Purple Heart Homes, The Housing Assistance Council, and National League of Cities have partnered together to for the Veterans Aging Summit.  

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Join the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) for its 5th Annual National Symposium on Veterans Housing Issues. This year’s theme centers upon addressing the critical needs around housing, homelessness and aging solutions for rural veterans, within the context of the Delta Regional Authority’s eight-state service area set forth by the Delta Regional Authoritys map. In addition to introducing HAC’s services, the symposium will feature (policy-makers, elected officials, university officials/students), rural/small-town practitioners and practical program models that are providing both rental and homeownership options, in addition to home repairs and critical housing and workforce development service to aging and other vulnerable veteran populations.

Day 1: Thursday, April 18, 2019 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Day 2: Friday, April 19, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

There is no registration fee to attend this symposium. However, space is limited and advance registration is required. Lunch will be provided. For more information on the symposium contact Cheryl Cobbler at cheryl@ruralhome.org.

Sponsored By The Home Depot Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople to fill the labor gap and support communities impacted by natural disasters. Since 2011, the Foundation has invested a quarter of a billion dollars in veteran-related causes and improved more than 40,000 veteran homes and facilities in 2,500 cities. In 2018, the Foundation committed an additional $50 million dollars to train 20,000 skilled tradespeople over the next 10 years starting with separating military members and veterans, at-risk youth and members of the Atlanta Westside community. To learn more about The Home Depot Foundation and see Team Depot in action, visit thd.co/community and follow us on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram @teamdepot and on Facebook at facebook.com/teamdepot.

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Power Point Presentation  |  Webinar Recording

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is pleased to invite you to participate in a webinar on demographic changes regarding veterans in rural America. As two wars overseas wind down, more veterans will be coming home, while at the same time the demographic changes associated with the baby boom generation and the overall greying of America will also impact veteran’s needs in rural America. In the next ten years, over 70 percent of all veterans in rural America will be over the age of 65 placing increased pressure on the housing and health needs of rural veterans.

On the opposite end of the age spectrum, younger veterans, returning from Iraq or Afghanistan, are more diverse and face different economic and housing challenges. Although these veterans comprise just 7.6 percent of the total rural veteran population, they are more diverse and face different economic and housing challenges than their older counterparts. Minority and female veterans are a much larger segment of this population as well and maintain differing needs than older veterans. Beyond this, younger veterans face higher unemployment and poverty rates than older veterans. Approximately 10 percent of veterans between the ages of 18 to 34 are unemployed and 12 percent have incomes below the poverty line.

For their sacrifice, it is imperative that all veterans have access to safe, affordable, and secure housing. This can be particularly challenging in rural America due to vast geographies, limited resources, and less social service infrastructure. Join the Housing Assistance Council’s webinar on June 25th to learn more about these challenges as well as the demographic shifts reported on in HAC’s new publication From Service to Shelter and the implications that these realities will have on providing affordable and appropriate housing to rural veterans.

This webinar is supported by The Home Depot Foundation. For more information, please email Janice Clark at janice@ruralhome.org.

Register Now! https://ruralhome.adobeconnect.com/e7t536khd3s/event/event_info.html.

Watch the Video Recording of the Symposium

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Join the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) for our 4th annual national symposium on veterans. This year’s theme is housing solutions for rural veterans. The symposium will showcase model programs that are providing homeownership, home repairs, service to the homeless and rental housing options of assistance.

Speakers Include:

• US Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), Chairman, House Committee on Veteran Affairs (INVITED)
• Heather Prill, The Home Depot Foundation, Atlanta, GA
• Karen Boyce, The Veterans’ Place, Northfield, VT
• Shonterria Charleston, HAC, Atlanta, GA
• William Crandall, Western Maine Community Action, East Wilton. ME
• Joe Belden, HAC, Washington, DC
• Kathryn Monet, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Washington, DC
• Retha Patton, Eastern 8 CDC, Johnson City, TN
• Christopher Ptomey, Habitat for Humanity, Washington, DC
• Curtis Suttle, White Mountain Apache Housing Authority, Whiteriver, AZ

There is no registration fee to attend this symposium. However, space is limited and advance registration is required. Lunch will be provided. For more information on the symposium contact Shonterria Charleston at shonterria@ruralhome.org or 404-892-4824 or Joe Belden at joe@ruralhome.org or 202-842-8600.

Sponsored By The Home Depot Foundation

The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of U.S. military veterans through financial and volunteer resources to help nonprofit organizations. The Foundation has committed $105 million to these efforts since 2011. Since its formation in 2002, The Home Depot Foundation has granted more than $340 million to nonprofit organizations improving homes and lives in local communities. To learn more, visit www.homedepotfoundation.org.

Materials Posted

Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording | Webinar Q&A Transcript

A disproportionate number of veterans come from and return to small towns and rural America. Join this webinar to learn more about ways to serve this sometimes forgotten group. Participants in the webinar will hear from two key agencies of the US Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs — the Office of Rural Health and the Center on Homelessness. Leaders of these agencies will discuss opportunities for rural nonprofits to work with the VA to provide housing and services to veterans. Rural homeless veterans face a lack of opportunities for safe shelter compared to urban or suburban veterans. Participants will also learn more about the challenges of serving rural veterans and the impact of successful VA programs on such service.