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    Without Contention: the Plight of Homeless Veterans
    Without Contention: the Plight of Homeless Veterans
    Without Contention: the Plight of Homeless Veterans
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    Without Contention: the Plight of Homeless Veterans

    By David Lefavor

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    Downrange in America - Snapshots of Homeless Veterans
    All across America, on any given night about 68,000 former American service men and women are on the streets without a place to call home. Many of these people that we see on the street corners once proudly wore the uniform of our nation’s military. These are brave men and women who have served their country, and have fallen on difficult times. Of that number, 48,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been identified as being currently homeless. Homelessness among veterans is the end result of a whole series of events that result in diminished capacity, loss of self-determination, most often loss of employment, isolation, poverty, loss of family, and lack of self-esteem; all leading to an inability to pay for housing. This book is a snap shot of the aspects of veteran homelessness, as well as what this country is doing to help them get off the streets.
    Even though we see them, somehow they have become invisible in our consciousness as people who should get a job. The reports of homelessness which are prepared by the Veterans Administration show that over 1/3 of them are veterans of the Iraq / Afghanistan wars.
    Downrange in America shows the plight of homeless veterans in a different light, as the statistics, and cell phone pictures suggest some questions for us to consider. Is this a result of their combat service in Iraq or Afghanistan? What happened to them over there to cause such isolation and difficulty to readjust back to society? What is the government doing to help homeless veterans, and is there anything that I could do to assist?
    Here is the question for America to answer: What can we do for those who answered the call to arms and went to war for our country, and are now they are living on the street without a home? The VA is working very hard to end the tragedy of homeless veterans. The Secretary of the VA has declared war on homelessness among veterans. Will you join the battle?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Lefavor
    Release dateMay 23, 2014
    ISBN9781311418067
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      Without Contention - David Lefavor

      Without Contention – the Plight of Homeless Veterans

      By Chaplain David Lefavor, D.Min, BCC

      Copyright 2014 by David Lefavor

      Smashwords Edition

      This is an internet text only version of the book:

      Downrange in America – the Story of Homeless Veterans

      by Chaplain David E. Lefavor, D.Min, BCC

      Without Contention – the Plight of Homeless Veterans

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One Fast Facts about Homeless Veterans

      Chapter Two From the Streets of Downrange to the Streets of America

      Chapter Three Back Street Memories

      Chapter Four What’s the Government Doing?

      Chapter Five Homeless Veteran Care Resources

      Chapter Six Epilogue

      Foreword by General William Laprise

      On any given night about 68,000 former service men and women are on the streets without a place to call home. Many of these people that we see on the street corners once proudly wore the uniform of our nation’s military. Even though we see them, somehow they have become invisible in our consciousness as people who should get a job. The reports of homelessness which are prepared by the Veterans Administration show that over 1/3 of them are veterans of the Iraq / Afghanistan wars. Downrange in America shows the plight of homeless veterans in a different light, as the statistics, and cell phone pictures suggest some questions for us to consider. Is this a result of their combat service in Iraq or Afghanistan? What happened to them over there to cause such isolation and difficulty to readjust back to society? What is the government doing to help homeless veterans, and is there anything that I could do to assist? Thank you, Chaplain Lefavor for keeping this important moral issue alive in our national conscience.

      William A. Laprise

      Brigadier General, U.S. Army, (Retired)

      Dedication

      To those veterans who have answered the call to serve our country and those who shall have borne the battle

      Chapter One: Fast Facts about Homeless Veterans

      The 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report

      The most accurate and up to date information regarding homeless veterans comes from the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), which is done every year and is prepared by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The AHAR is actually a formal report to the U.S. Congress on the extent and nature of homelessness in America. The report gives nationwide estimates of homelessness, including information about the demographic characteristics of homeless persons, service use patterns, and the capacity to house homeless persons. The report is based primarily on Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) data about persons who experience

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