Sonoma+County+Housing+Veterans+Campaign

media type="custom" key="23703866" //You can download a copy of this slideshow here:// To embed this slideshow (with our theme song, Phillip Phillips' "Home") on your website, contact Jenny Abramson. We are now gearing up to place 30 homeless veterans in permanent housing in September 2013. Placements in July 2013: 13 households (14 people) Placements in August 2013: 28 households (32 people) September 2013 placements reported as of 10/7/2013: 25 households (45 people) A list of Veteran housing placements since July 1, 2013 is here: No personally-identifying information is included in this listing, only HMIS case numbers to ensure there are no duplicates. You may download this list and add your placements. Please return to Jenny Abramson, who will post updates as you send them.

As a valued community member, we would like to welcome you to the SONOMA COUNTY HOUSING VETERANS CAMPAIGN, a comprehensive local effort committed to ending Veteran homelessness by December 2015.

Please join advocates, elected officials, service providers, property owners, landlords, Veterans, and other stakeholders in this historical opportunity to be part of a national commitment to end homelessness among those who have served in uniform.


 * Over 400 Veterans are homeless on any given night in Sonoma County.
 * Estimates suggest that there are nearly 1,000 homeless Veterans living in Sonoma County each year.
 * In order to end Veteran homelessness by 2015, our community must place roughly 1,300 individuals and families into permanent housing.
 * Every month, we must locate and secure stable housing for 30 homeless Veterans to reach our goal.

Supported by our national partners, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, the 100,000 Homes Campaign (100khomes.org) and the Rapid Results Institute, we have evaluated the size of the challenge and set these ambitious goals. We are actively developing the systems that will track and measure housing objectives, ultimately improving our local systems to make housing simpler, faster, and more accessible for our most vulnerable Veterans.

We cannot do this alone. We need your help, wisdom, and collaboration to promote this essential endeavor.

To offer your resources to this project please contact: Kym Valadez Team Leader, Sonoma County Housing Veterans 707-333-6045 [|www.facebook.com/schousingveterans]

//Our Coalition Includes: Sonoma County Vet Connect, Santa Rosa VA Outpatient Clinic, North Bay Veterans Resource Center, Committee on the Shelterless, Community Support Network, Sonoma County Continuum of Care, GWOT Veterans Network, Sonoma County Housing Authority, and the Santa Rosa Housing Authority//