SERVICES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.

SEC. 107. SERVICES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS. (a) Program Development.—The Secretary shall assess all programs developed by facilities of the Department of Veterans 106 STAT. 1977Affairs which have been designed to assist homeless veterans. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall seek to replicate at other facilities of the Department those programs that have as a goal the rehabilitation of homeless veterans and which the Secretary has determined to be successful in achieving that goal by fostering reintegration of homeless veterans into the community and employment of such veterans. (b) Assessment and Coordination.— (1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the director of each medical center or the director of each regional benefits office to make an assessment of the needs of homeless veterans living within the area served by the medical center or regional office, as the case may be. (2) Each such assessment shall be made in coordination with representatives of State and local governments, other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and non-governmental organizations that have experience working with homeless persons in that area. (3) Each such assessment shall identify the needs of homeless veterans with respect to the following: (A) Health care. (B) Education and training. (C) Employment. (D) Shelter. (E) Counseling. (F) Outreach services. (4) Each assessment shall also indicate the extent to which the needs referred to in paragraph (3) are being met adequately by the programs of the Department, of other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, of State and local governments, and of nongovernmental organizations. (5) Each assessment shall be carried out in accordance with uniform procedures and guidelines prescribed by the Secretary. (c) Planning.—In furtherance of subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the director of each medical center and the director of each regional benefits office, in coordination with representatives of State and local governments, other Federal officials, and non-governmental organizations that have experience working with homeless persons in the areas served by such facility, to— (1) develop a list of all public and private programs that provide assistance to homeless persons or homeless veterans in the area concerned, together with a description of the services offered by those programs; and (2) seek to encourage the development by the representatives of such entities, in coordination with the director, of a plan to coordinate among such public and private programs the provision of services to homeless veterans. (d) Services.—In furtherance of subsection (a), the Secretary shall require the director of each medical center or regional benefits office, in carrying out such director’s responsibilities under title 38, United States Code, to take appropriate action to— (1) meet, to the maximum extent practicable through existing programs and available resources, the needs of homeless veterans that are identified in the assessment conducted under subsection (b); and (2) attempt to inform homeless veterans whose needs the director cannot meet under paragraph (1) of the services avail-106 STAT. 1978able to such veterans within the area served by such center or office. (e) Authority To Accept Donations for Certain Programs.—The Secretary may accept donations of funds and services for the purposes of providing one-stop, non-residential services and mobile support teams and for expanding the medical services to homeless veterans eligible for such services from the Department of Veterans Affairs. (f) Definitions.—As used in subsections (a) through (e): (1) The term “medical center” means a medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) The term “regional benefits office” means a regional benefits office of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (3) The term “veteran” has the meaning given such term in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code. (4) The term “homeless” has the meaning given such term in section 103(a), as limited by section 103(c), of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)). (g) Extension of Certain Programs for Homeless Veterans.— Section 801 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628; 102 Stat. 3257) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “to the Veterans’ Administration” and all that follows through the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “to the Department of Veterans Affairs $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 for medical care of veterans. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any funds appropriated pursuant to any other authorizations (whether definite or indefinite) for medical care of veterans.”; and (2) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking out “Of the amount appropriated pursuant to subsection (a), 50 percent” and inserting in lieu thereof “The amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a)”. (h) Extension of Program for Mentally Ill Homeless Veterans.—Section 115(d) of the Veterans’ Benefits and Services Act of 1988 (38 U.S.C. 1712 note) is amended by striking out “1992” and inserting in lieu thereof “1994”. (i) Report.—Not later than February 1, 1993, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing an evaluation of the programs referred to in subsections (a) and (e).