“….to promote recovery oriented care for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness.“

Mission

The mission of the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans is to promote recovery oriented care for Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness.  The Center is designed to improve the lives and treatment services of Veterans who are homeless or at-risk for homelessness and have mental health, substance use disorders, medical illness, cognitive impairment or other psychosocial treatment needs.  The primary goal of the Center is to develop, promote, and enhance policy, clinical care research, and education to improve homeless services so that Veterans may live as independently and self-sufficiently as possible in a community of their choosing. The Center is designed to be a national resource for both VA and community partners, improving the quality and timeliness of services delivered to homeless or at-risk Veterans and their dependents.

Goals of the Center

• Promote the development of policy and practice;
• Support implementation of relevant research findings into clinical practice;
• Provide education / training for VA and community partners and disseminate evidence-based and emerging best practices;
• Develop new empirical knowledge.

The Center: Overview

The Center’s Program Cores

The Center’s Preliminary Studies