§2065 Annual report on assistance to homeless veterans

Summary

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must send a report by June 15 each year to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs. The report must cover the Department’s work during the previous calendar year to help homeless veterans. It must say how many veterans got help and how much that help cost. It must give the Secretary’s view on how well the programs work, including residential work-therapy, programs that mix outreach, community residential treatment, and case management, and contract care for alcohol or drug problems. The report must also evaluate grant recipients under section 2011 and describe their experience applying for and getting HUD grants. It must describe how the Department coordinates housing and services with other federal agencies, including Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, the Interagency Council on Homelessness, Social Security, and any other agencies the Secretary works with. The Secretary may add any other information considered appropriate. The report must also give specific details about health programs for homeless veterans, including the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program’s spending, workload, who was contacted, treatment results, supported housing, the grant and per diem provider program under subchapter II, and the findings from medical needs assessments under section 2034(b). Finally, it must cover Veterans Benefits Administration work on homeless veterans’ claims, including costs, workload of claims evaluators, claim filing by homeless veterans, efforts to speed up processing, and any other relevant information.