“Veterans Affairs officials on Wednesday reversed course on plans to dramatically alter how funding for homeless veterans programs is handled, promising “absolutely no change in the funding” until fiscal 2019.”
“…veterans advocates had been upset over plans from department leaders to shift funding previous restricted to homeless housing vouchers…to general purpose money.”
“VA leaders said the move would allow regional directors more flexibility to push money into what they saw as top local priorities. But advocates worried that could lead to ignoring homeless veterans outreach and assistance in favor of other budget gaps…”
“Shulkin agreed to abandon the change” saying “over the next six months, I will solicit input from our local VA leaders and external stakeholders on how best to target our funding… to come forward with proposals…”
Source: VA reverses course, won’t alter homeless program funding – By Leo Shane III, December 7, 2017. Read the full article here.
