Curbing veteran homelessness in Colorado made headway this week as multiple state housing agencies received almost $600,000 in the form of permanent housing vouchers.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, under its “HUD-VASH” housing voucher program, awarded 66 housing agencies across the nation a total of $14 million for 1,400 housing vouchers.

The federal agencies awarded Fort Collins’ “Housing Catalyst” and Lakewood’s “Metro West Housing Solutions” a combined $566,488, according to a Housing and Urban Development department news release.

At $10,000 per voucher, the Colorado housing agencies should expect to receive roughly 57 housing vouchers.

The HUD-VASH program, through its housing vouchers, provides homeless veterans rental assistance from HUD, plus case management and clinical services by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Federal assistance offers “more housing and wraparound services to more homeless and at-risk veterans than ever before,” Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement. “Together, we will not rest until veteran homelessness is a thing of the past.”

Both federal entities in the program permanently housed 46,000 homeless veterans in 2023, according to Housing and Urban Development’s release.

The HUD-VASH program has issued 110,00 housing vouchers since 2008. Out of all of them, 81,000 vouchers are currently being used by veterans across the nation.

Colorado, which witnessing its own homeless crisis in its most populated cities, seeks to continue joining the cause.

“One of our most sacred commitments as a nation is to honor those who have served,” HUD’s Rocky Mountain Regional Administrator Dominique Jackson said in a statement.

The federal voucher program makes it “easier for individuals to receive life-changing services,” she said.