IowaWatch (https://www.iowawatch.org/?s=homeless+veterans)
As military veterans leave their positions in the armed forces, some face daunting reality of homelessness, a summer IowaWatch report revealed. We take you into the reporter’s notebook for this podcast interview with the project’s author, Thomas Nelson.
November 10, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/11/10/interview-behind-the-scenes-look-at-iowawatch-report-on-homeless-veterans/Some homeless veterans in Iowa and parts of northwest Illinois are missing out on shelter, food, health care and counseling services because they do not know about the services or simply choose not to use them. Homeless veterans help tell the story in this podcast.
October 17, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/10/17/podcast-helping-homeless-veterans-in-iowa-still-a-struggle-for-some/No one knows for sure how many homeless veterans are on the streets in Iowa because only four of Iowa’s 99 counties are surveyed for a total statewide count. Meantime, some of the homeless veterans make it hard to be found.
September 1, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/09/01/why-getting-an-accurate-homeless-veterans-count-in-iowa-is-an-elusive-task/Iowa’s homeless veterans are missing services available to help them because many do not know about the services, which include financial and housing assistance. Others simply choose not to use them.
August 24, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/08/24/some-homeless-veterans-in-iowa-are-missing-in-action-when-it-comes-to-assistance/Time slowly has healed some, but not all, of the wounds for Vietnam War veterans in Iowa, even though more than 42 years have passed since the last soldiers, one of them an Iowan, died in that war.
November 10, 2017 https://www.iowawatch.org/2017/11/10/memories-from-vietnam-war-still-raw-for-some-of-its-iowa-veterans/Veterans from different backgrounds answer in this podcast the question: What would you like the response to be when supporting a veteran in Iowa?
November 6, 2017 https://www.iowawatch.org/2017/11/06/iowa-veterans-on-whether-or-not-they-think-iowans-support-veterans/In this podcast of an IowaWatch Connection program that aired on radio stations Aug. 11-13 — before veterans day at the 2017 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines — we hear from those whose jobs are to help veterans and tell their stories.
August 13, 2017 https://www.iowawatch.org/2017/08/13/podcast-connecting-iowas-veterans-with-available-services/Depression and anxiety led Michael Washington down a route to homelessness. He said he still struggles adapting to civilian life but has a home and job, and wants to attend college again.
August 24, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/08/24/michael-washington-veteran-sees-opportunity-to-escape-homelessness-in-quad-cities/Jarome Thompson has been homeless three times since being discharged from the Army in 1983. He lives in Marion, Iowa, now and is getting help to stay off the streets.
August 24, 2016 https://www.iowawatch.org/2016/08/24/jarome-thompson-homeless-travels-bring-veteran-to-iowa-for-new-start/Overall, 1 percent of the charities raising money for veterans groups get 86 percent of the revenue. See who they are in this News21 report, which warns that much of the money at other places doesn’t reach veterans. Best advice: know where your money is going.
September 1, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/01/charities-prey-on-those-wanting-to-support-veterans/