Female Veteran on Brink of Homelessness Gets Help

Jaime Lutts loved her career in the U.S. Navy.

She deployed with USS Carl Vinson to the Persian Gulf and spent years working in air traffic control.

But after six years, Lutts said she was ready for a change. But after her transition to civilian life, Lutts found herself on the brink of homelessness.

Lutts was a part of a growing group of people experiencing homelessness: female veterans. Interfaith Community Services Executive Director Greg Anglea said a growing group of people they welcome to their Escondido center is female veterans.

“We serve more female veterans now than we ever have before,” Anglea said. He said 20 percent to 30 percent of the veterans they now serve now are women.