Schumer Announces Veteran’s Affairs Award to Rochester’s Veterans Outreach Center $2 Million for the Prevention of Homelessness Among Veterans and Their Families in Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Livingston, Ontario & Now Erie & Niagara Counties
Funding Will Allow Center to Provide Financial Assistance to Veterans, Administer Support Services, Develop Community Partnerships, and Expand Services to More Vets
Schumer: We Are Forever Indebted To Our Veterans, These Funds Will Help Reduce The Number Of Homeless Heroes in NY
New York, NY – July 12, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that Veterans Outreach Center in Rochester is set to receive $1,063,900 in Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families program (SSVF) to serve approximately 550 participant households in Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Livingston and Ontario counties. Veterans Outreach Center will also receive a $1,006,580 grant that will allow them to expand their services to Erie and Niagara counties to serve an additional 520 veterans. Specifically, the funds will allow the Center to provide financial assistance to veterans in relation to their housing, administer support services, manage casework, and develop community partnerships to benefit the veterans.
“The bottom line is that even one homeless veteran is one too many,” said Schumer. “These funds will allow Veterans Outreach Center to prevent homelessness amongst our nation’s heroes in Western New York by serving over 550 families in the Rochester region, plus over 500 veterans in Erie and Niagara counties. I applaud the VA in their new Supportive Services for Veteran Families initiative to help veterans and their families find transitional and permanent housing, and am proud that Rochester’s Veterans Outreach Center will continue its honorable service with these funds.”
The SSVF program is a new VA initiative that awards grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will provide supportive services to low-income Veterans and their families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. The grantees selected will provide a range of supportive services designed to promote housing stability. Schumer applauds the allocation of the SSVF funding to Veterans Outreach Center.
