Veterans Homelessness Rate Drops – New Report
According to a report released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Monday, veteran homelessness fell by 7.2% between 2011 and 2012. While it is good news, there are some vets advocates that are worried about the growing number of post-9/11 veterans living on the street. The number of homeless vets in their twenties has grown significantly in the same period.
I am curious…what would you do to help curb the homelessness rate amongst the veteran community?
From the HuffingtonPost.com:
The administration has attributed the nearly 5,000-person decline in vets sleeping on the streets (from 67,495 in 2011 to 62,619 in January 2012) to two new programs. HUD and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs partnered to develop a comprehensive housing program that provides both shelter and supportive services to address mental illness, substance addiction and other challenges. To date, the initiative has helped more than 42,000 homeless veterans find permanent supportive housing, according to a HUD press release.
My name is Jorge Luis Oyola I am a US Army Veteran and a single father to a beautiful 7 year old daughter who lives with me in Manhattan, Kansas. For the past 15 months I have succumb to some real “Bad Luck” and it is coming to a point that it will lead to roaming the streets to sleep for me and my daughter.
I just don’t know how I am going to deal with this or how my daughter and I will adjust to the reality that we have become street dwellers no place to call a home, no showers and no dinner on the dinner table.
I am so afraid.
After serving 13 years with US Army and 20 Years in the Civilian Sector I somehow did not prepared enough to foresee this happening to me and it is so hard to believe in optimism after all my savings been wiped out due to being unemployed for 15 months.
I Need a Small Miracle…
I am sorry to be asking in this manner but I am running out of time and I need financial donations so my daughter and I can have a roof over our head and survive another day.
I will return every dime that you freely provide to help me and my daughter in our time of need when things turn around because it the right thing to do.
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Again I Thank You for Your Time and Support
Respectfully,
Jorge Luis Oyola
I’M140+% TOTAL AND COMPLETE THE TOTALLY DISABLED ARE NEEDING MORE HELP WE LIVE ON THE POVERTY LINE AT LEAST GIVE US ENOUGH TO LIVE A DECIENT LIFE COLA IS BS WE DID THE FIGHTING / DIEING/BLEEDING/SUFFERING AND WE ARE THE ONES THAT NEED IT TO BUY GAS/FOOD/ RENT/ ELETRIC /INSURANCE/CLOTHING ANDD HAVE A EXTREMELY HARD TIME MAKEING IT AND WE SERVED HONORABLY THE GOV GIVES FOREIGHN AID/BAIL OUT BANKS/ HELP US VETS