedsSun ValleyVitality Unlimited dba Vitality Center10 bedsN.Y.New YorkVolunteers of America Greater New York40 bedsOhioAkronHumility of Mary Housing, Inc.4 bedsCincinnatiJoseph House, Inc.15 bedsCincinnatiShelterhouse Volunteer Group, Inc. dba Drop Inn Center15 bedsClevelandWest Side Catholic Center3 bedsClevelandYMCA of Greater Cleveland5 bedsTrotwoodThe Other Place4 bedsOre.MedfordSalvation Army, A California Corporation8 bedsPortlandCentral City Concern22 bedsPenn.HarrisburgYWCA of Greater Harrisburg5 bedsPhiladelphiaFresh Start Foundation15 bedsPhiladelphiaImpact Services Corporation29 bedsPittsburghShepherd's Heart Fellowship Church2 bedsSharonThe Sankofa House for Women, Inc.2 bedsWilkes-BarreCommission on Economic Opportunity6 bedsYorkYWCA of Greater Harrisburg6 bedsTenn.Johnson CitySalvation Army, A Georgia Corporation18 bedsTexasHoustonSanta Maria Hostel, Inc.24 bedsWacoHeart of Texas Region Mental Health Mental Retardation5 bedsVa.RichmondFreedom House12 bedsVirginia BeachJudeo-Christian Outreach Center2 bedsWash.ForksNorth Olympid Regional Veteran's Housing Network12 bedsPort OrchardWashington Department of Veterans Affairs20 bedsWisc.Green BayNew Community Shelter, Inc.4 bedsMilwaukeeCenter for Veterans Issues, Ltd.15 bedsW.V.CharlestonYWCA of Charleston (YWCA Sojourner's Shelter for Homeless Women and Families)5 beds ................
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