ERIC Number: ED295007
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Sep-10
Pages: 258
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Homeless and Unemployed Veterans. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
This congressional report contains the testimony that was presented at a hearing to examine the needs of homeless and unemployed veterans. Testimony was provided by representatives of the following agencies and organizations: the Vietnam Veterans Ensemble; the National Coalition for the Homeless; the various Veterans' Administration (VA) departments and services; the National Economics Commission and National Legislative Commission of the American Legion; the New York City Committee on Homeless Veterans; the U.S. Department of Labor and its Office of Veterans' Employment, Reemployment and Training; the National Legislative Service of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; the Federal Task Force on the Homeless, Family Support Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and the Vietnam Veterans of America. Letters, prepared statements, and written committee questions and answers are also included. The following papers are also included in the report: a description of 18 programs operated by the VA that may be used to help homeless veterans and their families, a white paper on veterans' center services to homeless veterans, policy statements of the VA's Department of Veterans' Benefits and Department of Medicine and Surgery; services to homeless veterans provided by VA regional offices, and a summary of the activities of the Federal Task Force on the Homeless. (MN)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Needs, Health Needs, Hearings, Homeless People, Housing Needs, Individual Needs, Policy Formation, Private Agencies, Public Agencies, Public Policy, Unemployment, Veterans
Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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