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Keeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act of 2016
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Keeping Our Commitment to Ending Veteran Homelessness Act of 2016 This bill extends through FY2017 authority for the following Department of Veterans Affairs programs: homeless veterans reintegration programs; the homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children reintegration program; referral and counseling services for certain veterans at risk of homelessness; treatment and rehabilitation services for seriously mentally ill and homeless veterans, including a program to provide homeless veterans with benefits and services at certain locations; housing assistance for homeless veterans; financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing; and the grant program for homeless veterans with special needs. Extends through December 31, 2017, authority for the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.
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2016 · fourth_quarter · Veterans
S.2921, the Veterans First Act, Sections 601-611 concerning homeless veterans. Activity in support of provisions authorizing legal services under new strategic partnerships by the Department of Veterans Affairs with non-governmental organizations to deliver critical services for homeless veterans that the VA does not itself provide. H.R. 6046, the Homeless Veterans Legal Services Act (Beatty, Stivers, Tiberi) to authorize the VA to enter public-private partnerships to lift legal barriers to housing, employment, benefits and services for homeless veterans. S.3249, Keeping Our Commitment to End Veterans Homelessness Act, and S.3198, State Veterans Adult Day Health Care Improvement Act - discussions regarding unmet needs of Veterans, including legal needs. Activity in support of the inclusion of homeless veterans with discharges other than honorable in VA assistance programs. Activity in support of the intereligibilty and interoperability of veteran homeless programs. Activity in support of collaboration with the VA and DoD in the establishment of a legal network serving military, veterans, their families, caregivers and survivors.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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