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HOMELESS VETERAN STATISTICS
There are roughly 37,000 homeless veterans in America at any given time. That equates to 8% of all homeless Americans nationwide. These are men and women that have served and fought in conflicts ranging from WWII all the way to the most recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. None of these men and women should have to return to a life on the streets. That’s where we come in.
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2020 PIT Count
Nationwide Homeless Veteran Count
UNSHELTERED 15,204
Sheltered 22,048
Total 37,252
Indiana PIT Count
2017---2020----2021
Unsheltered 46------16--------13
Sheltered 569------205------244
Total 615----221-------257
Indianapolis
Currently over 50 homeless Veterans have a HUD VASH voucher and no place to Rent/Live
Mortality
Nationally, 75% of homeless decedents are male.
Veterans are at a 53% higher risk of suicide that non-veterans.
An estimated 60,000 Veterans died by suicide between 2008 and 2017, without any sign of the crisis abating.
There is a causal relationship between homelessness and risk of suicide.