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U.S. Vets Helps Homeless Veterans Become Self Sufficient | Prescott , Arizona | The Daily Courier
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA — Gaines, who served in the U.S. Army’s Special Forces during the Vietnam War, said about 15 to 20 percent of the chronically homeless in the area are veterans. “A lot of them are camping out, many are older, and most have health issues,” Gatens said. “I basically talk to them about how we can help them, and services they can get through us and the VA when they’re ready.”
The Homeless Are Your Neighbors | Cottonwood , Arizona | Verde Independent
COTTONWOOD, ARIZONA — Basta told the Cottonwood gathering that research has exposed a lot of myths about homeless people. Think they want to be homeless and that they are mainly transients? Throw those ideas out. “People wind up homeless in their home areas,” Basta said. “The homeless are your neighbors.”
Young Homeless Veterans On Rise In Arizona | Phoenix , Arizona | KPHO 5 CBS
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — When you think of a soldier returning from war, you probably imagine a glorious homecoming with friends and family there. But that’s not always the case.
Homeless Couple Call Storage Unit ‘Home’ | Phoenix, Arizona | KPHO 5 Phoenix CBS News
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — A Valley couple forced out on the streets after they lost their jobs and home had only a storage unit to call “home” for about one month. Chet Sutyla and Deborah Bukovinac said they call the locker, measuring 5 feet tall and 10 feet wide, their “bedroom closet.” “You could have talked to me three months ago and I would have to you, ‘You’re crazy. Me, homeless? No not me,’” Sutyla said.
Phoenix Homeless School Runs Out Of Space, Can You Help? | Phoenix, Arizona | ABC 15 Arizona
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Walking the halls of Children First Academy in downtown Phoenix, you’d never know it was once a car dealership. But that car dealership is now a school for the homeless, and that school has run out of space. The walls are painted with bright colors, backpacks hang from hooks in the hall and Principal Bob Meko roams the corridors with a friendly look and a firm handshake.
The Arizona Republic – Fears For The Homeless
Dianna M. Náñez from The Arizona Republic reports “As temperatures rise in Arizona, so has the fear for the homeless. In 2005, 32 people passed away due to the extreme …
