Rep. Ron Kind Announces $619,140 Grant for Veterans Assistance Foundation

Statement

U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (WI-3) announced that the Veterans Assistance Foundation, based in Tomah, will receive a grant for $619,140 from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide transitional housing, rapid re-housing, homelessness prevention services and access to benefit services for veterans and their families in the state of Wisconsin.

"Veterans Assistance Foundation has an outstanding history of addressing the needs and supporting homeless veterans and their families in Wisconsin, which is why I was very glad to hear that the Department of Veterans Affairs approved their grant request," said Rep. Kind. "With this money they will be able to expand their excellent program and better address the needs of homeless veterans and their families."

"With nearly 15 years of sustained combat operations, the need is greater, now more than ever to provide support for our veterans", said Christopher Hanson, President of Veterans Assistance Foundation, Inc. "This year, we were able to assist 236 veteran families who were either homeless or at risk of being homeless. In 2016, we forecast that we are going to help even more."

Rep. Kind wrote a letter of support to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program to help Veterans Assistance Foundation secure the grant. Find a full list of grant recipients here.

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