VA awards $11.5 million in first-of-their-kind grants for legal services for homeless veterans

WASHINGTON

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $11.5 million in legal services grants for veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness as part of its national homeless prevention efforts.

These first-of-their-kind funds, available through VA’s new Legal Services for Veterans Grant Program, were awarded to 79 public or nonprofit organizations that will help veterans in several ways, includ…