Veteran’s Haven North in Glen Gardner and Veteran’s Haven South in Winslow Township are state-run transitional housing facilities for homeless veterans. Both offer three programs: Bridge Housing, a short stay averaging 90 days if you have accepted a permanent housing placement you cannot move into yet; Clinical Treatment, transitional housing alongside clinical services; and Service Intensive Transitional Housing, housing with intensive services to stabilise you, raise your income and move you into permanent housing. You have to agree to a long-term program covering psychological, social and vocational rehabilitation, and to stay sober while enrolled. Drug and alcohol testing is random and continuous, and anyone who fails is placed in an Intensive Outpatient Program.
Apply to the facility you want. Veteran’s Haven South is at 301 Spring Garden Road, Winslow Township, NJ 08095, 609-561-9649 or 609-561-4990, VHSAdmissions@dva.nj.gov. Veteran’s Haven North is at 200 Sanatorium Road Suite 101, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826, 908-537-1999 or 877-648-0091, VHNAdmissionReferrals@dva.nj.gov. Each facility has its own online application and admission packet.
Your discharge paperwork showing service under conditions other than dishonorable, proof you are registered with the VA, and a medical evaluation from a VA Medical Center.
