Historic levels and since 2008 the program has brought more than 73,000 veterans out of homelessness. [applause] [applause] and im no mathematician but somebody did the numbers for me. [laughter] that means in the last few years more than 40 times as many veterans have been helped and during most of the programs entire history. The other Program Chris mentioned, the Supportive Services for veterans families the ssp have is a new program started by this administration three years ago to prevent lowincome veteran families from falling into homelessness and last year alone it served more than 60,000 veterans and their family members in next year we expect that number to grow to over 100,000. [applause] and as we all know these programs are making a significant difference even during difficult economic times. Veteran homelessness in america has dropped by 24 in just three years. So we are beginning to make some real important progress on this issue. But we know that we are nowhere near fin
Bob will speak on innovative publicprivate partnerships. Thank you very much. I will try to be brief. I think of it as a bit of an onlution in the way we Work Community development are increasingly heading. For years, housing has been a cornerstone of the work that many banks have done in Community Development. Iti, it has been an anchor. In terms of the work that many institutions have has been supported by the Community Reinvestment act. As important as it is, sometimes it traps funds in geographies where it is needed, but we cannot go beyond that. Institutions go where and do that sort of investing more it is greatest need, not where there is just a regulatory incentive to do it. Housing has been a cornerstone of our work and secretary him. An, we worked with building innovation. One of the things about Community Development has been that it has been very cylert. Sikloed. Often, it was directly with Community Organizations not necessarily in consultation or alignment with the Mayors
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