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 $450,000 to Start Corp under the VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program (CFDA 64.024) on August 20, 2021. The funding will support Start Corp's efforts to reduce congregate living and create individual living units for homeless veterans in Louisiana. As the VA's largest transitional housing program for veterans experiencing homelessness, 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 veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination. Start Corp will utilize the capital funding to develop more individualized housing options that further this goal of helping homeless veterans transition to permanent housing and achieve greater independence.