Amend CSHB 1 in Article VII of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (page VII-8), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____.  Transitional Housing Pilot Program Funding. From general revenue funds appropriated above in Strategy C.1.1, Poverty-Related Funds, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs shall designate $400,000 in each fiscal year of the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2025, for the purpose of operating in four areas of the state a transitional housing pilot program that addresses the needs of homeless veterans through the collaboration by the department with peer-to-peer veteran support groups that offer interim housing, physical and mental health services, literacy training, job training, family counseling, credit counseling, education services, and other services designed to prevent homelessness.