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It's a start and a move in the right direction...divert some of the funds we are using to house/feed/provide medical care to illegals and the problem will be solved!
VA sets new goal of housing 41,000 veterans in 2024
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I'd love to see them create a community of Little Houses for Homeless Vets. They would have to restrict them to Vets and Wives only but they are relatively cheap to build, not hard to maintain and have a small footprint so could have a lot of them in a relatively small area.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Hers is a thught from a community planning perspective...build tiny house villages next to VA medical centers. That way you have a couple of things. 1.) A built in community with a common perspective on life and immediate family, and 2.) Immediate and local access to VA medical care.
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First. let me say I support 100% anything we can do to help our Veterans! 100%!
I googled the question "Why do we have so many homeless Veterans?" It appears they is a myriad of answers to that question. So, I am of the mind that, as well as providing shelter for those Vets, we must determine why they are in their situation and then have the means and the desire to address ands attempt to resolve each and every one of those causes. I do not think it is as simple as just giving them a place to live although I am in support of doing so when that is the appropriate response.
I had a friend up in Spokane that was homeless. A fellow Vietnam Vet, Purple Heart recipient, suffering from PTSD. Some of his family got together and provided him with a house to live in. He stayed there about 3 months and totally trashed the house and furnishings before moving back onto the street. A few months later he died of an overdose. I do not know if he could have been saved or not. He refused the treatment offered by the VA. He carried a lot of demons. I hope he found peace.
Point being; just giving a place to live may not be the answer for all.
I googled the question "Why do we have so many homeless Veterans?" It appears they is a myriad of answers to that question. So, I am of the mind that, as well as providing shelter for those Vets, we must determine why they are in their situation and then have the means and the desire to address ands attempt to resolve each and every one of those causes. I do not think it is as simple as just giving them a place to live although I am in support of doing so when that is the appropriate response.
I had a friend up in Spokane that was homeless. A fellow Vietnam Vet, Purple Heart recipient, suffering from PTSD. Some of his family got together and provided him with a house to live in. He stayed there about 3 months and totally trashed the house and furnishings before moving back onto the street. A few months later he died of an overdose. I do not know if he could have been saved or not. He refused the treatment offered by the VA. He carried a lot of demons. I hope he found peace.
Point being; just giving a place to live may not be the answer for all.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
I agree...the situation has many variables and just to put one in a house might not be the answer. It just crushes me that our nations warriors are suffering the way they are...there has got to be a better way..what that is, I don't know but we owe them better than what they are getting and if that is mental health support, food assistance, housing, medical care et al they ahve earned at least that. I can somewhat understand the mental health piece of it. When I went for PTSD the doc never introduced themself to me and never made eye contact...I had to stop a couple of times telling them my experiences and they still never looked away from the computer...never acknowledged the PTSD as debillating...However, God graced me with a good loyal wife that knows my triggers and can see me when I am headed down a wrong raod and brings me back so I don't need the VA...they can pound sand as far as I am concerned. I have a couple of friends that every time they go for mental health evals they just throw more pills at them...some to relax, some to sleep some to wake up but never hit the source and help them cope. I am truly sorry about your friend in Spokane...we failed him! I too hope he found peace.
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LTC Trent Klug
Well said Stan.
My take is that we, i.e., the VA, will take a one size fits all approach and it will only work for maybe 25 percent of the homeless vets. If that many.
Unfortunately, most will not want the help. I say that from experience having done numerous stand downs and volunteering with my local police department. They would call me to assist with vets in distress in the town where we lived. Only one guy ever took our help. Some days it was extremely disheartening to have some tell me to fuck off. Some only wanted help with a meal or some clothing.
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
My take is that we, i.e., the VA, will take a one size fits all approach and it will only work for maybe 25 percent of the homeless vets. If that many.
Unfortunately, most will not want the help. I say that from experience having done numerous stand downs and volunteering with my local police department. They would call me to assist with vets in distress in the town where we lived. Only one guy ever took our help. Some days it was extremely disheartening to have some tell me to fuck off. Some only wanted help with a meal or some clothing.
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
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MSG Stan Hutchison
Thanks gentlemen. This is a much-needed discussion that should involve everyone.
And, if the VA failed someone, they must know we ae willing to help them. We also need to help the VA get better. I have heard many horror stories about the VA but I personally have had nothing but good help and treatment from them. They in fact saved my life.
Help us help them to get better.
And, if the VA failed someone, they must know we ae willing to help them. We also need to help the VA get better. I have heard many horror stories about the VA but I personally have had nothing but good help and treatment from them. They in fact saved my life.
Help us help them to get better.
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