Five years ago, President Barack Obama announced an ambitious plan to house all of the nation’s homeless veterans by the end of 2015. The country has made steady progress since then, with more than 26,000 veterans moved off the streets and into stable housing, but considerable work lies ahead. As the president’s deadline approaches, Stars and Stripes will examine efforts by cities across the country to bring the remaining homeless veterans home.
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The VA will open a transitional housing facility for veterans and soon start a planning process for the redevelopment of its 387-acre campus.
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Living with fellow veterans in permanent supportive housing offers a healing camaraderie, an oasis of shared experience and empathy. “For some of them, being here is the first time they’ve felt connected to anyone since they got out of the military.”
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Since 2010, when President Barack Obama launched a five-year national campaign to end homelessness among veterans, the number of former servicemembers living on the streets has dropped from over 76,000 to below 50,000. Here’s a look at efforts in a handful of U.S. cities' progress, based on figures provided by federal, state and local agencies.
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As thousands of troops leave the military each month without jobs or a plan for permanent housing, a new text messaging program will link vets to peers who can connect them to the services and support they need.
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No matter where they are, vet courts follow roughly the same blueprint. They're designed for veterans arrested under any number of charges, most commonly drug use or assaults. Many are homeless, and most have been arrested multiple times.
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The Dayton Veterans Affairs Hospital has developed the kind of comprehensive addiction treatment program other agencies serving the general population strive to duplicate.
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More than 60% of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' land-use agreements on its West Los Angeles campus are illegal or improper, a federal audit found, including leases for a Los Angeles city dog park and ballfields, Red Cross offices, a Shakespeare festival, a parrot sanctuary and the private Brentwood School.
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The popular fundraiser draws so many people each year that participation is capped at 2,200 for safety reasons.
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When Vicki Santoro boarded a flight on Sept. 30, 2016, she didn't expect the pilot to announce that a World War II veteran who served in the Army Nurse Corps was on board. She was overwhelmed by the attention. Santoro died Sept. 17, 2018. She was 99 years old, just two months shy of her 100th birthday.
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President Donald Trump on Friday signed a spending bill for the Department of Veterans Affairs that for the first time exceeds more than $200 billion.
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After a dispute delayed negotiations on the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for fiscal 2019, lawmakers came to an agreement Monday for more than $200 billion for the agency that includes funding for the new VA Mission Act – legislation that expands private-sector medical care for veterans.
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Air Force veteran Harold Palmquist and his dog, Daisy, are on a trip promoting Vets and Their Pets, an organization that helps homeless veterans keep their animals.
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Two Marine Corps veterans and a female body builder were well into a 215-mile hike – from Ventura to San Diego – to create awareness for the plight of homeless veterans, when they considered giving up after four days of carrying 50-pound backpacks and a large American flag.
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Calendar sales raise money to support VA hospitals, ill and injured veterans, homeless veterans, deployed troops and military spouses. Pin-Ups for Vets also schedules tours of VA and military hospitals.
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The hearing came after Johnny Bobbitt's lawyers filed a lawsuit this week against the couple, alleging that the two committed fraud and conspiracy by taking large amounts of the donations to "enjoy a lifestyle they could not afford" and using the account as "their personal piggy bank."
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Wisconsin is launching a $1.9 million national marketing campaign to attract military personnel and their spouses to the Badger State to live and work when they leave the service.
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A nonprofit’s nationwide hotline can help veterans attain access to low-cost physical or mental health treatment facilities, apply for government assistance, or financial support.
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A Marine Corps veteran, Nicole Banks noticed the Purple Heart license plate on Jim Stewart's 1996 Pontiac Bonneville as it sat in a supermarket parking lot, its back seat filled with stuff as if someone lived in it.
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Florida county celebrates milestone for homeless veterans, but some still on the streets
August 2, 2018
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A homeless veteran and his wife cling to hope, waiting for a place to call home
July 30, 2018
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House approves bill allowing deployed troops to cancel cable, Internet contracts
July 30, 2018
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2 years after Trump promised a White House veterans hotline, it’s open – in West Virginia
July 27, 2018
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Wisconsin's Jake Leinenkugel to lead commission focused on veterans' mental health
July 25, 2018
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'We both have our nightmares': Twins who served in Vietnam tell some of their experiences
July 21, 2018
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Ex-VA employee: Canandaigua VA’s one-star rating 'extremely discouraging'
July 15, 2018
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No one claimed these SC veterans when they died. Now they'll be laid to rest.
July 9, 2018
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Dogs leading veterans out of the darkness
July 9, 2018
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Veterans embrace the healing power of horses
July 8, 2018
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Homeless women veterans find help through Wash. program
July 3, 2018
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Army veteran survives hardships, finds new purpose
June 16, 2018
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VA officials: Joplin, Missouri clinic will 'be here before you know it'
June 12, 2018
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In the Army and the Klan, he hated Muslims. Now one is coming to his home.
June 5, 2018
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VA turns to foster care for veterans instead of putting them in nursing homes
June 2, 2018
