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VA Helps Veterans … Stay healthy Eligible Veterans can receive health care, including mental health care and treatment for substance use. Secure safe, stable housing Veterans at imminent risk of becoming homeless can get assistance with expenses such as utilities and child care to help them stay in their homes. Qualified Veterans in temporary housing can get help finding a permanent home. VA can help Veterans having trouble making mortgage payments explore options to avoid foreclosure. Find a job VA provides job training or referrals to help eligible Veterans gain skills to prepare them for employment. Work therapy programs can help Veterans who are homeless find temporary housing and a paying job. Get a degree VA can help eligible Veterans go back to school and assist with living expenses while they pursue their studies. VA provides individualized care through a wide range of services for Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Veterans of all eras and branches may be eligible for VA services. Make the Call and take the first step to access help from VA. Richard, formerly homeless Veteran Served 1975-1977 Make the Call! For the Community At-Large

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Page 1: Make the Call! - VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs › ... › docs › VA_Homeless_Brochure_General.pdf · You can help. • If you or a Veteran you know is homeless or at imminent

VA Helps Veterans … Stay healthy • Eligible Veterans can receive health care, including mental health care

and treatment for substance use.Secure safe, stable housing • Veterans at imminent risk of becoming homeless can get assistance with

expenses such as utilities and child care to help them stay in their homes.• Qualified Veterans in temporary housing can get help finding a

permanent home.• VA can help Veterans having trouble making mortgage payments explore

options to avoid foreclosure.Find a job • VA provides job training or referrals to help eligible Veterans gain skills to

prepare them for employment.• Work therapy programs can help Veterans who are homeless find

temporary housing and a paying job.Get a degree • VA can help eligible Veterans go back to school and assist with living

expenses while they pursue their studies.

VA provides individualized care through a wide range of services for Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming

homeless. Veterans of all eras and branches may be eligible for VA services. Make the Call and take the first step to access help from VA.

Richard, formerly homeless Veteran Served 1975-1977

Make the Call!

For the Community At-Large

Page 2: Make the Call! - VA.gov Home | Veterans Affairs › ... › docs › VA_Homeless_Brochure_General.pdf · You can help. • If you or a Veteran you know is homeless or at imminent

“VA honestlysaved my life.”

Ginny, formerly homeless Veteran

Served 1981-1985

No Veteran should ever be homeless. VA has made an unprecedented commitment to ending Veteran homelessness. While the number of Veterans who are homeless has been declining, even one Veteran without a home is too many. VA has a variety of targeted programs to help Veterans secure safe, stable housing and maintain healthy lives.

You can help. • If you or a Veteran you know is homeless or

at imminent risk of becoming homeless, or in crisis, Make the Call to 877-4AID-VET (877-424-3838) or chat online atva.gov/homeless.

• When you encounter people who may behomeless, ask the question “Have you served in the U.S. military?” and spread theword that VA has the resources to helpVeterans get back on their feet.

Trained, supportive professionals, many of them Veterans themselves, are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through the hotline and online chat. “There is

help for us at VA.”

David, formerly homeless Veteran Served 1977-1978

VA cannot end Veteran homelessness alone. Become our partner. People and groups in communities across the country are working to help end Veteran homelessness. You can, too. Spread the word about VA’s services. Connect Veterans in crisis with the support they’ve earned.

To learn more about how you can become VA’s partner, visit

va.gov/homeless/getinvolved