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Keeping Veterans Homeless is a Nonprofit Imperative
Black & Blonde Media ^ | 2/19/16 | Bob and Laura Parks

Posted on 02/19/2016 10:36:11 AM PST by impetrio1

Despite the onslaught of radio and television commercials you consume from supposedly benevolent entities who are doing this for veterans or that for veterans, but the reality appears to be a whole lot different and those who claim to be helping vets (of course, with your charitable donation) don't really want to solve the problem because that would eat into their bottom line.

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: homeless; veterans

1 posted on 02/19/2016 10:36:11 AM PST by impetrio1
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To: impetrio1

gee, ya think?


2 posted on 02/19/2016 10:49:52 AM PST by Bubba Gump Shrimp (noob)
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To: impetrio1

Homeless vets mostly do not qualify for the HUD VASH program - because of SB 866 passed by a Democrat controlled Senate in 2009
https://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/HomelessAssistanceActAmendedbyHEARTH.pdf

There ar so many stipulations in the law that it is easy to find one or more to disqualify a vet. This is pretty much what one would expect of a Democrat Senate, doing what they do best for vets ever since they repealed most of the GI Bill just for Nam-era vets.

Sometimes vets, when looking for assistance, are given bags of toiletries and model kits w/o the glue and sent on their way to other agencies and websites. Then after another day of nothing no hope nothing they look for an abandon car to sleep in, and so it goes ...


3 posted on 02/19/2016 10:51:35 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: impetrio1
Ask yourself: what would Komen do if we cured cancer?
4 posted on 02/19/2016 11:44:31 AM PST by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

Fund raise against abortion and then funnel it to Planned parenthood?


5 posted on 02/19/2016 12:38:38 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall noshi)
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