Aid Sought for Homeless Female Vets

Week of August 04, 2008

Every day, homeless female veterans encounter barriers in a VA system where services and housing options lag for women in comparison to their male counterparts. Veteran advocates say the VA needs to address the national disparity as 200,000 female veterans return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, many with combat-related stress and military sexual trauma -- risk factors for homelessness. Of the 550 transitional housing programs for male veterans in the country, only 300 can accept women. Read the full article on Military.com.