{"id":26317,"date":"2026-07-27T07:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26317"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:59:38","slug":"how-a-va-peer-specialist-is-turning-empty-apartments-into-fresh-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26317","title":{"rendered":"How a VA peer specialist is turning empty apartments into fresh starts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cheyenne VA peer specialist builds move-in kits for newly housed Veterans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peer Specialist Rick Cooper noticed that an apartment rarely feels like home when Veterans lack the basic items needed for daily living. While checking in with Veterans housed through Cheyenne VA Health Care System\u2019s Homeless Program, he saw that some couldn\u2019t afford basic household necessities.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148336\/peer-specialist-turning-apartments-fresh-starts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148336\/peer-specialist-turning-apartments-fresh-starts\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Cheyenne VA peer specialist builds move-in kits for newly housed Veterans Peer Specialist Rick Cooper noticed that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,7],"tags":[1628,981,87,245],"class_list":["post-26317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-veterans-benefits","tag-homeless","tag-homeless-veteran","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26318,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26317\/revisions\/26318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}