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We often say at USICH that to end homelessness nationally, we must end homelessness locally. To help communities optimize their current resources to accelerate progress towards ending Veteran homelessness, we have identified ten essential strategies

Spokane is throwing its hat into the ring to help end veteran homelessness. Today, Mayor Condon announced a nine-month initiative that is part of the national Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness. The need for

  The Commonwealth of Virginia is poised to be the first state to end veteran homelessness, providing hope – and evidence – that we can end this national disgrace.   Gov. Terry McAuliffe recognizes community

Congresswoman Dina Titus, from Nevadas First Congressional District, has created new legislation which seeks to address the VAs backlog of hundreds of thousands of appeals for VA benefits. Currently, the Department of Veteran Affairs has

Those long waiting times at the Stockton VA Clinic might soon be a thing of the past. Veterans got a welcome surprise this week when President Barack Obamas Veterans Administration budget included funding for the

DENVER The Denver veterans hospital and its satellite clinics rate below the national average on wait times for doctor appointments, according to statistics from the Veterans Affairs Department. The Denver Post reported Thursday that 13.7

RALEIGH The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to open another outpatient clinic in the Raleigh area to meet growing demand in Wake County and to try to reduce wait times for appointments. The VA is

MURFREESBORO Lt. Gen. Keith M. Huber, who recently retired from the U.S. Army after almost 40 years of service, is joining MTSU as senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives, according to a release from

WASHINGTON Rep. Dina Titus on Thursday demanded the Department of Veterans Affairs add staff immediately to attack a backlog of benefit appeals. Titus, D-Nev., said the agency should add enough claims officers to reduce the

William Thomson was a U.S. Marine in Vietnam, fighting along the hot zone they called the DMZ. “I did not have to make up stories,” he recalled of his two-year combat tour. “In fact, there’s

For a moment, it felt like Robert McDonald had finally found his veteran. The man came sauntering down a quiet Skid Row street, wearing a beige floral aloha shirt, khakis and a bemused grin, the