The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the resource and technical assistance center for a national network of community-based service providers and local, state, and federal agencies. These organizations provide emergency and supportive housing, food, health services, job training and placement assistance, legal aid, and case management support for hundreds of thousands of homeless veterans each year.
NCHV also serves as the primary liaison between the nation’s care providers, Congress, and executive branch agencies charged with helping them succeed in their work. Our successes include strengthening and increasing funding for virtually every federal homeless veteran assistance program in existence today. We enhance the work of service providers across the country through direct training on how best to integrate employment assistance into housing programs.
Our success is reflected in the nearly 50 percent decrease in veterans experiencing homelessness since 2010. However, work remains to ensure that the approximately 32,882 veterans experiencing homelessness on a given night in 2024—representing a 7.5% decrease from the previous year(2022)—are connected to housing and the assistance they need.