Veteran Rental Assistance Program (SHP)

The Supportive Housing Program is designed to develop supportive housing and services that will allow a disable homeless veteran to live as independently as possible. Eligible applicants are States, units of local government, other governmental entities such as PHAs, and private nonprofits.

Assistance in the Supportive Housing Program is provided to help homeless persons meet three overall goals:

 

Achieve residential stability,

Increase their skill levels and/or incomes, and

Obtain greater self-determination (i.e., more influence over decisions that affect their lives).

 

Specific performance measures for each of these three goals must be established based on the needs and characteristics of the homeless population to be served. Grant recipients are required to monitor their clients' progress in meeting their performance measures on an ongoing basis. In addition to record keeping and evaluation that grantees may conduct for their own purposes, HUD requires record keeping and annual progress reports. The annual progress report includes questions that ask grantees to report on their progress in meeting performance measures. Grantees are expected to make changes in their program or adjust performance measures in response to ongoing evaluation of their progress.

 

 

 

Support Service for Veterans and Families (Temporary Financial Assistance/Case Management) 

The Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (SSVF), is a supportive services outreach program operated by West Tennessee Legal Services and Tennessee Homeless Solutions. The SSVF is a community-based prgram which will provide a range of supportive services to very low income Veteran families in or transitioning to permanent housing to promote housing stability. The primary goals are to assist families transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing and prevent at-risk families from becoming homeless. 

 

Eligibility requirements:

Must be a Veteran

Must be 50% or below median income

Must be homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
All eligibility requirements must be confirmed by proof of written documentation. 

 

Some of the services SSVF may provide are:

Case Management- This includes referral to community services and resources such as crisis intervention, mental health services, and substance abuse and recovery services. Life skills training on issues such as parenting, budgeting, health care and home maintenance.Employment and/or education referral and assisstance Housing stability assistance.

 

The SSVF program serves Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Stewart, Tipton, and Weakly counties.