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Nov 2023
44m 34s

S1EP19: Improving Access and Outcomes fo...

Veterans Health Administration
About this episode
This month, we are joined by Lourdes Tiglao, the Director of VA's Center for Women Veterans and Tracy Emmanuel, the Deputy Director for the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing Program to better understand homelessness among Women Veterans. Our guests talk about the unique challenges and barriers that homeless women Veterans face when accessing services and what VA is doing about it.

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_S1EP19.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

Landlords interested in renting to homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless/landlords.asp

Business owners interested in employing homeless Veterans: https://www.va.gov/homeless/cec-contacts.asp

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Check out VA’s Center for Women Veterans: https://www.va.gov/womenvet

Email Center for Women Veterans: 00W@va.gov

Contact the Women Veterans Call Center: Dial 855-VA-WOMEN or visit https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/wvcc.asp

Learn more about the I Am Not Invisible campaign: https://www.va.gov/womenvet/iani

Learn more about the Women Veteran Trailblazers Initiative: https://www.va.gov/womenvet/outreach/trailblazers.asp

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Check out the Library of Congress Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/programs/veterans-history-project

Check out the Military Women’s Memorial (VA does not endorse Military Women’s Memorial and is not responsible for the content of the following linked website): https://womensmemorial.org

Learn more about the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as Amended by S. 896 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009: https://www.hudexchange.info/homelessness-assistance/hearth-act/

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Find more resources for homeless and at-risk Veterans (VA does not endorse Community Solutions and is not responsible for the content of the following linked website): https://community.solutions/homeless-resource-locator/
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