The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health awarded St. Patrick Center $2.990239 million under the VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (CFDA 64.033) on October 1, 2025, for a period of performance ending September 30, 2026.
St. Patrick Center, a St. Louis-based nonprofit doing business as Shamrock Club, provides supportive services to very low-income veteran families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing in Missouri. Required services include outreach, case management, assistance obtaining VA benefits, and assistance obtaining and coordinating other public benefits. The organization also delivers optional temporary financial assistance paid directly to third parties on behalf of participants, including support for childcare, emergency housing, transportation, rental assistance, utility-fee payment assistance, security deposits, utility deposits, moving costs, and general housing stability assistance. Additional optional services include legal assistance and financial management services.
The award is structured as a project grant, with performance in Missouri. This is a renewal of St. Patrick Center's existing SSVF portfolio; the organization currently holds another active SSVF grant awarded September 17, 2024, and has received prior SSVF awards in 2022 and 2021.