§2013 Program to Improve Retention of Housing by Formerly Homeless Veterans and Veterans at Risk of Becoming Homeless

Summary

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs must run a program that gives case management to veterans who used to be homeless and are moving into permanent homes, and to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless. The program must help veterans find and use federal, State, local, and Tribal housing and support services. In places where licensed providers are scarce, people working toward a master’s degree in social work may provide services if supervised by a fully qualified person. The program is carried out with grants. The Secretary must favor groups that can provide case management, especially those that have used VA amounts under sections 2012 and 2061 to run transitional housing. Extra priority goes to groups that stop taking those amounts and convert transitional housing into permanent housing that meets the housing quality standards in section 8(o)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)). If a facility got a grant under section 2011 and is converted this way, that conversion is treated as meeting the Department’s needs and is not a violation of the grant. Grant recipients must send a report describing the services they provided or coordinated with the grant.