Homeless Veterans – Training Resources
The National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans
The National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans was created in 2009 to promote recovery oriented care for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness. Goals of the Center include: promoting the development of policy and practice, supporting implementation of relevant research findings into clinical practice, providing education and training for VA community partners, disseminating evidence-based and emerging best practices and developing new empirical knowledge. Vince Kane, MSW is the Acting Director and Roger Casey, LCSW, PhD serves as the Deputy Director.
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=45
The HUD Fourth Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, July 2009
The 2008 AHAR focuses on two types of national estimates of homelessness. Point-in-time
estimates provide the total number of sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons on a
single-night in January. These estimates are based on local community counts of homeless
persons, and the report compares point-in-time estimates for 2006 through 2008. The report
also provides one-year estimates of the total sheltered population based on information from
local Homeless Management Information Systems. The one-year estimates account for
persons who used a homeless residential program at any time during a 12-month period. The
report compares one-year estimates for 2007 and 2008.
For a copy of the fourth annual homelessness report to Congress, please go to: http://www.hudhre.info/documents/4thHomelessAssessmentReport.pdf
Homeless Veterans Provider Technical Assistance Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Homeless Veterans Provider Technical Assistance Center provides training and consultation to non-profit and faith-based agencies to apply for the Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program. The GPD Program creates transitional beds and supportive services for homeless veterans as they move from homelessness to permanent housing. For a list of upcoming workshops, click on www.homelessvetprovidertac.net.
Homelessness Resource Center
Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Homelessness Resource Center periodically offers free training through webinars and regional workshops.
http://download.ncadi.samhsa.gov/enetwork/archive/2009/SAMHSA_hrc_4_20_09.html










