华盛顿特区Winterhaven援助站11月7日办：无家可归退伍军人可一站办齐医疗、福利、住房与就业
美国华盛顿特区的 Washington DC 退伍军人医疗中心将于11月7日（周六）上午9时至下午2时，在院本部（50 Irving Street, NW）举办年度 Winterhaven 无家可归退伍军人援助站活动。去年活动在户外隐私帐篷中举行，今年将自 2021 年以来首次移回室内，以便扩大服务与资源。
到场退伍军人可一站获得初级与专科医疗、免疫接种、妇女健康、心理健康、军役暴露筛查、福利申请协助、就业与住房辅导、法律帮助、冬衣、靴子、个人护理用品、理发服务与一顿热餐。当地庇护所与过渡住房项目提供到场交通，院区也可乘地铁巴士 C61 路（Tenleytown 或 Brookland 方向）或 D30 路（Union Station 方向）到达，另有从 Catholic University/Brookland 地铁站出发的免费退伍军人事务部接驳车。
医疗中心执行主任 Vamsee Potluri 表示，2025 年的 Winterhaven 服务了 471 名退伍军人；今年将有 45 家以上联邦、州、地方与社区合作机构，以及 200 名退伍军人事务部员工与社区志愿者参与陪同服务。
该医疗中心介绍，2026 年住房与城市发展部时点统计显示，其服务区内有 300 名退伍军人无家可归，较 2022 年下降 6%；通过 HUD-VASH 支持性住房计划，华盛顿都市区已有 1,760 名退伍军人获得永久住房。今年以来，位于华盛顿东北区 Franklin Street 的退伍军人社区资源与转介中心已接触 337 名无庇护退伍军人、为 760 名住进永久住房的退伍军人做个案管理，并帮助 492 名退伍军人获得永久住房。
DC Winterhaven Stand Down Set for November 7: One-Stop Medical Care, Benefits, Housing and Jobs Help for Homeless Veterans
The Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center will host its annual Winterhaven Homeless Veterans Stand Down on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at its main campus, 50 Irving Street, NW, in Washington, D.C. After holding the event outdoors in privacy tents last year, the medical center will welcome veterans back inside for the first time since 2021, broadening the services and resources available.
Veterans who attend can access primary and specialty care, immunizations, women's health, mental health services, military exposure screening, benefits assistance, employment and housing counseling, legal help, warm clothing, boots, personal care items, barber services, and a hot meal. Transportation to the event is provided from local shelters and transitional housing programs; the campus is also reachable by Metro Bus C61 from Tenleytown or Brookland, or Metro Bus D30 from Union Station, with a free VA shuttle from the Catholic University/Brookland Metro station.
Medical Center Executive Director Vamsee Potluri said the 2025 Winterhaven reached 471 veterans, and that this year more than 45 federal, state, local, and community partners, together with 200 VA employees and community volunteers, will walk alongside veterans through the services.
According to the medical center, the 2026 HUD Point-in-Time Count found 300 veterans experiencing homelessness in its catchment area, a 6% decrease from 2022, and 1,760 veterans in the DC metropolitan area are permanently housed through the HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program. This year, the VA Community Resource and Referral Center on Franklin Street in Northeast DC has already engaged 337 unsheltered veterans, case-managed 760 veterans in permanent housing, and helped 492 veterans secure permanent housing.
来源：美国退伍军人事务部Washington DC医疗中心
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图片来源：图：退伍军人 Stand Down 援助活动现场（2013年资料照片）。照片：美国空军上士 Christopher Carwile 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布／A veterans Stand Down event (2013 file photo). Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Carwile, U.S. Air Force, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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