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INDY’S HOMELESS VETERANS
- - 2020 - - DISABLING CONDITIONS BY VETERAN VETERAN AND NON-VETERAN STATUS (2020)
NUMBER OF HOMELESS VETERANS
OVER TIME (2013-2020)
OTHER KEY FINDINGS:
VETERANS
COMPRISE 5 4% OF THE POPULATION IN IN IN MARION COUNTY (INDIANAPOLIS) BUT REPRESENT 16% OF THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS
VETERANS
VETERANS
ARE MORE LIKELY THAN TO TO NON-VETERANS TO TO EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS
ESPECIALLY WOMEN
STREET
OUTREACH
Day in in and and and and day out out Rodney Jackson goes out out to to to Indy’s homeless homeless camps and and and and develops relationships with veterans veterans He gives homeless homeless veterans veterans food clothing and and and and hygiene items - and and and and encourages them to to to come to to to HVAF for help Rodney Rodney served in in in in the the U S
Navy for for for 17 years before being honorably discharged After his his his time in in in in the the military Rodney Rodney experienced homelessness himself for for for a a a a a a a a a bit Now he he he spends his his his days giving back to his his his fellow veterans “I don’t come come here here to to to to to judge I I just try try to to to to to come come out out here here to to to to to try try to to to to to help help help them out out ” Rodney says “But it it it takes a a a a a a community to to to to to help help help these people They need help help help with housing mental health hygiene food and clothing ” Rodney is always accepting donations such as canned foods warm winter clothes water and more more that he he can can provide to Indy’s homeless veterans Learn more at at at hvaf org 17 | HVAF WHAT IS IS HVAF DOING ABOUT THIS?