38 U.S.C. § 2003: Staffing requirements

Housing programs administered by the Secretary under this title or any other provision of law. Compensation, pension, vocational rehabilitation, and education benefits programs administered by the Secretary under this title or any other provision of law. The housing program for veterans supported by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The homeless veterans reintegration program of the Department of Labor under section 2021 of this title . The programs under section 2033 of this title . The assessments required by section 2034 of this title . Such other programs relating to homeless veterans as may be specified by the Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that the number of case managers in the Veterans Health Administration is sufficient to assure that every veteran who is provided a housing voucher through section 8( o ) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f ( o )) is assigned to, and is seen as needed by, a case manager. In the case of vouchers provided under the HUD–VASH program under section 8( o )(19) of such Act, for purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “veteran” shall have the meaning given such term in section 2002(b) of this title . The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of Health and Human Services under which case managers of the Indian Health Service may provide case management assistance to veterans who receive housing vouchers under the Tribal Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (Tribal HUD-VASH) program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. the total number of vacancies; and the vacancies at each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs; the number of case managers of the HUD-VASH program that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development jointly determine necessary to meet the needs of the Department and the program; and the amount of turnover among case managers of the HUD-VASH program and whether the turnover was planned or unexpected. An assessment of how compensation, including recruitment and retention incentives, for case managers of the HUD-VASH program affects turnover, and what percentage of retention compensation is provided to such case managers at each medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs (compared to other positions). A comparison of compensation described in paragraph (2) with the compensation provided to State, local, and nongovernmental housing employees at comparable training and experience levels. Examples of how the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development have worked with non-Federal partners (such as local governments, nongovernmental organizations, veterans service organizations, and employee unions) to meet the staffing needs of the HUD-VASH program. Examples of how medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs with high retention rates for case managers of the HUD-VASH program have been able to maintain staffing levels.”