Education and Dissemination

Education and Dissemination
The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans (The Center) in coordination with the Homeless Program Office followed evidence-based peer reviewed articles to purse the eight steps to develop its competency model for serving homeless Veterans. The development of population-based competencies for serving homeless populations is described in detail below and demonstrates progressive steps to ensure that these competencies are comprehensive.
The graphic below describes each of the seven domains in this model. Click on any of the domains to find our description for each domain.
Homeless Population Certification Program - Specific Competencies

Roger Casey, PhD, LCSW, Director of Education and Dissemination, National Center on Homelessness among Veterans
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Roger Casey is the Director, Education and Dissemination of VA’s National Center on Homelessness among Veterans. Dr. Casey holds a Doctoral Degree in Public Health and Master’s Degree in Social Work. He has worked with VA homeless programs since 1986, providing direct services, implementing national pilot programs, and developing research initiatives regarding practice-informed residential treatment, housing, and case management design models. |
- The Center's National Education Series
- Connecting Research to Practice
- Exploration-Innovation-Technology (E.I.T.) Forum - Webinar Series
- Homeless Evidence and Research Synthesis (HERS)
VHA Train (External VA)
HPO Education and Training SharePoint (Internal to VA)
HPO Education and Training Calendar
VA Learning University 24x7 Learning EES iLEARN (Internal to VA)
Talent Management System (TMS) (Internal to VA)
SSVF University
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Coalition of Homeless Veterans
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