VA Community Assistance Support Services | Salvation Army Western Division Headquarters, The

Intended to help homeless or at risk for homeless veterans live as independently as possible in the community. Participants in the program live in apartments (5 beds) on The Salvation Army’s Renaissance Village campus for up to 24 months. The program provides case management three times a month to all participants. Participants pay 30% of their adjusted income for a service fee. Participants are required to do 30 hours per week in either work, educational groups at the VA, school, or volunteerism.

Case management focuses on developing a housing plan, debt repayment and obtaining housing upon exiting the program. The case manager works with the person to obtain public entitlements that they may be eligible for and obtaining community resource to help them stabilize. The program includes Hospital to Housing and Service Intensive models.