Homelessness Among Female Vets on the Rise
by Kate M. Kelly on January 31, 2012
Increased from 1,380 in 2006 to 3,328 in 2010
On January 24, 2012, The Huffington Post featured an article, “Number of Homeless Veterans More than Doubled in 4 Years,” which included the following statistics:
- Homeless female veterans increased from 1,380 in 2006 to 3,328 in 2010;
- Two-thirds of homeless female veterans are between ages 40 and 59;
- Many of these women have their children with them; but
- 60% of the two biggest federal programs that serve homeless women don’t house children.
Quoted from the article:
“But even as more veteran women are becoming homeless, the VA still isn’t prepared to deal with it, the report found. Nearly a quarter of VA Medical Center coordinators surveyed for the report said they didn’t have plans to temporarily house homeless women while those women wait for housing in other programs aimed at housing homeless veterans.”
Click here to read the entire article.
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Kate Kelly joined Monarch Housing Associates in March of 2011. Prior to that, she worked for seven years at the Partnership for Strong Communities in Hartford, Connecticut as the Reaching Home Campaign Manager. Managing the statewide effort to end long-term homelessness, Kate effectively implemented statewide advocacy campaigns to fund over 700 new supportive housing units for individuals and families. She has experience directing fundraising events and presenting federal and state conferences. At the Partnership, she educated state and federal legislators and staff about supportive housing homelessness issues and advocated for new funding sources. She has also developed public forums that led to formal policy recommendations and educated local constituencies such as policymakers, legislators and funders. Ms. Kelly received her B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S.W from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Click here to send Ms. Kelly an email.
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