{"id":24218,"date":"2024-08-27T12:22:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=24218"},"modified":"2024-08-27T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:07:43","slug":"sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-announce-federal-resources-to-help-veterans-facing-homelessness","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-rev-warnock-announce-federal-resources-to-help-veterans-facing-homelessness\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Ossoff, Rev. Warnock Announce Federal Resources to Help Veterans Facing Homelessness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta, Ga. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today announced Federal funding to help Georgia veterans find homes and prevent homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering over $31 million in Federal funding through the Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families program to nonprofit organizations across the state that help veterans find housing and prevent homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federal VA program helps provide case management and supportive services to prevent the imminent loss of a Veteran’s home; identify a new, more suitable housing situation for the individual and his\/her family; or help re-house Veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without this assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur national honor requires that we lift up and support all who have sacrificed in America\u2019s defense. That\u2019s why Senator Warnock and I continue working to end veteran homelessness in Georgia and nationwide,\u201d said Sen. Ossoff.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur servicemembers and veterans are the best among us, and as a champion for all Georgians in the U.S. Senate, I will continue working to ensure they receive the help they are owed for their service to our nation,\u201dsaid Senator Reverend Warnock.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal funding will go to nonprofit organizations across Georgia that work to prevent veteran homelessness and provide vital support:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organization Name<\/strong><\/td>Service Area<\/strong><\/td>Federal Funding<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Changing Homelessness, Inc.<\/td>St. Johns County, Savannah\/Chatham County & surrounding areas; regions of Florida<\/td>$15,604,329<\/td><\/tr>
Central Savannah River Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc. (CSRA EOA)<\/td>Augusta-Richmond County & surrounding areas<\/td>$1,864,282<\/td><\/tr>
Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc.<\/td>Columbus-Muscogee\/Russell County & surrounding areas<\/td>$2,098,333<\/td><\/tr>
Travelers Aid of Metro Atlanta, Inc.<\/td>Atlanta; Fulton County; Athens-Clarke County; Marietta\/Cobb County; DeKalb County & surrounding areas<\/td>$6,148,181<\/td><\/tr>
Project Community Connections, Inc.<\/td>Atlanta; Fulton County; DeKalb County & surrounding areas<\/td>$2,230,109<\/td><\/tr>
Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System<\/td>Chattanooga\/Southeast Tennessee & surrounding areas<\/td>$3,334,225<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to support Georgia veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Sens. Ossoff and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation<\/a> to help veterans file post-discharge disability claims and more quickly establish contact with accredited VA representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, Sen. Ossoff launched a push to pass<\/a> the bipartisan GUARD VA Benefits Act of 2023<\/em>, legislation he co-sponsored to protect Georgia veterans from predatory claim sharks seeking to take advantage of veterans applying for benefits they\u2019ve earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, Sens. Ossoff, Susan Collins (R-ME), and John Thune (R-SD) introduced<\/a> the Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act <\/em>to help more veterans in rural areas get transportation to VA health facilities and access the health care benefits they\u2019ve earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, thanks to Sen Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan Access for <\/em>Veteran<\/em>s to Records Act <\/em>becoming law, the National Archives cleared a backlog<\/a> of more than 400,000 records requests, enabling Georgia veterans to more quickly access their records and claim their benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to learn more about the VA\u2019s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Atlanta, Ga. \u2014 U.S. Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff today announced Federal funding to help Georgia veterans find homes and prevent homelessness. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are delivering over $31 million in Federal funding through the Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families program to nonprofit organizations across the state […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24218","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24220,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24218\/revisions\/24220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}