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And was homeless. As he says now he said i tried to kill myself for 30 years slowly. He said it got so bad that people were throwing change at my feet in the streets. Finally door and decided turn his life around. He wrote down a list of 21 things he wanted to accomplish things like opening a bank account, cooking in his own kitchen. He moved from detroits two saint paul minnesota and once he got there he walked across town to a local nonprofit that he knew could help him and with their help and the help of the minnesota assistant counsel for veterans he got into housing and of Substance Abuse treatment program. Today doran has checked off all 21 items on that list. [applause] [applause] a little cooking in the kitchen paying his own rent and hugged his daughter who he had been separated from for 25 years. Like so many veterans doran continues to give back. He is working fulltime as a caseworker to help other veterans find and su ....
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 yea ....