While you and I have been noticing more veterans living on the streets around the country, Kansas City has been doing something about it.
According to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, there more than 40,000 homeless veterans in the country on any given night.
Many of the Veteran organizations around the country know about the problem, and they’re doing their best to help out. One of the organizations that we want to tell you about is the Clara White Mission in Jacksonville, Florida.
The good news is that this organization is doing its part to help by building tiny homes for veterans to live in while they get back on their feet.
Due to a variety of disorders, disabilities, and medical conditions, veterans come back from service and can find themselves without a job, and then without a home. This puts them out on the streets, with little hope of changing their current situation.
There are organizations like Clara White Mission that have made it their goal to help make a difference in these homeless veterans’ lives by providing them with a place to call home until they can afford to move out and live in their own permanent residence.
This non-profit built a neighborhood of tiny homes that are meant to be inhabited by homeless veterans. They strategically placed this neighborhood near their headquarters, so the veterans could have easier access to help from their organization.
Ju’Coby Pittman, CEO of the organization, aims to raise awareness about the plight of veterans all over the country. She said:
“They’ve sacrificed so much for our country, and now they need our help. These men and women deserve to live out the rest of their lives without worrying where they’re going to sleep at night. They deserve our respect. They deserve comfort, and shelter, and warmth.”
Another organization called the Veterans Community Project is in Kansas City, Missouri that started a similar project like this.