5. FY14 goal statement: Strategic Activity 1: In FY14/FY15, utilize 1. VHA Homeless Program Office (HPO) March 2014 Mid-Year update: Identify locations of data from the Eliminating homelessness among Veterans will advance the mission In partnership, high populations of Homeless of VHA HPO, to ensure that all Veterans and their families achieve Housing and Urban housing stability. homeless Veterans Operations Development (HUD) Access to accurate and timely data is fundamental to the success of and develop Management and and VA aim to VA's continuum of homeless services and support of VA's efforts to measures and Evaluation System reduce the number prevent and end homelessness among all Veterans. tracking systems to (HOMES) and other The Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System of Veterans living on track the status of VA data systems to (HOMES) is used nationwide by VHA staff to enter and update homeless Veterans identify homeless the streets, homeless Veteran data. The system streamlines data collection by race, ethnicity, Veterans by race, experiencing processes and facilitates communication between VA homeless and gender. ethnicity, and homelessness, to program staff and leadership on the local, regional, and national gender. zero (as measured by levels. By providing a centralized data collection system, HOMES the 2016 point in enables VA to efficiently and effectively collect, manage, and access homeless Veteran data. time count). According to HOMES, in FY13, the national percentage of Veterans who self-identified as Asian American, who were assessed for homelessness in VHA's homeless programs, was 0.5 percent, and for Veterans who self-identified as Hawaiian/Pacific Islander was 0.7 percent. The greatest concentration of Asian American homeless Veterans assessed were in Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 3, 21, and 22. For Veterans who identified as Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, nationally, the highest percentages assessed were in VISNs 21 and 22. These concentrations are in line with the 2011 Census Bureau statistics, that the largest concentrations of individuals who identified as AA/PI were in CA, NY, HI, TX, NJ, and IL.
5. FY14 goal statement: In partnership, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and VA aim to reduce the number of Veterans living on the streets, experiencing homelessness, to zero (as measured by the 2016 point in time count). Strategic Activity 1: Identify locations of high populations of homeless Veterans and develop measures and tracking systems to track the status of homeless Veterans by race, ethnicity, and gender. In FY14/FY15, utilize data from the Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System (HOMES) and other VA data systems to identify homeless Veterans by race, ethnicity, and gender. 1. VHA Homeless Program Office (HPO) March 2014 Mid-Year update: Eliminating homelessness among Veterans will advance the mission of VHA HPO, to ensure that all Veterans and their families achieve housing stability. Access to accurate and timely data is fundamental to the success of VA's continuum of homeless services and support of VA's efforts to prevent and end homelessness among all Veterans. The Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System (HOMES) is used nationwide by VHA staff to enter and update homeless Veteran data. The system streamlines data collection processes and facilitates communication between VA homeless program staff and leadership on the local, regional, and national levels. By providing a centralized data collection system, HOMES enables VA to efficiently and effectively collect, manage, and access homeless Veteran data. According to HOMES, in FY13, the national percentage of Veterans who self-identified as Asian American, who were assessed for homelessness in VHA's homeless programs, was 0.5 percent, and for Veterans who self-identified as Hawaiian/Pacific Islander was 0.7 percent. The greatest concentration of Asian American homeless Veterans assessed were in Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) 3, 21, and 22. For Veterans who identified as Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, nationally, the highest percentages assessed were in VISNs 21 and 22. These concentrations are in line with the 2011 Census Bureau statistics, that the largest concentrations of individuals who identified as AA/PI were in CA, NY, HI, TX, NJ, and IL.
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