VAC programs available to homeless Veterans

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VAC programs available to homeless Veterans
- Homeless Veterans with service-related condition(s) - Homeless Veterans without service-related condition(s)
Transition services/interview ✔ Helps Canadian Armed Forces and RCMP Veterans preparing for release to identify their needs and learn about VAC services and benefits. ✔
Case management ✔ Case Management Services supports Veterans and former RCMP with complex needs in reaching their optimal level of wellness and autonomy through a collaborative and direct process by the coordination of care, use of resources and access to programs ✔
Financial support
✔ Income Replacement Benefit -
✔ Treatment AllowanceFootnote 3 -
✔ War Veterans AllowanceFootnote 1 Footnote 4 ✔
✔ Canadian Forces Income SupportFootnote 1 -
✔ Trust Funds ✔
✔ Veterans Emergency Fund ✔
Mental and physical health
✔ Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinics -
✔ Peer Support ✔
✔ VAC Assistance Service (24/7 help line) ✔
✔ Pastoral outreach ✔
✔ Medical rehabilitation -
✔ Psycho-social rehabilitation -
✔ Treatment benefits for injury/illnessFootnote 1 -
✔ Veterans Independence ProgramFootnote 1 -
✔ Long-term careFootnote 1 -
✔ Access to Group Health InsuranceFootnote 1 -
Re-establishment and Career Transition Services
✔ Vocational rehabilitation and training -
✔ Labour market information services & career planning ✔
✔ Career counselling ✔
✔ Education and Training BenefitFootnote 1 ✔
✔ Job-search training and support ✔
Compensation for service-related disability
✔ Pain and Suffering Compensation -
✔ Disability PensionFootnote 1 Footnote 5 -
✔ Additional Pain and Suffering CompensationFootnote 2 -
✔ Exceptional Incapacity AllowanceFootnote 2 Footnote 3 -
✔ Attendance AllowanceFootnote 3 -
✔ Critical Injury Benefit -
 
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