New Haven Independent

VA sees spike in homeless veterans with families
Middletown Press
By Peggy McCarthy Andy and Miriam Miranda don't fit the historical profile of homeless veterans. Former teachers with master's degrees who have a six-year-old son, they have lost a house to foreclosure and were evicted from an apartment for falling …
Number of Homeless Female Veterans Rises Sharply, Report FindsNew York Times (blog)
Onions: Veterans affairs should be priorityUniversity Daily Kansan

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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

Shale affects homeless veterans
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
By Bill O'Boyle boboyle@timesleader.com HARRISBURG – The ranks of homeless veterans are growing, and a state Senate committee Monday heard testimony that the Marcellus Shale industry is making the problem worse. Several witnesses testified one major …

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Shelter: Homeless Veterans Population Spiked In Onlsow County
WITN
Numbers are on the rise for homeless veterans in one of our most patriotic and pro-marine cities in the east. The Onslow County homeless shelter says in the last 5 years they've seen an increase of homeless veterans jump 77%. Just Sunday night alone, …

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Women veterans are joining men on the streets
The Detroit News (blog)
That's a small fraction of the total number of homeless veterans of 49400, but the number of women has been rising faster. In the four years to fiscal 2010, it has surged 140 percent, according to the General Accounting Office.

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Arizona StandDown helps homeless veterans – Phoenix
Demotix
Homeless veterans wait in long line to enter stadium. Homeless veterans wait in long line to enter stadium. Homeless veteran waits in long line to enter stadium. Homeless veterans wait in long line to enter stadium. Homeless veterans wait to be called …

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Returning veterans in a desperate search for jobs
Middletown Journal
The Housing Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing grant program provides Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance for homeless veterans along with case management and clinical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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MassLive.com

Soldier On housing project for homeless veterans due for Agawam Board of …
MassLive.com
… The Republican File photo by Don Treeger / The RepublicanThe former Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy in Agawam is seen in the summer of 2010, at the time it was sold to Soldier On, an organization that helps homeless veterans.

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Veterans Support Organization comes under fire
KYTX
By Courtney Friedman – bio | email TYLER (KYTX) – An organization claiming to help homeless veterans is coming under fire across the country and here in East Texas. The group is called the Veterans Support Organization or VSO.

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Homeless veterans one step closer to housing on VA campus in North Hills
Contra Costa Times
Buildings 4 and 5 will provide supportive and therapeutic housing for 147 formerly homeless veterans and disabled veterans. (John McCoy / Staff Photographer) Developers broke ground Friday on a long-planned and controversial project to house formerly …
housing for homeless veterans breaks groundabc7.com

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ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)

Homeless veterans get a 'hand up' from Arizona StandDown
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. PHOENIX – It has been eight years since Joe Labuda's army service in the Gulf came to an end. "Asking for help.
Arizona StandDown helps homeless veterans – PhoenixDemotix
Veterans on streets get aid at Arizona StandDown eventTucson Citizen
Mesa veteran puts spotlight on homelessness by living in carAZ Central.com
East Valley Tribune
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