S1EP14: Improving Homeless Services for ...

This month, we are joined by Dr. Jillian Shipherd, Deputy Director of VHA's National LGBTQ+ Health Program and Lindsay Church, Executive Director and Founder of Minority Veterans of America, to learn about how VA homeless programs can improve services to be more accessible to, and effective for, LBGTQ+ Veterans. Our guests talk about the unique risk factors facing LBGTQ+ Veterans, VA policies and services, and how VA homeless programs can strive to do better.

Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance.

Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_S1EP14.pdf

Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations

Learn more about VA resources to help homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless

Learn more about VA services for LGBTQ+ Veterans: https://www.patientcare.va.gov/lgbt/

Read VHA Directive 1340: Health Care for Veterans who Identify as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual: https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=9944

Read VHA Directive 1341: Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans: https://www.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=6431

VA does not endorse Minority Veterans of America and is not responsible for the content of the following linked website: Minority Veterans of America: https://minorityvets.org/