WHY VETERANS ARE BECOMING HOMELESS
Document Type:Research Paper
Subject Area:Sociology
Some governments openly give quality support to these heroes through government programs. Furthermore, these war heroes are treated with great respect and honor for their contribution to the world country of their own nationals. Furthermore, veterans of short or small conflicts are often forgotten when the country fought bigger conflicts. However, in some countries with strong anti-military traditions veterans are neither honored in any special way by the general public, nor have their dedicated veterans day although events are sometimes orchestrated by minority groups. Many countries have longstanding traditions, ceremonies and holidays to honor their veterans. The effect of active military service can be profound and lasting and some veterans have found it difficult to adjust to normal life again. This has resulted in homelessness, street sleeping and relationship breakdown among the veterans.
This research paper critically focuses to establish valid reasons for the problem of veterans becoming homeless, the source of the problem, how to fix the problem, how this problem has affected the community at large and the efforts made by the public interest law firm to assist the homeless veterans. When a soldier mission end, his civilian life returns. As he finally comes home to his family, he can finally feel at peace and contented of what he has done not only in making sure that the family he left behind from his years in service are safe and free but most especially to the service that he has done for his country. Consequently, these abuses when not controlled leads to mismanagement of funds to buy this drugs and ignoring the necessary needs leaving many veterans homeless.
Upon entering the military, most homeless veterans are marginal individuals. Furthermore, these individuals upon entering the military their performance was average or below average. After retiring from active duty, these veterans many have no economic or social activity to engage in after their military life therefore being forced to return to their former lives and status in the society. The change in environment and economic lives in the world has made life adaption into the modern society a difficult process. The stigma that our society still places on mental problems of any kind makes it worse. Many times, the veterans themselves do not know that they need help. Veterans have a mild experience in Vietnam especially considering what many infantry men went through. The thought of returning home, they are perfectly normal, but still get good recommendations from their supervisors.
However, there previous memories and incidents back in the military reverts them to a combat mentality. There are limitless opportunities to improve and expand the services available to help the homeless veterans either as individual or a member of a group or organization. The most effective assistance is provided by the community based organization that works within local network offering a range of services from housing to continuing care management and counseling as the veterans proceed through a detailed plan leading to self-sufficiency. Several effective ways have to be put forth to fix the problem homeless veterans are undergoing. New treatment programs are emerging to assist veterans suffering from post-combat mental health problems such as depression and PTSD cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is becoming an important method for treatment of mental health issues among veterans, and is currently considered the standing care for depression and PTSD by the United States department of defense.
CBT is a psychotherapeutic approach that aims to change the patterns of thinking or behavior that responsible for patient’s negative emotions and in doing so change the way they feel. The development of the homeless veteran’s burial programs will allow the homeless veterans to receive proper burial with military honors. This program will also enable good collaborations with the local medical examiners, hospitals, regionals officers and funeral service providers. The housing for veterans is a collaborative program between the department of housing and urban development (HUD) and veteran affairs (VA) supportive services to help veterans who are homeless and their families find and sustain permanent housing. Through the public housing authorities, the HUD provides rental assistance vouchers for privately owned housing to veterans who are eligible for VA health care services and are experiencing homelessness.
VA case managers may connect these veterans with support services such as health care, mental health, treatment and substance use counseling to help them in their recovery process and with maintaining housing in the community. These include hospitalization and emergency room visits, police intervention and incarcerations and use of mental health, poverty and homeless programs. When homeless veterans are admitted to a hospital, their stay is about four days longer than average, which adds up to an additional cost to the public of about $2400 per incident. Homelessness among veterans itself causes serious health care issues including HIV/AIDs, addiction, psychological disorders and other illnesses that require consistent, long term care. Homelessness among veterans inhibits access to treatment and recuperations, making health issues more dangerous, more expensive and a higher risk to society at large.
For instance, tuberculosis is a highly infectious disease that is rampant among homeless people. Runaway adolescents who become homeless are vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse. While it is easier to consider the damage that homelessness does to children, it may be more difficult to reach out to homeless adults. Many churches, religious leaders and nonprofit organizations have looked into the moral and ethical challenges of homelessness and these investigations have led to widespread support of soup kitchen and other volunteer efforts at the local level. While there are no official studies that document financial losses to merchants from local homeless populations, there are plenty of articles in the media documenting the struggles between merchants and homeless people especially veterans and related public policy issues faced by local governments and police departments.
Merchants, their customers, visit tourists and municipalities seeking to increase tourism and finding that there no easy answer to ridding their streets of homeless veterans who are turned out of shelters during the day. Through its veterans outreach initiative, the United States department of veteran affairs (VA) has deployed more than 160 social workers to veteran affairs hospitals across the country to work with courts and attorneys in the criminals’ justice systems to direct veterans to community based treatment and rehabilitations. Alternatively, to jail if they end up facing criminal charges for antisocial misconduct arising from post-traumatic stress disorder or addiction. Bar associations across the country are calling upon their members to step up and support the efforts of the public interest programs that are developing for the veterans centered advocacy services.
Families including the number of children and youths living in the streets are majorly because their families are helpless. They have no safe families or they are running away from foster care or they have aged out of institutional care. For people who have faced homelessness in the past, having a permanent job greatly boosts their odds of hanging on to permanent housing. Good connect of many homeless veterans have several advantages which includes increase in income. The purpose of the homeless veterans integration program (HVRP) is to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex problems facing homeless veterans. HVRP was initially authorized under section 73B of the Stewart B McKinney homeless assistance act in July 1987.
It is currently authorized under title U. the enhanced use lease (EUL) is a VA portfolio management tool that allows certain land and buildings to be leased to eligible private entities for approved supportive housing and related projects for homeless and at risk Veterans. In addition to supportive housing, VA’s EUL partners’ often provide veterans with job training, financial management haircut, computer and laundry facilities, fitness centers and other services. Veterans and their families are prioritized for EUL developments, which are convenient to VA health care facilities. In 1994, president franklin D. Roosevelt signed the servicemen readjustment act, better known as the ‘GI Bill’. Moreover, the new bill provides relief and assistance to GI Bill recipients who are unable to continue their education because the educational institution they were attending closed.
This is significant, as many veterans have been affected by college closures. Thanks to the new Forever GI Bill, the VA will provide up to nine months additional benefits for students pursing science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Forever GI Bill will remove the expiration date put into place by the post 9-11 GI Bill for work study. The new policy will provide additional compensation to veteran students who participate in work study programs including through veterans hospital and veteran cemeteries. D. Culhane, D. P. Kane, V. Risk factors for becoming homeless among a cohort of veterans who served in the era of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Overrepresentation of women veterans among homeless women. American Journal of Public Health, 93(7), 1132-1136. Rosenheck, R. Leda, C. Frisman, L. J. Marx, B.
P. Posttraumatic stress disorder and quality of life: extension of findings to veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Clinical psychology review, 29(8), 727-735.
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