Sec. Collins: We Just Allocated Over $1B to Help Groups Across the Country Deal with Veteran Homelessness

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COLLINS: "It’s getting even better in the sense we’re just allocated over a billion dollars to help groups across the country deal with homelessness Last year, we’ve, permanently housed over 50,000 veterans. We’re coming, again, close to that number And as we’re doing so we’re seeing more and more understand that the the homelessness issue typically is tied with other things. And so what we’re doing at the VA is not only getting them into temporary housing getting them into, moving them to permanent housing but also we’re taking the time to make sure we give them the wraparound services that they need. What got them there to start with? For sometimes it’s medical conditions for sometimes it may be mental health for sometimes maybe just financial or addiction Those are the kind of things that we’re going to take and make sure that not only are we helping them get out of the situation make sure that they stay"