1. The average age of a soldier at the time of enlistment is 19.What were you doing when you were 19?

2. 18 % of homeless Veterans are women 3. 1/2 of all Veterans suffer from mental illness 2/3 suffer from substance abuse 4. 53% of individual homeless Veterans have disabilitiesCompared with 41% of homeless Non Veteran individuals 5. Roughly 56% of homeless Veterans are African American or Hispanic despite only accounting for 12.8% and 15.4% of all U.S. population respectivelyl 6. Former service members are 11% more likely to develop a life threatening disease while living without shelter 7. Roughly 76,000 homeless Vets Sleep on the streets of America nightly 8. Veterans between 18-30 years of age are twice as likely to be homeless 9. An estimated 22 Veterans commit suicide each day in America 10. Men and women who risked their lives defending America may be far more likely to die on its streets 11. The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. 12. Veterans are 50% more likely to become homeless than other Americans due to poverty, lack of support networks & poor living conditions 13. Veterans experience homelessness longer than their non-Veteran peersThey Spend an average of 6 years being homeless 14. 1.2 million Veterans suffer from mental disorders 15. THEY DESERVE OUR SUPPORT