EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story misidentified the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program as a program through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It's actually a program from the Chicanos Por La Causa non-profit group, which has programs funded through the VA.

The story also misidentified Supportive Services for Veteran Families Director Jeraerdo Pena. The article has been updated to correct these errors. 

Nearly 38,000 veterans across the Rio Grande Valley are receiving housing assistance thanks to a program from the Chicanos Por La Causa non-profit group.

The group’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program provides housing assistance to those veterans in need.

Chicanos Por La Causa helps veterans in Texas and four other states, and their services are available across the Valley.

The program works in two parts, the first is homelessness prevention to help pay for rent, utilities and even childcare.

The second is rapid rehousing to take veterans off the streets, according to Jerardo Pena, director of Chicanos Por La Causa's Supportive Services for Veteran Families.  

"We can take them off the street so that he doesn't have to spend another day on the streets and put him in a housing, an apartment, that is rent reasonable," Pena said. "And be able to also work with them to find suitable work."

These resources are already available for Valley veterans who qualify.

More information on the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program is available online.