VHA Services for Justice-Involved Veterans
May 1, 2009 On March 30, 2011, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it was extending health care coverage to eligible Veterans in halfway houses and other temporary, post-incarceration housing under a new program aimed at cutting back on repeat offenses. A long-standing rule has barred the VA from providing health care to Veterans for whom another federal, state or local government entity—i.e., prison or jail—has an obligation to provide health care. Download the Report . . .

