a presentation to the nc department of military and veteran affairs fall conference, 2015 by terry...

A Presentation to the NC Department

of Mil i tary and Veteran Aff airs Fal l Conference, 2015

B y

Terry A l lebaugh, Ending Veteran Homelessness Coord inator, NCDMVA

They Deserve Better:Ending Veteran Homelessness

“ensuring that individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 30 days.”HEARTH Act Purposes – Sec. 1002(b)

Ending Homelessness Means

Achieving the Goal of Ending Veteran Homelessness

1. The community has identified all veterans experiencing homelessness.

2. The community provides shelter immediately to any veteran experiencing unsheltered homelessness who wants it 3. The community only provides service-intensive transitional

housing in limited instances.

4.The community has capacity to assist veterans to swiftly move into permanent housing.

5. The community has resources, plans, and system capacity in place should any veteran become homeless, or be at risk of homelessness in the future.

OPERATION HOME: Addressing and Ending Veteran Homelessness in North Carolina by 2016

Task Force including representatives from the Veterans Administration, including HUD/VASH and SSVF Regional Coordinators; Dept. of Health and Human Services, Dept. of Military and Veteran Affairs; NC Coalition to End Homelessness

Resources of the Rapid Results Institute

Mayors Challenge to

Mayor Esther Manheimer AshevilleMayor Dan Clodfelter CharlotteMayor Bill Bell DurhamMayor Nat Robertson FayettevilleMayor Nancy Vaughan GreensboroMayor Dana Outlaw New BernMayor Bruce Rose WilsonMayor Allen Joines Winston-SalemMayor Nancy McFarlane Raleigh

End Veteran Homelessness by 2015

How You Can Help Ensure Mission Success

1. Believe the mission can be successful2. Know your acronyms and contacts for

Supportive Services for Veterans and their Families (SSVF); Continuums of Care (C0C); Housing and Urban Development/Veterans Administration Supportive Housing (HUD/VASH)

3. Volunteer, appoint, or recommend NCDMVA personnel and contacts to serve on regional teams to be trained by Rapid Results Institute

4. Assemble housewarming packages for veterans as they are moving into permanent housing.

Contact Information

Terry Allebaugh, Ending Veteran Homelessness Coordinator

NC Department of Military and Veteran Affairs

terry.allebaugh@doa.nc.gov 919-812-4274