1. Preventing & Ending Veteran Homelessness – HVRP and Earned Income Baylee Crone National Coalition for Homeless Veterans & JOHN RIO Advocates for Human Potential BURTON BLATT INSTITUTE AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY & NATIONAL COALITION FOR HOMELESS VETERANS

2. What is the Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP)?  A competitive grant fund of US DOL Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS).  President Barack Obama signed the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010 (Public Law No: 111- 275). Section 201 reauthorizes HVRP.  Purposed to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force; and  To stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans.

3. HVRP Services  Employment and training services Veterans need in order to re-enter the labor force  Grantees provide an array of services utilizing a case management approach that directly assists homeless veterans as well as provide critical linkages for a variety of supportive services available in their local communities.  Results are measured – the critical performance measures for HVRP are 1) enrollments, 2) placements, 3) placement rate, and 4) cost per placement

4. HVRP Awards  Of the 143 current HVRP awards…  Many are also SSVF grantees;  71 are urban;  32 non-urban;  24 focus on Homeless Females Veterans and Veterans with Family grants; and  16 are Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP) grants.

5. HVRP Eligibility…Must be Homeless and a Veteran  The term “Veteran” means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. [38 U.S.C. 101(2)]. Veterans who received a “dishonorable” discharge are ineligible for HVRP services.  The term “homeless” or “homeless individual” found at 42 U.S.C. 11301(a), and amended by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-22)

6. HVRP REGIONS Find a grantee at http://bbi.syr.edu/nvtac/index.htm Boston Region Philadelphia Region Atlanta region Dallas/Denver Region Chicago Region San Francisco Region

7. Additional Key US DOL VETS Programs  Transition Assistance Program (TAP)  Veterans' Workforce Investment Program (VWIP)  Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Project (HVRP)  Disabled Veterans' Outreach/Local Veterans' Employment Representative Programs (DVOP/LVER)  Vocational Rehabilitation; and National Veterans' Training Institute (NVTI) training.

8. Jobs for Veterans’ State Grants  Both DVOP and LVER staff are located in the State Workforce Agencies One Stop Career Centers nationwide.  LVER staff facilitate the delivery of employment and training opportunities and services for veterans.  DVOP specialists provide intensive services to individual veterans with barriers to employment. http://dvoplverlocator.nvti.ucdenver.edu/

9. Additional Information For more information on U.S. Department of Labor, Veterans’ Employment and Training Service programs, please visit our web site at: www.dol.gov/vets

10. Steve Haimowitz sjhaimow@law.syr.edu 315-744-4139 http://bbi.syr.edu/hvrp/index.h tm http://bbi.syr.edu/hvrp/index.h tm FOR NVTAC INFORMATION 10 Baylee Crone bcrone@nchv.org 202-546-1969 http://nchv.org/ John Rio jrio@ahpnet.com 914-433-5192 Gary Shaheen geshahee@law.syr.edu 315-443-9819