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$13.5 million in HUD-VASH vouchers to build on national effort to end veteran homelessness WASHINGTON – December 8, 2014 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department

Thousands of homeless veterans who tried to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs national call center to seek treatment or shelter had to resort to leaving messages on answering machines and many never received a

President Obama has created a number of initiatives to end homelessness among veterans in the United States. And while many of those programs have helped get thousands of veterans off the streets, others have fallen

For the last 30 years of his life, Al Bodenlos visited dozens of San Diego schools and community groups to share stories about the horrors he witnessed 73 years ago today, when the Japanese attacked

CHARLESTON, South Carolina A top Veterans Affairs official is scheduled to visit the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston to see its new mental health research center. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan

WASHINGTON — White boxes overflowed with colorful, shiny new toys when senators, their families, aids and other staff members gathered at the Russell Senate Office Building to give to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

This week, the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its free treatment for mental and physical health issues related to military sexual trauma, or MST. Now, National Guard members and those assaulted during “inactive duty training”

By Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) – 12/05/14 08:00 AM EST Unfortunately, the more time we spend examining the chronic problems within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the more we

  McLean, Virginia December 3, 2014 The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded a prime contract to MorganFranklin Consulting to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-123 and remediation support

MARYVILLE (WATE) – All you need to brighten the holiday season for some local veterans are a pen, a stamp, a card and an envelope. The Blount County Veterans Affairs office is collecting Christmas cards

AURORA, Ill. – In an effort to stop the tragedy of disabled veterans losing their homes, state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, sponsored legislation to give property tax relief to veterans receiving donated housing, who risked

There are still hundreds of veterans in the east that need a home they can count on, despite a national report says that homelessness among veterans has declined considerably since 2010. One homeless veteran from