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Housing Updates for Veterans:

• The Healthcare for Homeless Veterans program currently has 43 positions in three sites.
• The Grant and Per Diem programs currently serve 57 Veterans in US Vets transitional housing
Prescott, and 24 Veterans at Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County in Kingman.
The new U.S. Vets Frail Elderly program has housed 9 Veterans. Aftercare Case Management
with U.S. Vets is currently supporting 17 Veterans. The Transition in Place program currently
transitionally houses 11 Veterans through U.S. Vets and 5 are enrolled with Catholic Charities
TIP.
• The Chino Valley Job Fair was held last month with more than 100 participates. Over 60
employers were represented from the Quad City area.

Vocational Rehabilitation:
• FY21 Employment Outcomes:
o CWT Transitional Work: 42.9% of participants obtained employment at program
completion
o CWT Community Based Employment Services: 60% of participants obtained
employment at program completion
o CWT Supported Employment for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness: 23.5% of
participants obtained employment at program completion
o CWT Program Enrollment: 76
o The program is actively involved in finding new employers for Veterans and expanding
Supportive Employment Services for employers like the National Park Service.
o Here is the link to USAJobs with open positions in Prescott, AZ.

Market Assessments
• We have a year of review by the AIR Commission ahead of us.
• Recommendations are just that until fully approved.
• We will begin strategically prioritizing the national list of opportunities during this time and
performing detailed planning of the recommendations that re approved thereafter.
• Major infrastructure changes remain years away, however minor changes, such as clinic
moves, and lease expiration may occur sooner – but we still have time.
• On average it takes 6 years for a new clinic to open and 11 – 13 years to execute.
• VA will remain the center of Veteran care and will continue to lead U.S. health care into the
future.
• The past two years have been rough for everyone throughout the pandemic, and we continue
to move past and provide outstanding care to our Nation’s heroes.
• We will continue to share our work as we proceed, to keep everyone informed. This is both an
extension of Secretary McDonough’s transparency pledge and simple the right thing to do.

Trust Scores:
• VHA Outpatient Services Survey of the past 90 days shows an 89.6% Trust Score rating which
indicates Veterans trust NAVAHCS with their care. VISN 22 Trust Score was 89.1% for the
same period.