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Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Expands Program to Help Homeless Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently awarded the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless more than $280,000 in annual funding to create twenty new transitional housing units for homeless veterans in Denver. Through this funding, CCH will house and serve 20 additional homeless veterans, bringing to 69 the total number of veterans it will serve at any point in time with secure housing, health care, substance abuse treatment, mental health counseling, and personal development and empowerment services.
Veterans are disproportionately represented among those who are homeless. While eight percent of the general population can claim veteran status, about 30 percent of the entire U.S. homeless population are veterans at any given time.
Last year, in the Metro Denver area alone, 986 homeless adults identified themselves as having served in the U.S. military. According to a recent study of their health status and vulnerability to chronic and infectious diseases, almost 400 of these individuals are expected to die prematurely if they continue to live on the streets.
From: Colorado Coalition For the Homeless