1. A Deeper Look

2. Meet the United States Government Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
Under funded Understaffed
Better known as The VA

3. Issue #1:
The Homeless Veteran

4. According to the National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients, veterans account for 23% of all homeless people in America.  
2008
The Survey was taken in 1999
- 1999
9 YEARS AGO

5. What’s the problem here?
Accurate numbers are impossible to come by–
No one keeps national records on homeless veterans.
The VA estimates that nearly 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night.

6. Your Heroes. Your Streets.

7. Issue #2:
The Healthcare “Benefits”

8. “VA undersecretary for health Robert Roswell said everyone who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom is entitled to two years of VA health care benefits. And the benefits are available to those wounded in combat as well as those injured in accidents or who suffer illnesses.”
-Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press

9. Veterans Benefits are eligible at VA Clinics.
Sometimes getting an appointment at a VA clinic takes months at a time & the service…oh the service.

10. Case Study:: Army Sgt. Vannessa Turner ++ 6 Year Army Veteran
++ Came home in July with severe nerve damage in her right leg.
++ Her local VA expected her to come in during mid-October for an appointment.
(AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)

11. Is this what our war heroes deserve?
“More than 110,000 veterans are waiting six months or more for their initial visit with a VA doctor or to see a specialist, the VA acknowledges.’’
-Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press

12. Issue #3:
The Families

13. Soldiers leave this:

14. Serve their country:

15. Then Come Home.

16. But not everyone comes home Okay…
As of November 5, ,774 American Soldiers have been Seriously Wounded

17. Not all wounds are Visible
1 out of 8 soldiers suffers from
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

18. The military does not provide benefits for the soldier’s family.
Wounded Soldiers have difficulty finding jobs to help support their families.
The military does not provide benefits for the soldier’s family.

19. These People. Our Heroes.
Need Help.
Wounds Visible and Invisible are affecting thousands of families nation wide.

20. Uncle Sam Can’t Do it Alone

21. We can Help our Veterans.
But…

22. Take
part in
The Operation