Homeless Veterans Programs and Services
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 Dayton health care can help you.
Dayton VA Coordinated Entry and Outreach: Provides resources for emergency, transitional, and permanent housing assistance for homeless Veterans and refers and links Veterans to other VA and community resources.
Phone: 937-268-6511, ext. 1402; 937-831-2699; 937-268-6511, ext. 5244
4100 W. Third Street, Bldg. 409, 1st Floor; Dayton, OH 45428.
Walk-In Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; Fridays, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
National VA Homeless Veterans Hotline (24/7) Phone:
Connect Veterans who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness with a trained VA staff member, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Veterans Justice Program (VJP): The mission of the Veterans Justice Program (VJP) is to identify justice involved Veterans and engage with them through outreach, to facilitate access to VA services at the earliest possible point.
Veterans Justice Program Specialists accomplish this by building and sustaining collaborative community partnerships between VA and various levels of the criminal justice system (Veterans Treatment Courts, Judges, county/city Probation, local law enforcement, and correctional/penal systems). VA Dayton health care and Veterans Justice Program cannot provide legal advice and services. However, to support Veterans, free legal clinics operated by non-VA legal services are offered at scheduled times to support Veterans.
Please contact the Veterans Justice Specialist or VJP Re-Entry Specialist assigned to your local county and court coverage areas to inquire about free legal clinics:
GINA KICOS, VJP RE-ENTRY SPECIALIST
937-972-3510, cellphone
Coverage Areas: Greene County. Green County Common Pleas Court. Veterans in assigned correctional and penal institutions.
CALANDRIA JEWETT, VJP SPECIALIST
937-972-1674, cellphone
Coverage Areas: Montgomery County. Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
WILLIAM (PAGE) LAYMAN, VJP SPECIALIST
937-321-7404, cellphone
Coverage Areas: Butler County and Warren County. Middletown Municipal Court, Warren County Common Pleas Court, and Warren County Municipal Court.
SARAH RICHARDS, VJP SPECIALIST
937-823-7019, cellphone
Ohio Coverage Areas: Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Preble, and Shelby Counties. United States District Court and Lima Municipal Court.
Indiana Coverage Areas: Wayne, Union, and Fayette Counties.
Dianne Smith-Foster
Homeless Veteran Care Coordinator
VA Dayton health care
Phone:
Email: Dianne.Smith-Foster@va.gov
Care We Provide At VA Dayton Health Care
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 Dayton 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