Homeless Veterans Legislation - Contact Your Legislator...

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Homeless Veterans and their families need your help NOW

Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) has a long history of promoting equal access to care, treatment, and benefits for all veterans. With the increasing number of new, younger, and woman veterans who find themselves without a home and with dependent children, it is essential that the agencies of government and the non-governmental entities funded to assist these men and women be given the mandate and the funding necessary to assist them - before their homelessness becomes chronic. Job training and job skills enhancement and placement services can lead to employment possibilities that will otherwise likely escape these veterans. Providing funding for the care of their children, too, is a vital facet of this effort.

We believe that enactment of S. 1237 Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans Health Care Authorities Act of 2010 introduced by Senator Patty Murray, Washington State and unanimously passed by the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee must now be moved to the Senate floor for vote and final passage, this bill also includes provision of S. 1547 Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reported that 107,000 veterans are homeless in the United States

VVA urges you to take action now and contact your Senator and ask for their support of S. 1237, the Homeless Veterans and Other Veterans Health Care Authorities Act of 2010. We believe this comprehensive homeless legislation when passed into law will meet the current and future needs of our nation's most vulnerable veterans.