HVRP is a proven, successful program that gets homeless veterans off the street and back to being productive members of society. WDVA provides HVRP-W services to Women Veterans in the Puget Sound Region of King, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, and Snohomish Counties. HVRP-Rural services are provided to Counties in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana, and Northeastern Oregon.
The HVRP offers a structured, individually designed case management plan to assist veterans become employable and secure.
- Immediate needs – food, clothing
and shelter;
- Outreach to homeless providers;
- Employability needs and skills
assessment;
- Job readiness services, including
transitional housing assistance, basic
skills training, therapeutic work, résumé
development and employment
opportunity referrals; and
- 90, 180, and 270-day job retention
follow-up.
To be eligible for participation under HVRP, an individual must be homeless and a veteran as defined:
The term “homeless or homeless individual” includes persons:
- Who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence;
- Whose primary nighttime residence
is either a supervised public or private
shelter designed to provide
temporary living accommodations, or a temporary residence for individuals
intended to be institutional; or
- Living in a private place not designed
for, or ordinarily used as a regular
sleeping accommodation for human beings.
The term “veteran” means a person
who served in active duty military,
naval or air service and who was
discharged or released under other
than dishonorable.
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