Article About Homeless Veterans

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The VAO written this article about homeless veterans. They stated where homeless veterans can see help on a local, state, and national-wide scale. The VAO has showed various types of help someone can seek through homeless outreach programs that are not only for veterans, but their loved ones and friends. This site where the article was founded also give more information on how the youth in society can help aid in the problem as well. This is an enrichment for my paper because it has alternative ways to help the problem throughout

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