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 The Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. a $500,000 Project Grant under the Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk for Homelessness Grant Program (CFDA 64.056) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant funds comprehensive legal services delivery to eligible veterans experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness in Rhode Island. Services include direct legal representation, advice, education, and advocacy across multiple practice domains such as housing law, family law, income support, criminal defense, healthcare access, military discharge upgrades, consumer law, and employment law.

Rhode Island Legal Services will address systemic legal barriers that impede housing stability and prevent veterans from achieving or maintaining permanent housing. As a requirement of the award, the organization must provide at least four types of legal services and dedicate a minimum of 10 percent of grant funds to serve women veterans. The grant is part of a broader federal initiative under which the Department of Veterans Affairs distributed approximately $42 million across approximately 84 Project Grants nationwide during the same performance period, with individual awards ranging up to $500,000 to support legal services addressing the top unmet legal needs of homeless and at-risk veterans.