{"id":4621,"date":"2026-05-19T14:56:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:56:50","slug":"the-power-of-spiritual-care-in-supporting-homeless-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/the-power-of-spiritual-care-in-supporting-homeless-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of spiritual care in supporting homeless Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The power of spiritual care in supporting homeless Veterans<\/h2>\n\n\n
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By Shawn Liu, National Homeless Program Manager, VHA Homeless Programs Office<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When a Veteran loses their home, the world around them often narrows down to a search for the basics, such as a warm bed, a hot meal and a shower. It\u2019s natural to assume a person must be fed and housed before they can even think about their spiritual and emotional well-being. But the reality is often the exact opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a Veteran experiencing homelessness, spiritual care isn\u2019t a luxury to be addressed after they are housed; it is often the very anchor that helps them hold on during the hardest days of displacement. That is why VA does not treat spiritual health as a separate or competing priority, but instead views recovery as a circle, in which spiritual health is interwoven with every other aspect of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recovery goes beyond just securing housing\u2014it also involves restoring meaning and a sense of purpose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":4622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"priority":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[78,77],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-va-news","tag-chaplain","tag-spiritual"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/the-power-of-spiritual-care-in-supporting-homeless-veterans\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The power of spiritual care in supporting homeless Veterans","url":"http:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/the-power-of-spiritual-care-in-supporting-homeless-veterans\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/the-power-of-spiritual-care-in-supporting-homeless-veterans\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/spiritualcare.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/2026\/05\/spiritualcare.png"},"articleSection":"VA News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shawn Liu"}],"creator":["Shawn Liu"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"VA Homeless Programs","logo":""},"keywords":["chaplain","spiritual"],"dateCreated":"2026-05-19T14:56:50Z","datePublished":"2026-05-19T14:56:50Z","dateModified":"2026-05-19T14:56:50Z"},"rendered":"