HOMELESS VETERANS AWARNESS DAY

Support our homeless veterans. Provide care for our neighbors who have served, many of whom live below the poverty line.

Support veteran charities that assist the homeless with their daily needs, Donate to the charities Wishlist, or simply volunteer.

"Support our homeless veterans and the shelters that offer assistance"

• Over 41,000 Veterans in America experience homelessness on any given day
• A record-high 653,104 people experienced homelessness on a single night in January 2023. This is more than a 12.1 percent increase over the previous year.
• From 2019-2023, the number of people who entered emergency shelter for the first time increased more than 23 percent.1
• In 2023, a record high 256,610 people, or 39.3 percent of all people experiencing homelessness, were unsheltered. More than 50 percent of individuals experiencing homelessness were unsheltered.
• The number of renter households paying more than 50 percent of their income on rent increased dramatically, rising over 12.6 percent between 2015 to 2022. People who identify as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic, Asian or ‘Some Other Race’ are more greatly impacted.
• After years of declines due to targeted assistance, the numbers of veterans and chronically homeless individuals experiencing homelessness are both rising again, with a 7 percent and 12 percent increase, respectively, since the previous year.

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The Salvation Army

Provides a variety of services to address homelessness, including emergency shelters and long-term housing assistance

Coalition for the Homeless

The oldest advocacy and direct service organization for the homeless in the United States, with 11 programs in New York City that include permanent housing, job training, and youth programs

Covenant House

The largest privately funded childcare agency in the United States, providing shelter and services to homeless and runaway youth

National Alliance to End Homelessness

Charity Navigator gives this organization a 4-star rating, and CharityWatch gives it an A+ rating

Texas Homeless Network (THN) is a non-profit membership-based organization helping communities strategically plan to prevent and end homelessness. THN works to end homelessness in Texas by collaborating with all communities, large and small, across the state to build systems to achieve this goal.

Shared Housing Center provides and facilitate affordable housing options. Our mission has been to offer housing options and supportive services that foster independence, empowerment, and self-worth and to serve a multicultural, intergenerational population.

Annette G. Strauss Family Gateway Center’s mission is to provide stability and life-changing supportive services to children and families affected by homelessness. Families come to us from many different paths. No matter the circumstances life has thrown their way, each family is seeking a place to find safety and stability. They acceptable families to come in all together when most shelters only allow individuals.

Vogel Alcove is a non-profit organization on a mission to help young children overcome the lasting and traumatic effects of homelessness. It is their vision that every child in our community has a home, a self-sufficient 

The Bridge serves as a central entry point for the stabilization of chronically homeless individuals, helping them leave the streets for shelter and transitional housing, participate in healthcare, receive treatment for mental illness and substance abuse, find jobs, and move into permanent housing. Both the design of the campus and operating service programs were greatly influenced based upon three years of research from best practices utilized in other such centers around the country.

The Housing Crisis center provides for homeless families through a time-limited program called Home again.  Participants have a maximum number of months to remain in the program as long as continuous progress is being made toward their goals. During that time they receive rent and utilities subsidies, as well as the intensive case management services they need to find stable employment and develop the skills necessary to remain self-sufficient upon leaving the program.