VA is providing funding to assist with the costs to provide legal services to eligible veterans and participants

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration awarded Volunteers of America of Illinois a $500,000 Project Grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk for Homelessness Grant Program (CFDA 64.056). The organization will provide comprehensive legal services to eligible veterans experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in Illinois. Services delivered will encompass multiple legal practice areas including housing law, family law, income support, criminal defense, healthcare access, military discharge upgrades, consumer law, and employment law. The grant requires the awardee to provide at least four types of legal services and commit a minimum of 10 percent of funding to serve women veterans.

The Legal Services for Homeless Veterans program is designed to address systemic legal barriers that impede housing stability and prevent veterans from achieving permanent housing. This award is part of a broader federal initiative in which the Veterans Health Administration distributed approximately $42 million across approximately 84 grants nationwide for the same performance period. Grant recipients must maintain records for seven years and are subject to federal audit requirements if annual federal expenditures exceed $750,000.