The Homeless Veteran Program is housed within the Veterans Mental Health Department of the Texas Veterans Commission. The goal is to improve the accessibility of resources and services for military veterans and their loved ones in Texas that are experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of becoming homeless. The Program will identify and highlight services aimed at preventing veterans from entering homelessness and provide trainings to direct service providers. Additionally, resource clinics will be provided directly to veteran families.
Resources
On a single night in 2023, roughly 653,100 people – or about 20 of every 10,000 people in the United States – were experiencing homelessness. Six in ten people were experiencing sheltered homelessness—that is, in an emergency shelter (ES), transitional housing (TH), or safe haven (SH) program—while the remaining four in ten were experiencing unsheltered homelessness in places not meant for human habitation.
• VA – Project CHALENG
Project CHALENG unites homeless service providers, advocates, Veterans and concerned citizens toward the goal of meeting the evolving needs of Veterans who are homeless.
• Housing for Texas Heros Grants
House Modifications, Critical Home Repairs, & Home Weatherization
• Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Aid is available from TDHCA through the assistance of local and state partners.
• Combined Arms: A Place To Call Home
Together with some of Houston’s best homeless services organizations, Combined Arms is committed to making sure every veteran that reaches out to us finds a safe place to sleep.
• US Interagency Council on Homeless: Reduce Crimal Justice Involment
The Council is pursuing steps to reduce criminal justice system involvement among people experiencing homelessness, both by reducing the criminalization of homelessness and the return of people from correctional settings to homelessness.
• US Department of Labor: Homeless Reintegration Program
The Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program is an employment focused competitive grant program of the Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Services.
• HUD Exchange: Veteran Homelessness
The HUD Exchange is an online platform for providing program information, guidance, services, and tools to HUD’s community partners, including state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, Continuums of Care (CoCs), Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), tribes, and partners of these organizations
• 211 Texas Health Human Services
2-1-1 Texas helps Texas citizens connect with the services they need, including food, housing, child care, crisis counseling, substance abuse treatment, and more.
• Veterans Land Board: Home Improvements
The Veterans Land Board (VLB) helps Veterans, Military Members and their spouses buy homes and then help pay to improve it through the Texas Veterans Home Improvement Program (VHIP).
• Veterans Land Board: Land Loans
The VLB Veterans Land Loan Program is the only one of its kind in the nation, giving Texas Veterans and Military Members the opportunity to borrow up to $150,000 to purchase land at competitive interest rates while typically requiring a minimum five percent down payment for tracts of one acre or more.
• VA Homeless Programs
The mission of the Homeless Programs Office (HPO) is to assist Veterans and their families in obtaining permanent and sustainable housing with access to high-quality health care and supportive services.
• HUD Exchange: Need Housing Assistance?
Local agencies provide a range of services, including food, housing, health, and safety. Contact a national hotline or locate an organization near you.
• Five Tips On How To Engage With Homeless Veterans
Every Veteran experiencing homelessness has a story to tell and, often, it involves one or more traumas that led them to where they are now.
