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DVS highlights Unite Us referral network, public resource directory and homelessness funding uncertainty
Summary
At a joint hearing Commissioner Trish Ross highlighted the department’s Unite Us closed‑loop referral platform and public resource directory as central tools to connect veterans to services; she said passthrough and nonprofit funding has declined and that the department can route constituents to vetted partners and a general inbox for assistance.
Commissioner Trish Ross used a joint Defense & Veterans Affairs hearing to outline how the Georgia Department of Veterans Service connects veterans to community resources and to answer lawmakers’ questions about funding for local nonprofits and homelessness work.
Ross described a closed‑loop referral system (Unite Us) and a public resource directory that allow veteran service officers and appeals officers to refer clients to more than 800 partner organizations statewide. She said the system reduces referral acceptance to an average of 1.6 days and partner response to about 6.4 days, and that the…
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