However, Veterans Day is not always a good one for all of our heroes, especially those experiencing homelessness. How do we honor them? What a Decrease in Veteran Homelessness Means One of the most fundamental ways to ensure that veterans […]
Category: Housing First
How Housing First Ends Veteran Homelessness
By John Meier, West Central Texas Regional Foundation – SSVF Program Manager At a routine appointment with my local Veteran Administration (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinic, a nurse asked about my housing situation. When I answered that I was homeless, […]
Introducing the Pressure Points Resource Series
Pressure (n) 1a: the burden of physical or mental distress 1b: the constraint of circumstance: the weight of social or economic imposition 2: the application of force to something by something else in direct contact with it If you were to survey the […]
Pressure Points Resource Series
The Pressure Points resource series is intended to highlight key, continuously evolving strategies and practices for ending homelessness, and provide guidance and clarity to help communities execute them more effectively.
This Veterans Day, Let’s Prioritize Ending Veteran Homelessness
By Monica Diaz, Executive Director, Homeless Programs Office Veterans Health Administration | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Today, American life hardly resembles the country Eisenhower led. We have traveled to space, cured diseases and achieved other previously unbelievable milestones […]