Men and women who sacrificed a lot to defend our country's freedom should not have trouble finding their way in the society after coming from war. Unfortunately there are a lot of veterans living in a bleak, hopeless world without good shelter, medical care as well as adequate nutrition. For more information please visit: http://www.GreenCollarVets.org

2. Men and women who sacrificed a lot to
defend our country's freedom should not
have trouble finding their way in the society
after coming from war.
Unfortunately there are a lot of veterans living
in a bleak, hopeless world without good
shelter, medical care as well as adequate
nutrition.
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3. For that matter, it is very important for us to
know how to offer support to homeless
veterans so as to ensure that no veteran who
served the country honorably and with a lot
dedication has trouble finding good housing.
The Veteran Affairs Program has a lot of
benefits as well as services that are aimed at
helping homeless veterans.
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4. They include education, disability benefits,
health care, residential care, rehabilitation
services, compensated work therapy, just to
mention a few.
Statistics show that about 200,000 vets could
be homeless on a single night.
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5. The factors that contribute to the
homelessness include lack of financial
assistance from family and friends, poverty as
well as unstable living conditions in areas that
are overcrowded and houses that are
substandard.
A large number of them are male and single,
and about half of them have mental
problems while approximately two thirds of
them have alcohol and drug abuse problems.
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6. The Veteran Affairs Department offers hands-
on support directly to these homeless
veterans.
Last year, it gave health care support services
to over 100,000 homeless veterans and also
provided services to over 70,000 veterans.
Every year, over 40,000 veterans get pension
or compensation benefits.
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7. The Veteran Affairs homeless programs usually
offer a range of services as well as initiatives
that are aimed at helping veterans to get
homes and live a self-sufficient and
independent life.
The Veteran Affairs Department has been
able to secure over 15,000 residential
rehabilitative, transitional as well as
permanent beds to be used by homeless
veterans all over the country.
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8. It has been able to do this by utilizing its
resources and also in partnership with other
programs.
It has spent over a billion dollars from the
benefit assistance and its healthcare
programs to help many homeless veterans.
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9. To broaden this assistance, the Veteran Affairs
Department conducts outreach programs
that are aimed at connecting the homeless
veterans to mainstream as well as homeless
specific Veteran Affairs benefits as well as
programs.
The programs offered by the Veteran Affairs
Department are aimed at reaching out to
veterans who live on the streets as well as
shelters, who may not take a step to seek
help.
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10. It also offers clinical checkups as well as
referral medical services for both physical and
psychiatric problems which include drug
abuse.
Other services offered include long-term
transitional housing, rehabilitation, case
management, employment assistance and
also linkage to the available income supports
as well as permanent residence.
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11. The Veteran Affairs Program also offers grants
to non-profit and public groups that intent
help homeless veterans.
For instance, it awarded 400 grants to such
groups to help veterans in 50 states and
Columbia District.
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12. The services offered by these public and non-
profit groups include service centers, transitional
housing as well as vans that are used for transport
purposes and also employment.
Want to help homeless veterans? Help them by
supporting veterans organization like us who are
doing things that are of help to our heroes.
Donate to us today!
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