September 16, 2026 3:20 p.m.
On Wednesday, The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded just over $38 million in grants to 22 community organizations to help veterans in 2027 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Oregon.
A release from the Roseburg VA Health Care System said this funding is part of a record-high $1.17 billion in grants awarded to 680 organizations across the country to fight veteran homelessness. The grants follow VA’s success in housing 51,936 homeless veterans in 2025, the highest number in seven years.
Interim Director of Roseburg VA Health Care System Christina Cellura said, “VA medical centers across Oregon remain committed to ensuring Veterans have access to safe, stable housing and the supportive services they need to thrive.” Cellura said, “These grants strengthen our partnerships with community organizations and help us reach Veterans where they are, providing resources that make a meaningful difference in their lives.”
The release said resource and supportive services grants will be distributed through the agency’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program to prevent the imminent loss of a home, identify new, more suitable housing situations for Veterans and families, and rapidly re-house Veterans and their families who are homeless.
Funds for transitional housing and intensive supportive services will be distributed through the agency’s Grant and Per Diem program. This will fund transitional housing with supportive services or service centers, support transition-in-place housing, where veterans remain in their current housing unit while receiving services to help them move toward permanent, stable housing, provide special housing designed to better serve women Veterans and those who are chronically mentally ill, frail, or elderly.
In Oregon, funds were awarded to organizations in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Medford, Corvallis and North Bend.
View the full list of SSVF and GPD awardees here https://department.va.gov/homeless/fy-2027-grant-awards/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery