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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.


NUMBER SOURCES

Point-In-Time (PIT) Count

The Point-in-Time (PIT) count is a count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness on a single night in January.

2020-2021 Counts

"COVID-19 impacted data quality and analysis in several ways for the 2021 PIT Count. First, HUD-approved changes to the survey length for the unsheltered count significantly curtailed the amount of information obtained about this population." 

-  Indiana University Public Policy Institute

Accuracy

While we do  our best to report the numbers, we understand they may not be completely accurate.  The accuracy/inaccuracy of the numbers rely on numerous uncontrolled factors.

Sources

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority

Indiana University Public Policy Institute 

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