America is known as the most powerful country in the world. We pride ourselves to be the best in everything we do. Such as our school systems, advance technological breakthroughs and helping people around the world. Yet people around the world knows us best for our military strength. As Americans, we have prided ourselves for taking care of our military members. We build memorials, have parades and holidays just for our troops. Heck we honor them in every sports games by showing their faces to the entire nation. The general American public’s tends to agree that we have the best care for our troops, which is correct to a certain extent. In America, most people are unaware that we have a large homeless veteran’s population across the country. There are multiple different factors that can cause a veteran to become homeless. The main reasons are the lack of government attention, an individual fault and the mental illness. While some people and the government might disagree with these claims because they feel that the local and federal government is putting in the effort to try to tackle the issue.
Many people see in the news that the government is running out of money and there are many large…show more content… The Veterans Affairs works hand on with veterans that might need help such as finding a job, housing and medical attention. The Veterans Affairs in 2009 decide to take a quick action by “plan includes a multi-pronged attack on the various causes of homelessness among veterans… drawn attention to what have been identified as the primary impediments to homeless veterans' return to productive society.” (Benson 176). The Veterans Affairs wants to make sure that these find solutions and guide veterans to return back to normal way of society. The Veteran Affairs wants to spread awareness of helpful programs that are especially created to help veterans who need to get back on their
