power point course final

1. The average age of a soldier at the time of enlistment is 19.
What were you doing when you were 19?

2. 18 % of homeless Veterans are women

4. 1/2 of all Veterans suffer from mental illness 2/3
suffer from substance abuse

6. 53% of individual homeless Veterans have disabilities
Compared with 41% of homeless Non Veteran individuals

8. Roughly 56% of
homeless Veterans
are African American
or Hispanic despite
only accounting for
12.8% and 15.4% of all
U.S. population
respectively
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9. Former service members are 11% more likely to develop a life threatening disease
while living without shelter

10. Roughly 76,000 homeless Vets Sleep on the streets of America nightly

11. Veterans between 18-30 years of age are twice as likely to be homeless

12. An estimated 22 Veterans commit suicide each day in America

13. “Men and women who risked their
lives defending America may be far
more likely to die on its streets”

15. The soldier above all others
prays for peace, for it is the
soldier who must suffer and
bear the deepest wounds and
scars of war.

16. Veterans are 50% more likely
to become homeless than
other Americans due to
poverty, lack of support
networks & poor living
conditions

18. Veterans experience homelessness longer than their non-Veteran peers
They Spend an average of 6 years being homeless

19. 1.2 million Veterans suffer from mental disorders

20. THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT