From: SSVF
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2017 9:30 AM
To: SSVF
Subject: SSVF Program Update Friday May
5, 2017
Topics:
1. Register for the SSVF National Webinar: May 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM EDT
2. Resource: Social Security’s 2017 Red Book
3. Resource: Integrating Employment Opportunities with Rapid Re-housing Interventions
4. Resource: HUD Invites CoCs to Request Vets@Home Technical Assistance for Communities to End Veteran Homelessness in 2017
Register for the SSVF National Webinar: May 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM EDT
Topic 1: VHA Services offered to Women Veterans Topic 2: Overview of the SSVF System Assessment & Improvement Toolkit Topic 3: Brief Overview of the SSVF Monitoring Toolkit
This webinar will provide an overview of VHA benefits available to Women Veterans and the cultural shift VA has made to improve services and increase access to these resources. The second topic will review the recently released SSVF System Assessment & Improvement Toolkit. SSVF is one of the primary drivers of local progress toward achieving an end to Veteran homelessness, and SSVF programs are expected to be fully integrated into local community planning efforts. SSVF’s unique flexibility and capacity to contribute and lead community planning activities at the local level has created an opportunity for success in every region of the country. The System Assessment & Improvement Toolkit is designed to help providers assess and improve homeless response systems and contains tools and templates to put findings into action. Lastly, there will be a brief overview of the SSVF Monitoring Toolkit.
Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8126542500184373761
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar
Resource: Social Security’s 2017 Red Book
The Social Security 2017 Red Book is a free guide to employment supports for people who receive Social Security disability benefits, Supplemental Security Income, or both. It explains SSA’s work incentives, how working can affect benefits, where to find local services, and more.
Educators, rehabilitation specialists, and counselors rely on this publication every year. Whether your clients are thinking about working now or may want to work in the future, the Red Book can help them consider the possibilities.
The 2017 edition of the Red Book is available on the SSA Website at: https://www.ssa.gov/redbook/
Resource: Integrating Employment Opportunities with Rapid Re-housing Interventions
A new paper from Heartland Alliance's National Initiatives on Poverty & Economic Opportunity makes recommendations for integrating employment opportunities with rapid re-housing interventions. The article has been posted to the SSVF website and can be found at the link below.
TA Opportunity for Communities to End Veteran Homelessness in 2017
As established in Opening Doors, the country is committed to the goal of ending homelessness among its Veterans. To that end, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the Vets@Home technical assistance effort in July 2015, to provide technical assistance and additional resources to Continuums of Care (CoCs). Since then, over 130 communities have received technical assistance through Vets@Home.
Today, HUD is continuing its effort by inviting CoCs who are new to Vets@Home to request technical assistance. As of April 2017, some CoCs are continuing their TA engagements, and all CoCs are invited to receive TA through Vets@Home. CoCs new to Vets@Home should submit a TA request through the HUD Exchange’s Request Technical Assistance form. HUD will provide all CoCs requesting TA through Vets@Home with remote TA. HUD will provide more intensive and tailored TA to some CoCs based on 2016 Point-in-Time (PIT) count data, as well as information provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
More information may be found at:
Thank you,
SSVF Program Office
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