Vermont Business Magazine The Housing & Homelessness Alliance of Vermont (HHAV), Vermont Interfaith Action, and Chittenden County Homeless Alliance are planning the upcoming 2024 Homelessness Awareness Day in which we as shelter and service providers, various stakeholders, and community members work to raise community awareness of the homelessness issues facing the people of our state.
Persons with lived experience and those working in the field will provide testimony to the house and senate committees at the State House in Montpelier on the morning of January 18th, 2024. There will be a visual element and an in-person element at the statehouse drawing lawmakers' and local Montpelier citizens' attention to the issues we face. For more information on this event please check it out here.
The Vermont Veterans Committee on Homelessness in collaboration with the WRJ VA Healthcare system, Veteran’s Inc and The Veteran’s Place grant and per diem (GPD) programs will host a “local awareness” event.
The “Pop up Soup Kitchen” event will take place at the WRJ VA Healthcare System campus on Thursday, January 18th from 10:00-1:00p or until the food runs out.
Bowls of chili and hot dogs will be handed out to patients, staff, and visitors on campus to highlight the connection between food insecurity and homelessness. Staff and Veterans from both GPD programs will be handing out the food along with warm winter gear and resources. We will also be acknowledging the more than 300 Veterans who’ve experienced homelessness in our region during 2023 at the event.
Please join us for the events to raise awareness of the many issues and barriers Veterans and Vermonters experiencing homelessness face.
If you are a landlord or know of a landlord interested in working with Veterans, please see the attached flyer and contact us at:
802-280-6651
Source: 1.17.2024. White River Junction, VT — WRJ VA Public Affairs WRJ VA Website
