The Vietnam War and a legacy of veteran neglect

Chronically homeless veterans who received an "other-than-honorable" discharge from the military largely are excluded from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program, despite the fact that they make up 10 percent of the veteran hom...

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Published inAging Today Vol. 40; no. 6; p. 9
Main Authors Fairweather, Amy, Zottarelli, Megan
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco American Society on Aging 01.11.2019
Subjects
Aging
Case management
Homeless people
Population
Sex crimes
Veterans
Vietnam War
Workforce planning
Vietnam
San Francisco California
United States > US
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Summary:Chronically homeless veterans who received an "other-than-honorable" discharge from the military largely are excluded from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) voucher program, despite the fact that they make up 10 percent of the veteran homeless population (tinyurl.com/y4fkkgsu). A Slow Road to Solutions In the 1980s, advocates, including Swords to Plowshares, publicized the gross over-representation of veterans among the homeless, resulting in community-based programs and the 1987 launch of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless services, including Grant and Per Diem transitional housing programs. [...]we now have an onsite VA registered nurse.
ISSN:2694-5207