Homeless Veterans

Homeless Veterans Committee Update March/April 2023

April 11, 2023

BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR At the 2019 VVA Convention, the Homeless Veterans Committee combined and rewrote two of our resolutions. The committee now has just four Resolutions to report on. HVC-1 Homeless Veterans as a…

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Homeless Veterans Committee Update March/April 2022

March 31, 2022

BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR The Homeless Veterans Committee is continuing to investigate the tiny homes movement by collecting data about them, including the costs of establishing new tiny home communities in areas heavily populated by…

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Homeless Veterans Committee Update January/February 2022

March 15, 2022

BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR As we begin a new year with new VVA Officers, Board members, committee chairs, and VVA staff, the Homeless Veterans Committee looks forward to a very exciting new time in our…

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Homeless Veterans Committee Update March/April 2021

March 29, 2021

BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR The Homeless Veterans Committee intends to combine three current resolutions and retire those that have either been completed or reached a point where the committee feels completion is unattainable. HV-1 Homeless…

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Homeless Veterans Committee Update January/February 2019

February 21, 2019

BY SANDY MILLER, CHAIR As we begin another year, the committee continues to work on legislative issues regarding the plight of homeless veterans. Many changes in the VA Grant & Per Diem program have taken…

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Chapter 1073 Packs Duffels for Homeless Vets

February 8, 2019

In December, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1073 in Morristown, Tenn., assembled homemade duffel bags with toiletries for homeless veterans at the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Medical Center in Johnson City. The hand-sewn bags —…

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VVA Facebook Live Event: VA Programs to End Homelessness

February 5, 2019

February 12, 2019 | 2 p.m. EST   February 12 – The key to ending Veteran homelessness starts with VA   Are you a Veteran who needs a place to call home? Or do you know a…

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Chapter 1073 Gives to Homeless Veterans

January 1, 2019

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1073 in Morristown, Tenn., presented a $2,500 check to Morristown-Hamblen Central Services last month to give gift baskets to area Vietnam veterans. Several chapter members have experienced homelessness themselves, and…

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Chapter 327 Members Honored in Student Salute

November 28, 2018

Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 327 were honored as part of the annual "Salute to Honorable Citzenship" staged by the Valley Road School in Stanhope, N.J. Students, faculty, staff and community members honored local…

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Chapter 227 Donates to Homeless Center

November 15, 2018

[caption id="attachment_15938" align="alignright" width="300"] Doris Paul, volunteer manager for the Lamb Center, accepts a donation of personal care items from Leonard Ignatowski, Chapter 227 vice president.[/caption] Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 227, the Dean K.…

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