VA is providing capital funding to reduce congregrate living and create individual living units for homeless veterans

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a $2.5 million Project Grant under the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024) on August 20, 2021 to Cocaine And Alcohol Awareness Program, Inc. (C.A.A.P.) doing business as Cocaine & Alcohol Awareness Program. The funding will support C.A.A.P.'s efforts to reduce congregate living and create individual living units for homeless Veterans in Tennessee. As VA's largest transitional housing program, the Grant and Per Diem Program aims to promote the development and provision of supportive housing and/or supportive services with the goal of helping homeless Veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination. The $2.5 million award will allow C.A.A.P. to directly provide these types of housing and supportive services to homeless Veterans in Tennessee.