Tester Secures Fund For Homeless Veterans
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, has announced more than $11 million in funding to support homeless and at-risk veterans and their families across Montana. As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Tester secured this funding aimed at tackling veterans homelessness through the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bill.
“Ensuring Montanans’ access to housing is particularly important when it comes to our veterans and their families facing homelessness,” said Tester. “We need all hands-on deck when it comes to tackling veterans homelessness, and that starts with making sure on-theground organizations have the resources they need to help our veterans. I’m proud to have secured this critical funding Montana organizations will use to support homeless and at-risk veterans and their families, and I’ll keep working to improve all Montanans’ access to affordable housing.”
Tester secured funding for the following service organizations focused on helping prevent and end veterans homelessness across Montana: •$10,917,945 for the Volunteers of America Northern Rockies;
•$1,837,500 for Veterans Inc. These awards are a portion of the more than $798 million in grants for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, which is awarded to help rapidly rehouse veterans and their families, prevent homelessness for veterans experiencing housing insecurity, incentivize landlords to rent to veterans struggling with housing, and more.
