By Adi Ekmescic

Eradicate veteran
homelessness

Almost 1/3 of homeless are

veterans
There

are 49,933 Homeless on any

given night.
40% of all homeless are African
American or Hispanic.
About 1.4 million other veterans,
meanwhile, are considered at risk of
homelessness.

Doesnt the VA take care of

the veterans?
Contrary

to popular belief, it doesnt.

Programs provide health care to
almost 150,000 homeless veterans.
Recent scandal shows that it takes
10 years to be considered.

Services that veterans

need.
Veterans

need housing, nutritional

meals and basic physical health
care.
VA believe assisting homeless
veterans must focus on obtaining
and sustaining employment.

Best working models for

helping Homeless veterans
Community-based,

nonprofit,
veterans helping veterans groups.
It is critical that community groups
reach out to help provide the
support, resources and
opportunities.

Benefits of eradicating
veteran homelessness
Helping

yourself by taking the tax

stress off of you.
Have less crime in your area.
A cleaner city/area.
Feel better about helping your fellow
man.