This month, we’re joined by Karen Guthrie, David Martino, and Dave Chesley from the VA Boston Healthcare System’s Care Coordination, Advocacy, Treatment, and Connections to Housing, or CATCH, program to learn more about trauma-informed care. Our guest talked about what trauma-informed care is, how the CATCH program lives out trauma-informed values, and how all of this helps Veterans keep their power and personal voice. Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838 ..read more

News update! Jill Albanese, director of clinical operations for the VA Homeless Programs Office joins us with more exciting news about VA’s fiscal year 2024 Homelessness Goals! Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance. Closed Caption Transcript is available at:  https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_NewsUpdate_3-14-24.pdf =============================== Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations Learn more about VA ..read more

This month, we’re joined by Jessica Blue-Howells, Deputy Director of Veterans Justice Programs to learn about Project CHALENG (Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups). Ms. Blue-Howells talked about what CHALENG is, how feedback submitted through CHALENG improves coordination and services, and how you… yes YOU… can participate! Take the 2024 CHALENG Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CHALENG2024 Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET ..read more

This month, we’re joined by Anthony Love, Principal Advisor to the Executive Director for Intra/Inter-Agency Collaboration and Director of Community Engagement; Dr. Carmela Daniels, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Specialist; and Dr. Matthew Stimmel, National Training Director for the Veteran Justice Programs to learn more about racial equity in homeless programs. Our guests talked about what equity is, what some of the unique challenges that minority Veterans face, and why it’s both critical (and okay) to center equity when providing housing and supportive services. Veterans who ar ..read more

We’ve got a special bonus for you today from our sister podcast, She Wears the Boots. She Wears the Boots is a VA podcast sponsored by the Office of Women’s Health in the Veterans Health Administration. Women Veterans are a growing and diverse group featuring professionals, mothers, and retirees of varying ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientations. She Wears the Boots highlights how VA partners with women Veterans and their health by interviewing experts from VA on numerous topics, representing a broad range of VA programs. Their February 2024 episode fe ..read more

News update! Jill Albanese, director of clinical operations for the VA Homeless Programs Office joins us with more exciting news about VA’s 2023 Homelessness Goals! Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance. Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/EVH_NewsUpdate.pdf =============================== Find your nearest VA: https://www.va.gov/find-locations Learn more about VA resources to help homeles ..read more

Bonus episode! As part of VA’s 2023 Homelessness Goals, VA has adopted a One Team Approach to enhance how housing and supportive services are delivered to homeless and at-risk Veterans. In this virtual interview, which took place on October 10, 2023, host Doug Tetrault from the Technical Assistance Collaborative talks John Kuhn, Deputy Medical Center Director and Sally Hammitt, Chief of Community Engagement and Reintegration Service at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System on how Los Angeles is implementing the One Team Approach locally. We know this is going to be a discussion filled ..read more

This month, we are joined by Jill Albanese, Director of Business Operations with the VHA Homeless Programs Office to learn about VA’s new goal to house 38,000 homeless Veterans in 2022. Ms. Albanese walks us through the goal’s origins, the various housing programs VA uses to achieve the goal, and how people like you can help. Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans at (877) 4AID-VET (877-424-3838) for assistance. Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/P ..read more

This month, we are joined by Dr. Ryan Holliday, clinical research psychologist at the Rocky Mountain MIRECC for Suicide Prevention and Kenny Bruemmer, program analyst for Homeless Patient Aligned Care Teams, to learn about the intersections of homelessness and suicide risk. Our guests talk with us about why Veterans with a history of homelessness are at increased risk for suicide, how VA identifies Veterans who are at risk, and what VA is doing about it. Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness are strongly encouraged to contact the National Call Center for Homeless Veter ..read more

This month, we are joined by Dr. Jack Tsai, Research Director for VA's National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans; Dr. Thomas Byrne, an investigator with both the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Implementation Research at the VA Bedford Healthcare System; and Ken Mueller, senior business operations specialist in the Homeless Programs Office to learn about returns to homelessness. Our guests talk about what returns to homelessness are, why it happens to formerly homeless Veterans, and what VA is doing about it. Veterans who are h ..read more