The drive to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015 is underway across the country. The following are five steps your community can take to ensure that you are part of the January 2016 celebrations announcing an end to veteran homelessness. It is important to note that these five steps are part of a continual process – once a veteran is housed, the process begins again with the next veteran. These steps are not necessarily prescriptive, but are meant to guide your community efforts; they represent the general steps successful communities have taken to get veterans into housing quickly and efficiently. Use these steps to get the necessary parties in your community working together and on the path to ending veteran homelessness and ensuring all veterans in your community stay stably housed.