Homeless Vets

Out of Touch While Others Run Out of Time

Carey Fuller | Posted 04.12.2012

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Carey Fuller

Equally interesting about the city's so-called focus group is that not one of them was a homeless person or an advocate out on the streets or else I would've seen them by now. The focus group was slanted from the beginning.

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Helping D.C.'s Unemployed Veterans

Street Sense | Posted 02.15.2012

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By Brandon Cooper Street Sense Lewis Russell, 55, of Hyattsville, Md., has been unemployed for more than a year and a half. He came to the 16th...

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Jessica Prois

Homeless Female Vets Double In Population, Call For Employment Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Prois | Posted 03.27.2012

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The fact that many homeless female veterans are middle-aged, divorced, unemployed and single mothers is more than just research on paper for Jennifer ...

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How Exactly The VA Is Working To End Vet Homelessness

Washington Post | Posted 12.27.2011

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Halfway into an ambitious five-year campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs says it has made enough progress t...

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Homeless Vet Buried With Funeral Honors

Sun Sentinel | Posted 12.14.2011

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He was homeless, but when he died, a funeral befitting a man who served his country was due. U.S. Air Force veteran Joseph Ceberek was laid to rest w...

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VA Rolls Makes Bold Move To END Veteran Homelessness By 2015

Chris Birk | Posted 12.14.2011

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Chris Birk

The "Make the Call" campaign is part of the Veterans Administration's push to eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015.

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Afghanistan Vet, Former Scholar: I'm Back Home And Homeless

New York Times | Posted 12.05.2011

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Mid-June, 2011: I find myself alone in a dark wooded park tucked between million-dollar houses south of Stanford University, looking for a spot in the...

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Crickets Chirping... Silence About the Most Vulnerable

John Robinson | Posted 09.26.2011

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John Robinson

In April, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities was over 20%-comparable with military veterans. You have the greatest country in the world, with a growing wealth gap and minorities, veterans and people with disabilities are losing ground.

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Number Of Homeless Vets Drops By 55,000: VA

Posted 09.14.2011

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By Molly O'Toole WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of homeless veterans on any given night has dropped by over 55,000, the Department of Vetera...

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Sixth-Grader Creates Bed Mats For Homeless Vets, Gets Peers On Board

Sun Times | Katie Fanuko | Posted 06.11.2011

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Anna Greenys is on a mission to help homeless veterans by creating handmade plastic bed mats, and she's enlisted an army of local students to help. G...

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WATCH: Can Three Days Make A Difference For Homeless Veterans?

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Sunday, 60 Minutes reported on a visit to San Diego, where a yearly "Stand Down" event for homeless veterans is designed to change lives in just th...

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Arthur Delaney

Republicans Object To Bill For Homeless Veterans (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Having had no luck in a political battle pitting deficit reduction against the unemployed, Democrats on Tuesday tried deficit reduction against vetera...

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Is This Any Way to Treat Our Heroes?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan E. Dowlin

43% of homeless males over 25 are veterans. What kind of a country are we when the men and women who fight for us overseas return to a system that neglects and discards them at home?

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On Veterans Day and Every Day, Goodwill Puts Vets to Work

Jim Gibbons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Gibbons

Goodwill fills a special need because it serves veterans who may feel shunned or misunderstood by other employment programs.

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New Generation Of Homeless Vets Emerges

AP | ERIN McCLAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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LEEDS, Mass. — Peter Mohan traces the path from the Iraqi battlefield to this lifeless conference room, where he sits in a kilt and a Camp Kill ...

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