San Diego homeless vets sleep on street as city allocates $5 million for legal defense of criminal aliens
In 2019, the city of San Diego, California was home to over 2,600 unsheltered homeless people, along with 2,473 sheltered homeless people, according to ABC-10 San Diego.
Of the total number of homeless in the city, a good number are veterans, with low estimates according to Homeless Veterans of San Diego being around 400 or so.
CREDIT: Horydczak, Theodor, photographer. “Bonus veterans from Jeannette, Pennsylvania.” 1932. Theodor Horydczak Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
In San Diego County? That number was estimated to be 1,068 in 2019, about 13% of the entire homeless population.
The nonprofit, iCare Fighting Hunger Foundation, has been in existence since 2019 but its founder Johnnie Townsend has been feeding the homeless in the Detroit community for nearly 10 years.
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The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Command Homeless Veterans program, operation Leave the Streets Behind program was initiated in November 2009, by Ontario Command and the template created has since been developed across Canada, by Veterans Affairs and other Provincial Commands. The objective is to end Homelessness among our Veteran population. Through the generosity of Legion Branches and Ladies Auxiliary, throughout the Province, money has been raised through various functions to support the Homeless Veterans program.
To date $2.7 million has been disbursed from the Ontario Command Homeless Veterans Fund and over $ 100,000 from the Ladies Auxiliary. There has been no financial support from any level of Government. As of May 2021, more than 927 Homeless Veterans have been identified in 176 towns of which 93 are Female Veterans, since the beginning of the program.
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Homeless Veterans largely satisfied with community health care options
Veterans who have experienced homelessness value the option to receive health care in the community, found a study by VA researchers. The majority of Veterans surveyed had positive views of community care they received. However, coordination challenges exist when Veterans receive health care both in the community and from VA.
“Nights without shelter, current homelessness, and chronic homelessness did not appear to limit Veterans’ access to community care,” conclude the researchers. “The findings imply that VHA’s evolution from a direct provider to a payer of health services has not impeded health care access for highly vulnerable Veterans.”
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