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Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF)
A program to assist Veterans and their families that are experiencing homelessness to become rapidly re-housed and self-sufficient
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
- Rapid Re-Housing – Assist Veteran families who are experiencing homelessness quickly find and move into permanent housing.
- Case Management – Assist Veteran families who are at imminent risk of losing their housing with maintaining stable housing.
- Supportive Services – Provide case management and supportive services such as help with VA/non-VA benefits, employment assistance, childcare referrals, legal aid, and other resources to support long-term housing stability.
- Housing Locator Services
- Temporary Financial Assistance – Assist with initial move-in costs, as eligible.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Veteran Family:
- Veteran* who is a single person, or;
- Family in which the head of the household, or the spouse of the head of household, is a Veteran*.
- Low-Income: Less than 80% area median income (AMI).
- Currently residing in an emergency shelter, transitional housing, or a place not meant for human habitation (outdoors, vehicle, abandoned building, bus station, etc.).
* Veteran means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air force, and who was discharged or released there from under conditions other than dishonorable.
Documentation of Veteran status is required for SSVF enrollment.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION SERVED
PCCI Services cover participants experiencing homelessness in City of Atlanta and the following counties: Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Henry, Rockdale, Gwinnett, and Douglas.
Veterans are welcome to present at the Community Resource and Referral Center (CRRC) to determine eligibility for other agencies. The CRRC is located at:
Fort McPherson Bldg. 129
1701 Hardee Ave SW
Atlanta, GA 30310
CRRC Phone: (404) 321-6111, ext. 397436
VETERANS’ HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
Veterans who are at risk of losing housing may qualify for SSVF prevention assistance.
If you are with an agency and wish to refer a veteran for Rapid Re-Housing services, please use the Agency Referral page instead.
Veterans: Please fill out the form on the right if the place where you slept last night matches one of the following:
- Place not meant for human habitation (streets, vehicle, bus stop, abandoned building…)
- Emergency Shelter, including a hotel paid for by an agency or charity only
- Grant-per-Diem (GPD) Transitional Housing bed
An Intake Coordinator will contact you shortly to complete an eligibility screening.
If you are in a situation other than those mentioned above*, please use the Homelessness Prevention Form instead.
* This includes housed, temporarily staying with friends or family, staying in a hotel paid for by anyone other than an agency or charity, in an institution (including the Domiciliary at Fort McPherson) for more than 90 days, or in an institution for less than 90 days and you were not unsheltered the night immediately prior to entering that institution.
VETERAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
If you are a veteran currently experiencing homelessness, please complete this form and an Intake Coordinator will contact you to conduct in eligibility screening.
Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required.
*If you are in an institution (including the Domiciliary at Fort McPherson): In order to be eligible for SSVF Rapid Re-Housing assistance, you must have entered that institution less than 90 days ago and on the night immediately prior to entering that institution, you must have slept either in a place not meant for human habitation or in an emergency shelter. If on the night immediately prior to entering the institution you were in any other situation (including Grant-Per-Diem transitional housing), you are not eligible for SSVF Rapid Re-Housing assistance.
**If you are staying in a hotel or motel that is paid for by anyone other than an agency or charity (e.g. yourself, friends, or family), you are not eligible for Rapid Re-Housing services. You may be eligible for SSVF Homelessness Prevention assistance and should fill out the form on our Homelessness Prevention page instead of the form on this page.
If you are a Veteran in crisis or are concerned about someone, call 988 then press 1 or text 838255.
If you are in need of immediate shelter either present at or contact the CRRC at Fort McPherson, 1701 Hardee Avenue SW, Bldg. 128B, Atlanta, GA 30330, (404) 230-5683 ext. 397436.
Send an email to Jamie Urban,
PCCI Director of Programs