ATLANTA (AP) Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a “match made in heaven.”Harold<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/nonprofits-making-progress-in-tackling-homelessness-among-veterans-but-challenges-remain/">Read More</a>
Government agencies and nonprofits around the country have long been working to reduce the numbers of homeless veterans. And they ve had notable success. According to a government count, the numbers
ATLANTA (AP) Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a “match made in heaven.” Harold Tilson Jr. found himself homeless earlier this year but for the past few months has been living in transitional housing run by the nonprofit Veterans Empowerment Organization, or VEO. […]
Government agencies and nonprofits around the country have long been working to reduce the number of homeless veterans and they have had notable success. According to a government count, the number of homeless veterans has gone down 55% over the past 13 years. But there are still more than 33,000 homeless veterans in the U.S., according to the 2022 Point-in-Time count conducted by the VA and Department of Housing and Urban Development, as well as the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.