The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Housing Finance Agency and California Department of Veterans Affairs are pleased to announce the release of the draft Program Framework (Framework) of the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention (VHHP) Program for public review and comment.

The purpose of the draft Framework is to provide preliminary thoughts on the VHHP Program design and to solicit public comment as the agencies move forward in the development of full program guidelines.

The draft Framework will be used to solicit verbal comments from attendees at the six scheduled stakeholder meetings beginning on July 10, 2014, in Oakland. The draft Framework is available on HCD’s VHHP Program website: http://www.hcd.ca.gov/fa/vets/. Additional stakeholder meeting dates and locations can be viewed on that page as well.

Please note, the draft Framework highlights specific questions on which the agencies would appreciate comments/feedback. These questions are identified throughout the document in bolded italics.

Interested parties may also submit written comments directly to hcdvets@hcd.ca.gov. Public comments will be accepted through July 23, 2014.

** Please note – The VHHP Program does not provide funding directly to individuals. If you are a veteran in need of assistance please contact the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ Nation Call Center for Homeless Veterans Hotline at 1-877-4AID VET (1-877-424-3838) or visit the California Department of Veterans Affairs’ website at www.calvet.ca.gov.