Milwaukee Homeless Veterans

 

Neverhomeless.org is the web site of Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative a veteran helping veteran group whose goals and objectives are finding and assessing homeless and at-risk veterans and then providing the services to help veterans reach their highest level of independence.

 

Veterans are twice as likely as other Americans to be homeless.

According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, over 150,000 veterans are homeless on a given night. That's almost one-fifth of the homeless population, and doesn't come close to representing the 1.5 million other veterans who are at risk of homelessness.

 

It is estimated that about 25% of all homeless people in the Milwaukee area are veterans.

According to a survey completed by the Milwaukee County Continuum of Care (Street Count, November 2008) there is a conservative estimate of 1,500 people that are homeless in Milwaukee County each evening. Out of this number, about 25%, or 375 of the individuals are veterans.

 

With our homeless project we have taken on the challenge to seek out, engage and act as a transitional bridge for those veterans who have a diminished personal capacity to access helping services and have lost touch, and trust, with the veterans resource network.

 

 

 

 

 

I will always place the mission first.

I will never accept defeat.

I will never quit.

I will never leave a fallen comrade.

 

These are the words that our soldiers look toward to sustain and guide them, not only during active duty, but for the rest of their lives. One only has to visit a national veteran's cemetery and see the masses of white crosses marching over the hills to understand the depth of our soldiers' commitment. No one who has ever served the United States in uniform should end up living on the street.