1. VA Homeless Veteran Services in North Carolina
Jeff Doyle, LISW
VA Mid-Atlantic Network Homeless Coordinator
(919) –

2. Homeless Veterans in North Carolina

3. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
VAMC Specific Data

4. North Carolina Homeless Demographics

5. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
VA Pillars
Outreach
Treatment
Prevention
Housing
Income
Community Partnership

6. Overview of VA Programs
HCHV – Outreach; Access to VA clinical programs. National Call Center for Homeless Veterans. Veterans Justice Outreach/Re-Entry
Prevention – Vocational program, Supportive Services for Veterans Families Grants: Asheville, Raleigh, Winston-Salem.
Transitional Housing – HCHV Contract Beds, Grant and Per Diem, VA Domiciliary
Permanent Supportive Housing – HUD/VASH

7. Supportive Services for Veterans Families
Ashville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry, Inc.
30 Cumberland Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Twenty-two counties in western North Carolina.
Passage Home Inc.
712 West Johnson Street, Raleigh, NC 27607
Wake County.
United Way of Forsyth County, Inc.
301 North Main Street, Suite 1700, Winston Salem, NC 27101
Forsyth County.

8. HUD/VASH Vouchers in NC
PHA Name
VAMC
Voucher city location
FY 2008
FY 2009
FY 2010
FY 2011
PBV Set-Aside Awards
FY 2012
TOTAL VASH AWARDS
Housing Authority of the City of Wilmington
Fayetteville VAMC
Wilmington 15 25 40
HA of the City of Charlotte
Salisbury VAMC
Charlotte 35 50
185
Hsg Authority of the City of Asheville
Asheville VAMC
Asheville
170
Fayetteville Metropolitan Hsg Auth
Fayetteville 20 95
Greensboro Housing Authority
Greensboro 10
120
HA Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem 85
The Housing Authority of the City of Durham
Durham VAMC
Durham
HA County of Wake 70
180
H/A City of Greenville
Greenville
HA Rowan County
Salisbury
Isothermal Planning & Development
Rutherford

9. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
HUD/VASH
Vouchers Awarded Vouchers in Use(as of )

10. Housing First
Housing First is an approach that centers on providing homeless people with housing quickly and then providing services as needed.
What differentiates a Housing First approach from other strategies is that there is an immediate and primary focus on helping individuals and families quickly access and sustain permanent housing.
This approach is consistent with what most people experiencing homelessness want and seek help to achieve.

11. Principles of Housing First
Consumer choice and empowerment
Recovery and veteran-centric principles
Separation of services and housing
Services are voluntary and flexible
Community integration
Low-barrier and recovery-oriented
Emphasis is on personal choice and responsibility for decision making. Goal is to help veterans live a healthy life and make better life choices (non-judgmental, solution-focused)
Does not require complete abstinence as a goal of treatment; focus is always on recovery and community integration

12. Why Housing First? It ends homelessness.
Housing First eliminates the need for costly shelter care and transitional and short-term treatment services aimed at preparing veterans to be “housing ready or housing worthy.”
Studies demonstrate that Housing First reduces ER visits, unscheduled mental health and medical hospitalization.
Decreases the frequency and duration of homelessness.

13. VA Community Partnership
Direct Funding
Grant and Per Diem: Annual National Grants for transitional beds. Current priority is on Tranisition in Place Model.
Contract: Medical Center specific contracts for emergency, mental health and medical respite beds.
SSVF: Annual National Grants for Rapid Re-Housing and Prevention.

14. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
GPD
Agency Name
State
City
Beds
Caring Services NC
High Point 15
Servant Center
Greensboro 25
Good Shepard Minsitries, Inc.
Wilmington 21
Healing with CAARE
Durham 9
Open Door Ministries of High Point 6
Family forum
Charlotte 32
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry
Asheville 24
Voluntters of America of the Carolinas 20
FIRST at Blue Ridge
Lutheran Family services in the Carolinas
Dallas
100
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers 10
First at Blue Ridge
The Healing Place of Wake County
Raleigh
Parker's House Foundation 60
North Carolina Houisng Foundation
Winston-Salem 40
Community Link
Passage Home

15. VA Continuum of Services
Outreach
HCHV Contract Beds
Transitional
GPD - RRTP
HUD/VASH
SSVF
Treatment Services
VJO/HCRV
HVSEP/VBA

16. Other Community Partnership
Service Agreement
MOA
SOAR
Medical Center Point of Contact – Former SOAR Workers
Evidence of Existing Partnership for with VA for Grant applications.
Housing/Leverage of Services
Coordinating with community housing services to increase supported housing beds by leveraging VA services in exchange.

17. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
Targeting Resources
Low Need
High Need
Less Intense
More Intense

18. WWW.VA.GOV/HOMELESS 1-877-424-3838
VAMC Contacts
Charles George VA Medical Center (Asheville) Tunnel Road Asheville, NC Phone: (828)
Homeless Coordinator
Allison Bond, MSW, LCSW
(828) , x5506
No work cell
HUD-VASH Coordinator
Hillary Bolter, MSW, LCSW
(828) , x5524
HUD-VASH Case Manager
David Legler, MSW, PLCSW
(828) , x4206
Durham VA Medical Center Fulton St Durham, NC Phone: (919)
Lindsey Jordan-Arledge, MSW, LCSW
(919) , x6197
HUD-VASH Coordinator (Wake)
Josh D’Adolf, LICSW
(919) , x6172
Fayetteville VA Medical Center Ramsey St. Fayetteville, NC Phone: (910)
Jeane Marshall, MSW, LCSW
ex 5796
HUD-VASH Program Coordinator
Ryan Hylton, MSW, LCSW
Ext. 7269
W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center Brenner Ave. Salisbury, NC Phone: (704)
Hattie Johnson, MSW, LMSW, CMSW
(704) , x3011
Jennifer Herb, MSW, LCSW
(704) , x6271
(704)