Ohio Valley Goodwill Announces VA Grant Award to Help Veterans Struggling with Homelessness

Cincinnati, OH · · August 25, 2020 · · Ohio Valley Goodwill Announces Grant Award Recipient to Help End Veteran Homelessness.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will award more than 425 grants to community
organizations totaling approximately $279 million under the Grant Per Diem (GPD) program. The GPD program provides funding to community organizations that provide transitional housing and supportive services for homeless Veterans, with the goal of helping homeless Veterans achieve residential stability, increase their skill levels and income and obtain greater self-determination. Ohio Valley Goodwill has been providing a Bridge Model Grant Per Diem program where veterans are able to stay up to 90 days in its dormitory for more than 30 years. This year’s VA grant award will allow the Goodwill program to continue for another two years. Last year, Ohio Valley Goodwill served 62 veterans through the Grant Per Diem program and this year, has served 50 veterans to date. For more information about Ohio Valley Goodwill’s Veterans Services, visit www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/services. Ohio Valley Goodwill is proud to be able to serve our nation’s Veterans through its many programs to help Veterans to attain economic self-sufficiency and personal success.

” The GPD program is one component of VA’s multifaceted continuum of services and resources to help Veterans exit homelessness,” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. ” No Veteran should ever have to worry whether they will have stable housing, and these grants put us one step closer to ensuring all Veterans are living in a safe and supportive environment.”
Per Diem only grants are used to provide transitional housing beds and operate service centers for Veterans experiencing homelessness. These grants provide funding in the form of per diem payments to reimburse grantees for the cost of care provided to Veterans during the award period. A total of 369 grants to organizations will be awarded to provide 12,138 beds and 18 service centers totaling approximately $221 million.
The GPD program has provided Veterans who are homeless with community-based transitional housing and supportive services since 1994.
The number of Veterans experiencing homelessness in the U.S. has declined by 50% since 2010 “” resulting from the GPD program and other VA efforts.

Information about the GPD program https://www.va.gov/homeless/gpd.asp and a list of grantees is available at
https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/docs/GPD/GPD-Final-PDO-Award-List-08112020.pdf,
https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/docs/GPD/GPD-Final-SN-Award-List-08112020.pdf and
https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/docs/GPD/GPD-Final-TIP-Award-List-08112020.pdf.

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