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Homeless Veteran care

If you are a Veteran who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, or transition from jail, VA Bedford health care can help you. Contact a homeless services care coordinator to get help.

Connect with a care coordinator

Rita Paulino LICSW

Homeless Programs Manager

VA Bedford health care

Phone:

Email: rita.paulino@va.gov

Care we provide at VA Bedford Healthcare System

We help Veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, or transition from jail. Contact a VA Bedford homeless services care coordinator to get help with: 

  • Immediate food and shelter, including both transitional and permanent housing
  • Job training, life skills development, and education
  • Support with justice system navigation and community re-entry from jail
  • Financial support to prevent homelessness
  • Treatment for addiction and depression
  • Health and dental care

Need immediate assistance?

The national toll-free hotline is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 1-877-4AID-VET. 

VA Bedford offers a homeless Veteran walk in clinic, weekdays, from 10 to 11 a.m. on the main Bedford campus in building 7, Room 207 with resources, information, and referrals to programs appropriate for individual Veteran’s circumstances.