Eligible Participants: Homeless veterans and their families
The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program, through a cooperative partnership, provides permanent housing support by HUD and long-term case management and supportive services by Veterans Affairs (VA). HUD provides housing choice vouchers designated for HUD-VASH to participating public housing authorities (PHA) to assist with rent payment. Some of the PHA's have partnered with additional housing authorities/agencies to make the program accessible to veterans in more areas throughout Kentucky and even Southern Indiana.
Eligible homeless veterans receive VA case management and supportive services to aid in stability and recovery from physical and mental health, substance use, and functional concerns contributing to or resulting from homelessness. The program goals include promoting maximum veteran recovery and independence to sustain permanent housing in the community for the veteran and the veteran's family.
This program was designed to address the needs of the most vulnerable homeless veterans. To be eligible for this program, homeless veterans must be VA Health Care eligible and need to participate in case management services in order to obtain and sustain permanent, independent community housing.
For housing assistance, initial contact should be made to the Veterans Affairs Case Manager listed below.
KENTUCKY CONTACTS/AREAS SERVED:
| |
Veterans Affairs Case Manager |
Housing Choice Voucher Contact |
| Covington |
John Salter, (513) 518-4965 |
City of Covington Section 8 Office
Kimberly Phillips, (859) 292-2188 |
| Ft. Knox |
Stewart Smythe, (502) 287-4178 |
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Vickie Dalton, (502) 564-9946 |
| Lexington |
Randy Moler, (859) 948-3473 |
Lexington Housing Authority
Athena Richards, (859) 281-5035 |
| Louisville |
Todd Dedas, (502) 287-4176 |
Louisville Metro Housing Authority
Aldean Pleasant, (502) 569-4901 |
| Newport |
John Salter, (513) 518-4965 |
Newport Housing Authority
Candy McDine, (859) 581-2533 |
| Somerset |
Stephanie Gibson, (859) 494-7738
Ivan Weir, (606) 676-0786 ext. 7116 |
Somerset Housing Authority
(by Lexington Housing Authority)
Wendi Conley, (606) 679-1332 ext. 102 |
| Southern Indiana |
Todd Dedas, (502) 287-4176 |
Jeffersonville Community Action of So. Indiana
Jeff Nicholson, (812) 206-7875
New Albany Housing Authority
(by the Louisville Metro Housing Authority)
Cora Huffines, (812) 206-2039 |
VA MEDICAL CENTERS (VAMC)/Community Based Outreach Centers (CBOC)
HUD Louisville Office staff raising awareness for the local "DASH for VASH" initiative include (pictured from left to right): Pat Gidron (veteran, Multifamily), Sonja Redmon (veteran, Public and Indian Housing), Jason Hare (veteran, Multifamily), Steve Thomas (Community Planning and Development), Georgia Turner (Public and Indian Housing), David Railey (veteran, Field Policy and Management), Anne Roark (Public and Indian Housing), and Milton Suggs (veteran, Multifamily). |
KENTUCKY DASH FOR VASH -
Is a local HUD Kentucky Office initiative designed to support the HUD-VASH program among veterans within eligible communities. Staff of the office, dressed in running gear for the occasion, visited homeless agencies, soup kitchens, and community agencies, to handout promotional materials about the program and contact information for veterans in order to attain 100 percent participation in the program.
OTHER RESOURCES:
For more information about the HUD-VASH program in Kentucky, you may contact Anne Roark, Office of Public Housing Revitalization Specialist, at (502) 618-8107.
