Argumentative Essay On Homeless Veterans

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In speaking with B. Powers, I learned that although it is taking them much longer than projected to open their doors, it wasn’t because of having their funding pulled from Veterans’ Affairs (VA), which an article had portrayed. They never received funding through the VA. Everything that has helped them thus far in getting the building ready for “business” is the community and other businesses. The Home Depot Foundation was a huge contributor. They initially provided WestCare with $12,000 in gift cards, and then later another $13,000 in gift cards, allowing them to purchase any necessary materials to better the building, as well as materials to furnish it. The Home Depot Foundation is also going to be building them a new white fence to enclose …show more content…
She has found that they do, simply because they are familiar – to an extent - with what the homeless veterans have gone through and/or are still going through. She mentioned that some of the veterans who go through these programs end up coming back as volunteers to help the others who are going through the process. She said it gives them that sense of purpose that they lost. Many of these homeless veterans “just want a chance to find the soldier in them again”. B. Powers is a retired veteran herself and she stated, “that is how we live and who we are, once a soldier, always a soldier” (B. Powers, personal communication, May 3, …show more content…
Webb provided me with this bit of information, I went on to ask her, out of all the services provided to our homeless veterans within Marion County, which ones seem to be utilized the most? Between job training, coaching in job search techniques, rent assistance, childcare, housing, food, substance abuse support groups, healthcare and mental health services, and counseling services, S. Webb feels that, with the number of homeless veterans that come forward each day, each service is utilized as much as any other. Organizations such as Arches however don’t provide mental health services, or substance abuse support groups, so the homeless veterans are referred to the VA clinic or hospital. However, for them to get mental health assistance they will have to be added to the huge waiting list. The huge wait list isn’t the only reason getting into the VA for mental health can be difficult, it is also a struggle for most of these homeless veterans because they are just that, homeless. They don’t have a place to call home and many don’t have a phone. This makes it difficult for the VA to reach out to them when it is their turn (S. Webb, personal communication, April 10,
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