Have you heard of this great cause - Operation Homes for Heroes?

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:02:04 -0500

Have you heard of this great cause - Operation Homes for Heroes?

This is an article from one of our very own Anita Nowocin from
Carry Me Productions. RP Members Anita and her duaghter Carrie are doing some great things for homeless Women Veterans.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/operation-homes-heroes-anita-nowocin-gramling?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish

https://youtu.be/e1s1mK8ikaM

There are reasons that many homeless women veterans don’t make it to 41, as many suicides compared to male veterans and six times the rate that civilian women. Many women veterans would rather sleep on the street than face the risk of sexual assault by staying in a shelter. Other issues with shelters are the extreme lack of privacy, cleanliness, crowded environment and lack of proper handicapped accommodations.

Call to Action

CMP’s call to action involves a shared housing program which helps people transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency. As single female Veterans move into their shared home, they also have the option of rehabilitating a rescue animal. This is also unique in that most Veteran-only housing allows for service dogs, but not companion pets.

CMP is starting with a female only facility for Veterans because there is a large gap resource between single female Veterans and their male counterparts. Plus many of the female Veterans live with Military Sexual Trauma (MST), so living with men is not an ideal situation for them.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2015 12:06 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:06:44 -0500

This is awesome!! I hope it reaches to those who are in real need of assistance!! COL Mikel J. Burroughs

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 27 at 2015 12:09 PM

PO1 John Miller — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:09:44 -0500

Thanks for sharing. It's important that we don't forget the unique needs of our female veterans.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2015 12:18 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:18:45 -0500

A much needed program, and hopefully just the beginning.

Response by LTC Stephen F. made Nov 27 at 2015 12:42 PM

LTC Stephen F. — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:42:37 -0500

No COL Mikel J. Burroughs before you mentioned it I had not heard about Operation Homes for Heroes. This seems like a great time for this idea to be has developed into an operation.
Who knows God may have called many people to support our grief-stricken and depressed veterans for just such a time.

Response by Anita Nowocin made Nov 27 at 2015 1:05 PM

Anita Nowocin — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 13:05:16 -0500

Thank you for sharing.

Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Jan 18 at 2016 10:05 AM

SPC Margaret Higgins — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:05:41 -0500

Very, VERY nice, Anita Nowocin. Also, as I was homeless before I joined the Army: their is the problem with getting sick; in those shelters. TB, etc.
Carry on Bright Star.

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Jan 18 at 2016 10:57 AM

SP5 Mark Kuzinski — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:57:43 -0500

Great post - all should read and understand.

Response by PO2 Robert Cuminale made Jan 19 at 2016 11:25 AM

PO2 Robert Cuminale — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:25:03 -0500

The Charlotte Observer reported today that Homes for Heroes in Charlotte exceeded its goal of finding housing for veterans. It's goal had been 200 but it ended the year with 347 housed. It also worked to get those who couldn't work into programs that provided income for those things outside of their housing need. Many were female veterans. A great effort and results.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jan 21 at 2016 9:19 PM

PO1 John Miller — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:19:32 -0500

Why are a lot of your older posts showing up in my feed these last few days? Weird...

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 23 at 2016 5:00 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:00:14 -0500

HUD has a program called the Rehousing Network for veterans and their families. they connect veterans with the HUD office in their town and make sure they have a roof over their heads.