Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act amends 38 U.S.C. 2044, the authority for VA financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing. Instead of letting the authorization run only through specified years, the bill adds authority for amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter. That makes the Supportive Services for Veteran Families funding authority permanent, preserving grants and services that help veteran families stay housed or move into permanent housing.
Who Benefits and How
Very low-income veteran families benefit because permanent authorization reduces the risk that supportive housing services lapse after fiscal year 2026. Supportive Services for Veteran Families grantees benefit because they can plan around an ongoing VA funding authority. Nonprofit veteran housing providers benefit when VA financial assistance remains available for case management, housing stabilization, and supportive services. Communities working to reduce veteran homelessness benefit from a more durable federal funding stream for prevention and rapid rehousing work.
Who Bears the Burden and How
VA homelessness program staff must continue administering grants and oversight for fiscal year 2027 and each later fiscal year. Congress and appropriators retain responsibility for providing annual funding under the permanent authorization. Federal taxpayers bear the cost of continued supportive services funding for eligible veteran families.
Key Provisions
- Amends 38 U.S.C. 2044(e) governing VA financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families.
- Adds authorization for amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.
- Turns the Supportive Services for Veteran Families authorization into an ongoing authority rather than a time-limited one.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes permanent the VA authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services to very low-income veteran families in permanent housing by authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2027 and each later fiscal year.
Key Policy Areas
Veterans, Housing, Homelessness Prevention
Primary Purpose
Makes permanent the VA authority to provide financial assistance for supportive services to very low-income veteran families in permanent housing by authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2027 and each later fiscal year.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Very low-income veteran families
- Supportive Services for Veteran Families grantees
- Nonprofit veteran housing providers
- Veteran homelessness prevention programs
Identified Costs
- VA homelessness program staff
- Congressional appropriators
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Mr. LaLota (for himself, Mr. Case, Ms. Lee of Nevada, …
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Supportive Services for Veteran Families grantees, Very low-income veteran families
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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