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Homeless Veterans
6:25 am
Wed April 18, 2012

VA works to keep up with growing number of homeless female veterans

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Credit (Tim Lloyd for St. Louis Public Radio)
Anne Garcia’s locker is covered with pictures of her daughter, who she calls her “motivation.” The Air Force veteran has been homeless for four years, but says her life is back on track thanks to the treatment she’s receiving at Jefferson Barracks.
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Psychologist Lennora Brown runs the Domiciliary, an addiction treatment and job training program at Jefferson Barracks. She says the VA was built for men, and recognizes it has to make changes to meet the needs of female veterans.
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Veterans homelessness used to be an issue associated with men, but that’s rapidly changing.

According to the General Accountability Office the number of homeless female veterans more than doubled between 2006 and 2010.

That’s a problem because the Department of Veterans Affairs has historically built its programs for men.

In the second instalment of a two part series on veterans homelessness, Tim Lloyd reports on how the VA is trying to keep up with the growing number of homeless female veterans.

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Homeless Veterans
6:25 am
Tue April 17, 2012

VA, nonprofits pool resources to address veterans’ homelessness

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Scott Egan is a homeless Vietnam veteran. Egan is going back to school, working and saving his money while living at the Salvation Army’s Harbor Light facility on Washington Ave. and he hopes to one day buy a home he can rehab himself.
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Dwain Sliger stands outside the St. Patrick Center in downtown St. Louis. The Iraq war veteran administers Project HERO, which works in partnership with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and is run by the St. Patrick Center, a Catholic Charity.
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Salvation Army Captain Adam Moore stands at the edge of the construction site for a new, 48-room veterans housing facility in Midtown Alley. The facility will be run as a partnership between the US Department of Veterans Affairs and the Salvation Army.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is almost halfway through its national push to end homelessness by 2015.

And even though the agency says it’s making progress, there are still more than 67,000 homeless veterans in America.

That has the VA reaching out more and more to community partners as key allies in its battle to end veterans homelessness.

In this first installment of a two-part series on veterans' homelessness, Tim Lloyd reports on how the national initiative is strengthening local partnerships in St. Louis.

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Veteran's Benefits
8:10 pm
Sun March 25, 2012

McCaskill: Ryan budget would cut veteran aid

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Sen. Claire McCaskill is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Veterans Jobs Caucus.
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Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says the budget proposal of House Republican Paul Ryan would only hurt veterans and help the wealthy. 

Speaking with veterans Sunday at Soldiers’ Memorial Military Museum downtown, McCaskill called the proposal a “non-starter.” 

“The Ryan budget calls for a 33 percent cut in mandatory domestic spending," McCaskill said. "Mandatory domestic spending includes veterans. Now that is the same budget that gives an additional six-figure tax cut for multi-millionaires." 

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Veterans
11:50 am
Tue March 13, 2012

Illinois raises rates for veteran nursing homes

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War veterans salute as an American flag passes by during Memorial Day services at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis on May 30, 2011. The state of Illinois has announced that it will raise rates for veterans to live in its nursing homes.
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The state of Illinois is increasing the cost for military veterans to live in its nursing homes.

The Pantagraph in Bloomington reports the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs has notified residents of the increase. It's the first time the state has raised monthly fees for residents since 1979. Costs will rise starting July 1, going from about $930 per resident a month to about $1,430.

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