WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor announced July 1 the award of over $53 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program grants to 157 recipients that will provide employment services to more than 21,000 homeless veterans seeking to reintegrate into the workforce.

HVRP grantees coordinate their efforts with other federal programs such as the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Supportive Services for Veteran Families and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care programs. The Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service administers the HVRP.

The Department will award 77 grants totaling $26.6 million to first-time recipients, and award $26.4 million in option-year funding to grantees originally awarded in 2018 and 2019.

Through the services provided, homeless veterans may learn occupational skills, attain apprenticeships or on-the-job training opportunities and receive job search and placement assistance. 

The Department’s mission is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.

Visit www.dol.gov/vets for more information on the Department’s unemployment and re-employment programs for veterans. For questions about these grant awards, contact the Department’s Kia Mason at 202-693-2606, and for more information about the VETS, visit www.veterans.gov or follow on twitter @VETS_DOL.