Díaz-Ross Advo HOPTEL & Homelessness

Innvision Network - HOPTEL

Many veterans face depression, PTSD, suicidal thoughts, unemployment, poverty. Also many of them live in places where access to medical services is difficult to obtain. After military members get discharged, many of them face financial difficulties.

• The VA will have to accommodate more vets as the Pentagon shrinks the number of troops serving over the next several years.

• 6.9% of vets face challenges getting a job meaning that 246,000 vets are out of work.
• 13% of vets are homeless.
• More than 25% of the homeless people in San Francisco have served in the military.

Local problem veterans face:

• california has one of the highest numbers of veterans living in it (950,000-1,795,255)
• the majority of homeless veterans are single males who live in urban areas, often suffering from mental illness, alcohol and/or substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders
• about 1.4 million other veterans are living at risk of homelessness due to poverty, lack of support networks, and dismal living conditions in overcrowded or substandard "
• 69,334 veterans living in Santa Clara County, 7,631 are homeless
• New York has 64,060 homeless people
• 74% of all veterans are homeless in Santa Clara County

Articles and videos

• http://online.wsj.com/articles/obama-signs-veterans-affairs-overhaul-bill-1407431281
• http://www.ivsn.org/benefit-breakfast-2014-photos-and-videos/
• http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/49ers-Halloween-at-InnVision-Shelter-Network/9f24118b-dae6-441b-b7c4-2796922e8879
• http://www.anxietybc.com/resources/ptsd.php (What is PTSD)

Another organization that works to combat the problem

http://www.va.gov/homeless/nonvaresources.asp

http://nchv.org/index.php/about/