Thanks to self-serving politicians with no term or office limits, exploitative nonprofits and the social worker class, it’s automatically assumed most veterans are troubled and oh-so close to ending it all. From experience in dealing with all of the above in having to deal with the condescension and almost uniform callous indifference, we understand what drives some veterans to the very alcohol, drug abuse, and potential suicide social workers claim to want to head off.

How Do I Know I Need A Social Worker?

If you really aren’t sure what you need, but things just don’t feel right
— Department of Veteran Affairs

You may have just opened the door to a predator. This is not to say all veteran social workers are bad. We just haven’t personally experienced any of the motivated ones yet.

Not all veterans have “issues” when they reenter the civilian world. So, who started that stigmatizing notion?

While we’re all led to believe a concerning percentage of military personnel exit service with post-traumatic stress disorder, the numbers tend to vary greatly.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) rates have increased among members of the UK armed forces, new research suggests. The overall rate of probable PTSD among current and ex-serving military personnel was 6% in 2014-16, compared with 4% in 2004-06.
— The Guardian, 10/8/18

Operations Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Enduring Freedom (OEF): About 11-20 out of every 100 Veterans (or between 11-20%) who served in OIF or OEF have PTSD in a given year.

Gulf War (Desert Storm): About 12 out of every 100 Gulf War Veterans (or 12%) have PTSD in a given year.

Vietnam War: About 15 out of every 100 Vietnam Veterans (or 15%) were currently diagnosed with PTSD at the time of the most recent study in the late 1980s, the National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study (NVVRS). It is estimated that about 30 out of every 100 (or 30%) of Vietnam Veterans have had PTSD in their lifetime.
— Department of Veteran Affairs

It appears it all depends on who’s doing the diagnosing because the Department of Veterans Affairs is also a magnet for mostly women who’ve never served in the Armed Forces and because of their educational indoctrination, probably don’t care much for the military. (We were once told by a nonprofit department head that she’d have more money to help veterans if the government didn’t spend so much for “armaments”. Cart before horse…?)

Do an online image search for “veteran social worker” and you’ll see a consistent….

It all starts as an early-targeted career path, so ideological noses are held and academic proficiency appears (in some cases) sacrificed.

Don’t “axe” us why….

WHAT IS A MILITARY SOCIAL WORK DEGREE?
A military social work degree is most often found as a Master of Social Work (MSW) program. It studies the many ways to help people solve and cope with problems. Then applies these concepts to support active-duty personnel, veterans and their families.

Those who want to use counseling methods need a master’s degree and state license. They’ll also need 2 years of supervised field work. A military social work degree may ready you to pursue this licensure. Or, at the bachelor’s level, may ready you to help out as a case manager.
— Education Connection

From the onset, veterans are portrayed as helpless human beings with “problems” that can only be addressed by a social worker’s “case management”, thus close life supervision. It’s clear stigmatized veterans are a great employment lure and keeping them vulnerable and dependent is profitable.

50 Highest Paying Jobs in Social Work

#4 Veteran’s Affairs Social Worker
Average Salary: $85,639.63 (as of 2022)
Job Outlook: Excellent (20% growth rate within the next decade)

Not bad. Decent money right out of the box, not to mention those great “golden handcuff” bennies associated with working for he federal government. So, the more the perception goes out that veterans are potentially crazy and are in need of supervision, “growth” is assured.

The 2014 Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service members compared service members to the general population and found that the rate of major depression is five times higher among soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is nearly 15 times as high, and intermittent explosive disorder is six times as high.

They seldom reveal what the rate of depression was upon discharge and compare that to after the veteran had to deal with an unmotivated social worker or nonprofit for a period of time. That might not be a good number.

VA social workers are responsible for ensuring continuity of care through the admission, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up processes. This includes coordinating discharge planning and providing case management services based on the patients clinical and community health and social services resources. Social workers often provide long-term case management services to veterans who are at high risk of being admitted to a hospital, those who have very complex medical problems, and those who need additional help and support. They are available when needed to provide and coordinate a variety of services including counseling and support services. Social workers can advocate and go to bat for those who have a hard time doing it by themselves.

The U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs employs approximately 12,000 social workers.
— Best MSW (Master of Social Work) Programs

Veteran social workers also have advocacy nonprofits to make sure the jobs keep coming. After all, they’re only being paid with that never-ending supply of taxpayer dollars.

The Association of VA Social Workers encourages the development of comprehensive Social Work services to veteran beneficiaries through education, collaboration and advocacy to enhance the effectiveness of all Social Workers throughout the entire US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Healthcare system. The Association advocates for the recruitment, retention, and increased recognition of  Social Workers of the VA. At this time, there are more than 12,000 social workers throughout the VA system. More than 1500 student interns are preparing for their Masters level social work degrees (from colleges and universities approved by the Council on Social Work Education), many of whom are receiving VA educational stipiends during their field placements in the VA. (How VA Social Workers Help Veterans)
— Association of VA Social Workers

According to the Association, only one of their 2018 “Social Workers of the Quarter” was a veteran. The rest appear to have gone straight from college into the field and wound up working with… veterans.

When inexperienced people are given, in essence, supervisory roles that has profound impact on a veteran’s life, it can go to their heads and for too many we’ve experienced, it does.

Earlier this year, I invited some of my former VA colleagues back to the School of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to talk about their experiences as VA social workers. When asked about some of their favorite aspects of working in such a large system, they all overwhelmingly said that one of the best job perks was having so much autonomy.

A gold mine for your average power tripper.

Once social workers are initially trained in the core functions of the system, there truly is a great deal of opportunity to work autonomously within your program area team. Read more about just some of the things VA social workers do. In many instances, you are working on processes and problem-solving within a team structure and support, but with a great deal of independence and trust.
— SocialWorker.com

The “autonomy” to make a veteran jump through as many hoops as they want, despite the fact that veterans reach out to them when they’re most vulnerable. Some of these fat-and-happy social workers can’t relate to the sense of urgency and should a veteran become irritated by the indifference, social workers have a varying amount of ways to retaliate and put veterans back in their place.

And we won’t even get into the dysfunctional marriage between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Urban Development when it comes to social worker interagency miscommunication and/or selective interpretations when it comes to veterans in housing distress. All so they can impose themselves on extorted veterans and justify their existence with makework….

A key component of the program is VA’s case management services. These services are designed to assist Veterans in obtaining and sustaining permanent housing and engage in needed treatment and other supportive services that improve Veterans’ quality of life and end their homelessness. Case Management is the heart of this program and is a requirement for participation in the HUD-VASH voucher program.

Make the Call.
You Fought for Our Home. We’ll Fight for Yours.
— HUD-VASH Eligibility Criteria

Sure.

Almost a month ago, we submitted a Freedom of Information Request to the VA to request “the number of veteran VASH housing vouchers given to the Commonwealth of Virginia during FY2019, how many were used by veterans and how many were rolled into Section 8 housing for general public use.” We have yet to have been even issued a reference number, let alone a response. Rolling VASH vouchers into Section 8 (while keeping veterans unaware of their earned benefit) assures local social workers a greater pool of preferred, single mom-illegal alien-refugee recipients at the expense of veterans.

If one of these social workers found themselves potentially days from losing their housing, you know they’d be tapping into all of the potential “rapid re-housing” options they advertise and be in a new place within a week.

How Does it Feel?

Sadly, should any homeless veteran find themself in urgent need of housing, the FIRST thing a social worker suggests is that he or she go to a shelter. It should be a requirement for all social workers in training to give their home and car keys to their trainer. Then that social worker trainee should be left on the street and let them stay in a shelter for three weeks. After that experience, we sincerely doubt a shelter would be their first suggestion to a veteran in peril.

The best route for veteran independence is finding a good job; not the low wage positions they’re normally steered towards by nonprofit “employment specialists” who spend more time telling said veteran to find jobs online and apply rather than being a “specialist” and make those connections for the veteran. In fact, another constant is the veteran constantly being told by a veteran dot gov or a nonprofit is what they can’t do while that employee or social worker hangs up the phone and continues to earn a paycheck.

It’s not like a veteran can complain because the social worker is the gatekeeper when it comes to access to benefits earned, being made to wait via giving the veteran conflicting or incorrect information, or when the social worker gets around to it, because he or she can subtly cut the veteran off altogether if desired.

So, until the Veterans Administration is purged of the social worker industrial complex and is staffed primarily by understanding veterans and/or the caring family members of veterans, the demonization and abuse of veterans will continue and the problems of depression, drug and alcohol abuse brought on after having to deal with them will continue.

Homelessness and suicides will be the social worker’s promotional tool to keep themselves relevant and employed because if veterans were to actually be properly served, we wouldn’t need so many more social workers and we can’t have that, right?

Despite the nonprofit model of high salaries and overhead with few documentable success stories to promote, the American taxpayer will be footing the bill for yet another year to help keep tax-exempt, nonprofit principals and employees comfortably housed and very well fed.

In particular, look at the amounts of “contribution and grants” coming into these nonprofits vice the “salaries, other compensation, employee benefits” supporting those who claim to care about veterans and you may not need an explanation as to why veterans are still in need of stable housing today.

Note: Some of these nonprofits claim to have “ended” veteran homelessness but still maintain active web pages soliciting donations to help house homeless veterans….

ALASKA

Catholic Social Services: Anchorage CoC (Continuum of Care)

ALABAMA

Housing First, Inc.: Mobile City & County/Baldwin County CoC

ARIZONA

UMOM New Day Centers: Phoenix, Mesa/Maricopa County CoC

Primavera Foundation: Tucson/Pima County CoC

CALIFORNIA

Goodwill of Silicon Valley (dba Goodwill Industries of Santa Clara County): San Jose/Santa Clara City & County CoC

SHELTER, Inc.: Richmond/Contra Costa County CoC

The Salvation Army, a California Corporation: Los Angeles City & County CoC; Santa Maria/Santa Barbara County CoC; Oxnard, San Buenaventura/Ventura County CoC

The Salvation Army is listed as a “church”, they are not required to file a Form 990, so you’re just going to have to take their word for it.

Volunteers of America of Greater Sacramento and Northern Nevada, Inc.: Sacramento City & County CoC; Roseville, Rocklin/Placer, Nevada Counties; Davis, Woodland/Yolo County CoC; El Dorado County CoC

CONNECTICUT

Community Renewal Team, Inc.: Connecticut Balance of State CoC

FLORIDA

Advocate Program, Inc.: Miami-Dade County CoC; Monroe County CoC

Jewish Family & Children’s Service Of The Suncoast Inc: Sarasota, Bradenton/Manatee, Sarasota Counties CoC; Punta Gorda/Charlotte County CoC; Ft Myers, Cape Coral/Lee County CoC; Naples/Collier County CoC

GEORGIA

Central Savannah River Area Economic Opportunity Authority, Inc.: Georgia Balance of State CoC; Augusta-Richmond County CoC

IDAHO

El-Ada, Inc.: Boise/Ada County CoC

ILLINOIS

Thresholds: Chicago CoC; Cook County CoC

INDIANA

United Way of Central Indiana, Inc.: Indiana Balance of State CoC; Indianapolis CoC

LOUISIANA

Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans: Lafayette/Acadiana Regional CoC; Lake Charles/Southwestern Louisiana CoC; Shreveport, Bossier/Northwest Louisiana CoC; New Orleans/Jefferson Parish CoC; Slidell/Southeast Louisiana CoC; Alexandria/Central Louisiana CoC; Houma-Terrebonne, Thibodaux CoC; Louisiana Balance of State CoC

Volunteers of America of Greater New Orleans has no Form 990 available online as…

Volunteers of America is exempt from filing Form 990 under Section 6033(a)(2)(A)(i), as an exempt organization described in Section 170(b)(1)(A)(i). However, in the interest of transparency, the organization completes a pro-forma Form 990.
— Volunteers of America, Our Financials

Get a load of these overall numbers.

Wellspring Alliance for Families, Inc.: Monroe/Northeast Louisiana CoC

MASSACHUSETTS

Volunteers of America of Massachusetts, Inc.: Boston CoC; Cambridge CoC; Quincy, Brockton, Weymouth, Plymouth City and County CoC; Massachusetts Balance of State CoC; Somerville CoC

MARYLAND

Alliance, Inc.: Cumberland/Allegany County CoC; Baltimore CoC; Harford County CoC; Annapolis/Anne Arundel County CoC; Howard County CoC; Baltimore County CoC; Carroll County CoC; Cecil County CoC; Frederick City & County CoC; Garrett County CoC; Mid-Shore Regional CoC; Hagerstown/Washington County CoC; Wicomico, Somerset, Worcester Counties CoC

“Alliance is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mosaic Community Services”

MAINE

Preble Street: Maine Balance of State CoC

MICHIGAN

Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency: Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Westland/Wayne County CoC; Washtenaw County CoC; Monroe City & County CoC

Southwest Counseling Solutions: Detroit CoC; Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Westland/Wayne County CoC

NORTH CAROLINA

United Way of Forsyth County, Inc.: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County CoC

North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness: Greensboro, High Point CoC

Passage Home, Inc.: Raleigh/Wake County CoC

NEW JERSEY

Catholic Charities Dioceses of Camden, Inc.: Atlantic City & County CoC; Camden City & County/Gloucester, Cape May, Cumberland Counties CoC; Salem County CoC

NEW MEXICO

Goodwill Industries of New Mexico: Albuquerque CoC; New Mexico Balance of State CoC

NEW YORK

HELP USA, Inc.: New York City CoC

H E L P Social Service Corporation has no formal mission statement or Form 990 available for public scrutiny….

Westchester Community Opportunity Program, Inc.: Poughkeepsie/Dutchess County CoC; Newburgh, Middletown/Orange County CoC; Yonkers, Mount Vernon/Westchester County CoC; Rockland County CoC; Sullivan County CoC; Kingston/Ulster County CoC

OHIO

FrontLine Service: Cleveland/Cuyahoga County CoC; Ohio Balance of State CoC

OKLAHOMA

Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa, Inc.: North Central Oklahoma CoC; Tulsa City & County CoC; Northeast Oklahoma CoC; Southeastern Oklahoma Regional CoC

TEXAS

Families in Crisis, Inc.: Texas Balance of State CoC

Caritas of Austin: Austin/Travis County CoC

These numbers were a little odd.

Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc.: Fort Worth, Arlington/Tarrant County CoC

VIRGINIA

Virginia Supportive Housing: Richmond/Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover Counties CoC; Charlottesville CoC; Virginia Balance of State CoC

And this is just a sampling of the proposed federal awards for fiscal year 2019 ($326 million) to nonprofits who receive donations, state and federal grants and do more to provide steady employment and incomes for their employees than the veterans they exploit.

Most retail businesses try and keep their employee costs between 15-30% to remain competitive, but as nonprofits don’t need to observe such fiscal disciplines, spending close-to or over half of their revenues on salaries and bennies, regardless of mission accomplishments explains why veteran homelessness is an issue they really don’t wish to ever be solved.

h/t Code of Vets

In 2016, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe started the lie that his state “functionally ended” veteran homelessness and sadly, President Trump’s HUD Secretary repeats the expanded version of that lie to this day. Most recently at the National Coalition for Veteran Homelessness “Annual Conference” on May 31, 2019 to an audience that looked like they had other things they’d much rather be doing….

It would have been preferred if Secretary Carson consulted with someone like Walter Williams and done an audit of the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector, especially when it comes to homeless veterans. Are they effective or are they essentially making life harder for veterans in order to keep the donor dollars and grant money coming in so those at the nonprofits can continue to live their comfortable lives?

Notice of Funding Availability: HVRP Grant Applications Due April 26
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) announced the availability of approximately $13.5 million in Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grants. HVRP grants provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into…continue

Notice of Funding Availability: GPD Grant Applications Due May 20
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds to eligible entities to provide time-limited case management services to improve the retention of housing by Veterans who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing from…continue
— National Coalition for Homeless Veterans website

While Carson and others pat themselves on the back at how readily available VASH (Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program) vouchers are to homeless veterans who need them, the reality on the ground is entirely different. HUD employees who do the “intake” with veterans seldom display or act in any sense of urgency. The perception is that most veterans in need of VASH vouchers have drug, alcohol and/or psychological issues but in too many instances, these “issues” arise only after dealing with the fat and comfortable government employees and nonprofits who are very good at telling the veteran what they can’t do after the lengthy intake process and direct them to other entities that also tell them what can’t be done. Veterans who are fortunate to have received the VASH voucher are then subjected to humiliating “case management” that keeps more employed and fed at the veteran’s expense, seeing how not all veterans are in need of condescending babysitting.

We’ve also heard that VASH vouchers not offered to homeless veterans are rolled into the Section 8 program for local dispersal to those deemed most needy and deserving, like immigrants and refugees.

From NCHV 2016 1099 form

Keeping in good with the grant issuers appears to be doing right by the National Coalition for Veteran Homelessness.

While claiming to respect and care for veterans, this year’s NCHV annual conference theme said it all: homeless veterans are nothing but “data” they can use to justify more money to fund their nonprofit salaries and overhead (including the immodest ±$300k cost of a three-day “annual conference” at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.).

2016 NCHV “Annual Conference” cost

As far as the glowing reviews, we still have “case workers” (the vast majority non-veteran) who for the most part are not the most motivated, and government employees who set veterans up for letdowns more than they achieve results, and if they do, it’s a very lengthy process.

BTW — A “Veteran’s Affairs Social Worker” is the #4 “Highest Paying Jobs in Social Work“. #5 is “Executive Director of a Non Profit Organization”….

And “saving the best for last” is another Democrat hack who’s used the nonprofit route to elevate herself, using her veteran status to carve out a niche in supposedly helping homeless female veterans, despite her “Women Veterans Interactive” having $0 in income and assets while receiving grant funding in the past.

Secretary Carson may only be regurgitating the oft-repeated liberal lie of veteran homelessness being “functionally ended” because we all know how employees tend to put the best face on projects for the boss. But until homeless veterans are not looked at as golden goose opportunities to keep career welfare alive in the nonprofit sector in particular, there will be justified need for all the case managers and social workers.

Lastly, a commonly-used justification for the nonprofit and/or VA caseworker class is the slander that too many homeless veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. But it’s never honestly discussed where the PTSD originated because the truth is inconvenient.

At the point of separation from the military, 2.4% of all Veterans and 9.3% of subsequently homeless Veterans were diagnosed with PTSD.
— Homelessness and Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Veterans from the Era of the Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF/OND) Conflicts

However, the truth is never publicly mentioned by the comfortable for obvious reasons.

A lot of studies show that homeless people often experience PTSD after becoming homeless….
— Psychologist Jack Tsai, PhD, of Yale University

Dealing with those who promote, promise much and dash hope will do it every time.

A veteran in need will be driven to alcohol, drugs and may even consider suicide because dealing with those who receive taxpayer dollars to care and deliver results don’t have to.

Help veterans on the streets
A phone call can also make difference in the life of a veteran who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Call 877-4AID-VET, or 877-424-3838, to connect with help at the VA. This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Stand Down program is designed to help homeless veterans “combat” life on the streets. Stand Downs are usually one- to three-day events that provide food, shelter, clothing and health screenings to homeless and unemployed veterans. To find a Stand Down program in your community, contact your local VA hospital.

This implies there ARE veterans that don’t have a warm place to call their own, however if you were look at the declarations of states and municipalities (mostly Democrat-run) you would get a far different impression of the plight of too many veterans.

The whole theme of “ending veteran homelessness” was initially a pet project of First Lady Michelle Obama and we all know the priority “pet projects” of the boss’ wife are given, even if the results have to be embellished to keep the wife happy and those involved in good favor.

Opportunist politicians took the cue and announced successes that require a suspension of common sense.

Virginia Just Became the First State in the US to End Veteran Homelessness

And it just snowballed from there….

Gov. Malloy Says Connecticut Is Second State to End Veteran Homelessness
Delaware becomes third state to effectively end veteran homelessness
Mayor Landrieu declares victory in ending homelessness among veterans
White House: Syracuse among first cities to end veteran homelessness
Lincoln has effectively ended homelessness of veterans, mayor says
White House: Portland has ended veteran homelessness
Atlanta announces end of veteran homelessness
HUD: Kansas City has ‘ended homelessness among veterans’
Norman becomes first community in Oklahoma to effectively end veteran homelessness
Hampton Roads nonprofit marks milestone in ending veteran homelessness
Mercer 1st County in N.J. to End Veterans Homelessness by Year End
Little Rock mayor says city has ‘functionally’ ended veteran homelessness
Miami-Dade County announces virtual end to veteran homelessness
Lynn Becomes First Mass. City To End Veteran Homelessness
Officials: Lowell has ended veteran homelessness
Feds: Kent County has ended veteran homelessness
Kittitas County ends veteran homelessness
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County ‘effectively’ end veterans homelessness
How Austin ended veteran homelessness
Homelessness ‘effectively ended’ for Phila. vets
How Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, NC Ended Chronic Veteran Homelessness
Will County declares an end to homelessness for veterans
Veteran Homelessness ‘Effectively’ Ended in Nashua Area
Mayor Larry Morrissey on CNN shares how Rockford ended veteran homelessness
Chattanooga says it’s ended veteran homelessness
Houston Effectively Ends Veteran Homelessness!
Ending Veteran Homelessness in San Antonio
Ohio Region has ‘effectively’ ended homelessness among veterans
Troy ends veteran homelessness
Alexandria functionally ends veteran homelessness
La Crosse Ends Veteran Homelessness
Middlesex County Effectively Ends Veterans’ Homelessness in County
De Blasio Touts End to ‘Chronic Veteran Homelessness’ in New York
Des Moines touts ‘end of veteran homelessness’
City of Las Cruces ‘functionally’ ends veteran homelessness
San Bernardino County exceeds goal of ending veteran homelessness
HUD says Kansas City has ‘ended homelessness among veterans’
MORE ON: Groups Declare End to Veteran Homelessness in NE Minn.
West TN announces an effective end to veteran homelessness
Riverside Ends Homelessness for Veterans
Mayor announces ‘Built for Zero’ success to end veteran homelessness in Abilene

The disingenuous definition of “ending veteran homelessness” for the politically callous is sending a homeless veteran to a shelter. If he or she goes to that shelter for a night, that veteran is checked off the “homeless” list. This is VERY temporary and too many veterans would rather sleep on the street than go to potentially dangerous homeless shelters.

When this administration took on the challenge to end veteran homelessness, many believed that it was an unattainable goal. A growing list of more than 35 communities, and the entire states of Connecticut, Delaware, and Virginia, have proven that ending veteran homelessness is possible and sustainable.
— Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

“Functionally” and “effectively” are political words used to dance around reality for political backpats and points. Some even leave those words out and make the declaration despite the very real reality on the ground.

Utah had touted ending homelessness for veterans years ago. Now the numbers are increasing

While the first person whom a veteran reaches out to points to a shelter, what does it say when being on the street is preferable to any homeless shelter a social worker, politician or nonprofit brags about but would NEVER choose to stay in themselves?

This shelter pictured above probably got advanced notice a state senator would be dropping by so don’t assume it looks (and smells) this clean the other 364 days of the year.

Let’s be real: the military and subsequent veterans are very low on the priority list of many politicians, yet politicians and nonprofits love to be pictured with black homeless veterans in particular to tug on public and donor heartstrings.

But as no one has called the politically-motivated out on the lie, it continues on….

St. Joseph reaches goal of ending veteran homelessness
Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford counties celebrate being ‘Functional zero’ for veterans homelessness
Lexington first city in state to effectively end veteran homelessness
Mayor announces end to veteran homelessness in Lansing

The federal government is even showcasing the ending-veteran-homelessness fabrication.

Communities and states that have ended Veteran homelessness

The VA continues to be a mess, albeit not as bad as in previous years, and taxpayer dollars meant for homeless veterans are quickly diverted to more desired immigrant refugees, illegal aliens with children, unwed mothers with children, etc.

The “success” stories continue to trickle in….

Series of innovations has virtually ended homelessness among veterans in Minnesota
James Lovell Federal Health Care Center marking an end to veteran homelessness in Lake County
Phoenix Valley model on ending veteran homelessness getting attention from Washington D.C.

Yes, the same Phoenix the late John McCain said was free of homeless veterans and way up near the top of our list, Connecticut in 2015 was declared the second state to end veteran homelessness.

That was then….

Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness CEO Richard Cho says in the report that “Connecticut appears to be maintaining its progress on ending veteran homelessness as the number of homeless veterans remains low, and homeless veterans that are identified continue to be reconnected to stable housing quickly (e.g., within 90 days).”
— Fox 61, 6/22/19

Kinda sucks when you have to revise the lie; a lie that requires constant updates.

Abilene officially ninth city in US to end veteran homelessness

The fact we still have homeless veterans is something we’ll continue to see on our street corners and sidewalks despite what politicians, bloated self-enriched nonprofits and the media say to our faces.

Veterans homelessness is down 49% since the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs began an inter-agency effort to tackle the issue nine years ago.

More specifically, about 77 communities and three states across the country have declared an effective end to veterans homelessness, Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary for public and Indian housing at HUD, told a handful of members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee at a field hearing in San Diego, California, last week.
— Federal News Network, 8/28/19

If only Secretary Kurtz and the president really knew the reality.

Again, there is a constant when it comes to any nonprofit, but especially those that claim to be helping veterans: keep the mission vague and goal literally unattainable. That way there is no gauge for real success that ever has to be achieved and the potential for fraud is the more attainable mission. It WILL keep those running the nonprofit, literally, fat and happy….

Danielle Goodwin was arrested at 2:15 p.m. in the driveway of her home at 4 Kingsford Road in Hanover, Police Chief Charles Dennis said. Police said Goodwin exercised “unauthorized control” of $24,641.11 in Project VetCare funds while serving as the charity’s executive director.
— Union Leader, 8/30/17

That is, if they can stay out of jail.

According to the preliminary report, the AG’s Charitable Trusts Unit received a report in March 2016 of possible diversion of Project VetCare’s assets. An investigation revealed a diversion of large sums of money by Goodwin, the charity’s executive director, for the benefit of her family, an employee and some members of the board of directors.

“However, due to the charity’s deficient financial record-keeping, the full extent of the possible misuse of funds cannot be determined,” the report states.

For any of us, it would be “stealing” or “grand larceny”. For what we guess is a hefty, liberal woman, it was “unauthorized taking”. See how that works?

Danielle Goodwin is obligated to pay back $90,000 upon the sale of her Hanover home, which is listed for sale for $899,000. A sale is now “under contract,” according to the report.
— Valley News, 8/24/17

Our personal experiences with almost every veteran nonprofit we’ve examined has not been a good one and we look at them all with a heavy dose of skepticism as you should before you donate to any, because there are a lot of scams in the name of veterans out there.

The ugly business of stealing money meant for vets
Veterans Charities Don’t All Make The Grade
IRS forms show charity’s money isn’t going to disabled vets
Veterans Charity Fraud: Despite Widespread Outrage, Groups Continue To Abuse Public Trust
Veterans Charity Raises Millions to Help Those Who’ve Served. But Telemarketers Are Pocketing Most of It.
State and federal officials accuse veterans nonprofit of misleading donors
Dozens of fake charities scammed donations for veterans then pocketed the cash: FTC

“Thank you for your service.”

Before getting guilt-tripped into giving any kind of donation, take a very discerning eye at that nonprofit. With very few exceptions, their missions are intentionally unachievable because to complete the mission would put them out of business.

For example, we’ve researched many of the so-called veteran and homeless nonprofits just to find they offer minimal real help to those they claim to care about, while the mostly white-and-fat executive-tier are quite well compensated in the mid six-figures, their opulent offices are in high-rent areas, and they routinely host lavish fundraising galas where minorities are mostly showpieces and give back-patting, feel-good Lucite statuettes to themselves.

BTW — Have you ever heard ANY nonprofit address what happens to the interest earned by the donation money in the bank or whom it may be going to in the form of bonuses? Just askin’….

After the election of President Trump, most liberal nonprofits went into high gear for donations while their missions remain intentionally-vague or based on perpetuated fear-based, false stereotypes.

The hours following the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States has left many feeling speechless, helpless, and utterly devastated. An easy way to take action right now is to learn more, get involved, and donate, your money and your time, to progressive organizations like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, among many others.
— WMagazine, 11/9/16

Various news websites even went as far as presenting a list with links to liberal nonprofits that should be given cash consideration; lists of 501 (c)(3) nonprofits that are (by IRS law) supposed to be apolitical. Then again thanks to the activities of Lois Lerner, we all know IRS law was (and continues to be) selectively enforced in favor of the left.

The American Civil Liberties Union
Mission: To defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the constitution and laws of the United States.

The Audre Lorde Project
Mission: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color community organizing center, focusing on the New York City area.

Border Angels
Mission: A San Diego based non-profit that advocates for human rights, humane immigration reform, and social justice with a special focus on issues related to issues related to the US-Mexican border.

MoveOn.org
MoveOn is the largest independent, progressive, digitally-connected organizing group in the United States. We are constantly innovating how we organize at scale and work together to win the biggest campaigns of our time— ending the Iraq War, electing Barack Obama president, enacting health care reform, and taking down the Confederate flag from the state house grounds in South Carolina.

Campaign Zero
Mission: Police reform in association with Black Lives Matter.

The Center for Reproductive Rights
Mission: To promote and defends the reproductive rights of women worldwide.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
Mission: To advance the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Mission: A Muslim advocacy group working to promote a positive image of Islam and Muslims in America.

National Organization for Women (NOW)
Mission: To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.

The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault
Mission: To build the capacity of communities, organizations, and institutions to advance the right to live free from sexual violence and reduce the harm it causes individuals, families, and society.

Planned Parenthood
Mission: A nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health services both in the United States and globally.

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
Mission: Anti-sexual assault organization working with local rape crisis centers across the U.S.

She Should Run
Mission: A national network changing culture to inspire more women and girls to run for office.

The Trevor Project Mission: A national 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth.

The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
Mission: To promote the best interests – safety and well-being – of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children in the United States.

Prior to even considering giving any of these nonprofits a donation, one shouldn’t have to dig deep to get the answer to “How will you do that?”

Almost all of the above, premiere liberal nonprofits have missions that will never be met, which is really what it’s all about, and from time-to-time we hear about those who’ve used their nonprofits for their personal financial enrichment and been appropriately busted.

Wounded Warrior Project’s top execs fired amid lavish spending scandal
Nonprofit CEO arrested for using donations for personal use
Arrest Made In $25 Million Foundation Alleged Fraud
Former nonprofit CEO arrested, charged in $14 million health care fraud case
Former Executive Director of Defunkt Theatre Arrested, Charged With Theft From Nonprofit
Former president of R.I. black women’s nonprofit charged with embezzlement
Former Family Advocacy Center Director Charged with Theft of Nonprofit Funds
Former nonprofit director accused of grand theft. D.A. says she embezzled $55K
Federal Funds Stolen by Former CEO from Non-Profit Health Care Clinic
Prison reformer who runs nonprofit that aims to give ex-cons a ‘second chance’ is accused of sexual assault, harassment and ripping off her investors

While there may be less than a handful of nonprofits that actually treats those they claim to be advocates of with dignity and respect, most look down on their “cases”.

And as most of the liberal nonprofits are funded indirectly by the likes of George Soros, they are created to generously reward through employment prominent pundits, former staffers of Democrat politicians, and activists. Their promotionals and publications predominantly feature black people, minority women and children. They tug at bleeding hearts and ultimately, wallets.

Aside from providing tax shelters for the liberal uber-rich and really good-paying jobs for a select few, what are they really good for?

Good question.

We dare you to find and send one link to a news story about a homeless veteran who was an officer as we’ve done the research and our suspicions have been verified.

Persons who subsequently became homeless were disproportionately among those with the lowest pay (72% of the homeless came from the 44% that had the lowest pay grades). This corresponds to substantially reduced adjusted hazard ratios (AHR) associated with the higher pay grades.
— Homelessness and Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Veterans from the Era of the Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF/OND) Conflicts

You very rarely see officers at veteran job fairs because they either get hooked up (within their own fraternity network) with government contractors or have that guaranteed pension coming in that cures most ills.

Think about how differently the approach to veterans issues would be when it comes to employment and housing if the officer class had to deal with government agencies or so-called veteran nonprofits that do more to keep themselves in business than actually give the vet the services they offer in advertisements.

President Donald Trump had at least 1,987 vacancies within his new administration, most of which did not require Senate confirmation, according to data from tracking service Leadership.
— CNN, 2/25/17

Every federal government vacancy should be offered to a veteran FIRST, regardless of discharge status. From the look of many who currently occupy many jobs within the government, finding qualified applicants shouldn’t be a problem and veterans clearly come with a work ethic far superior to their civilian counterparts. A good-paying JOB alleviates many issues that eventually result in homelessness.

Don’t get us started on the lies some politicians tell on the backs of veterans when it comes to homelessness, and we won’t even get into the promises given to veterans during campaign season vice the promises kept AFTER the election.

GSA has been repeatedly named as one of the ‘Best Places to Work’ in the Federal Government. LEARN MORE about why you should choose GSA.

It turns out the majority of good-paying jobs are ONLY available to those currently in the federal government (and their friends and family, wink-wink) and based on our interaction with employees in DC and Northern Virginia, most of those occupying the jobs are entrenched Democrats and fall into that weather-related “non-essential employee” category with good reason.

Program Management Officer
Location Negotiable After Selection, United States
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $102,646.00 to $133,444.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This Announcement is Restricted to: GSA employees in the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA/FAS or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

It must be nice to be able to choose where you’d like the work and despite the warning.

IT Specialist
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $92,145.00 to $119,794.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) organization who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Or this one….

Events Management Specialist
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $108,887.00 to $141,555.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees (nationwide) who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Or this….

Budget Analyst
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $92,145.00 to $119,794.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in OCFO, zone 4 Washington, DC only! who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA OCFO or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Or this….

Market Analyst
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $92,145.00 to $119,794.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in the Federal Acquisition Service (nationwide) who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA/FAS or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Or the one Bob was going to apply for….

Writer/Editor
Location Name: District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $92,145.00 to $119,794.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in the Washington, DC local commuting who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

As we have NO intention of moving to Chicago, this one wouldn’t be considered even if we could apply.

Transportation Operations Specialist
Location Name: Chicago, Illinois
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $92,632.00 to $120,427.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in the Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) in the Chicago, IL Metro area who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

The full job description for that job was kind of vague, but we wouldn’t be surprised if a “Transportation Operations Specialist” was a fucking minivan driver.

Transportation Operations Specialist (Remarketing)
Location Name: GSA – US Locations, United States; Location Negotiable After Selection, United States
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $71,099.00 to $92,429.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section, your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

BTW — We were properly discouraged a few listings back.

Program Manager
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $128,082.00 to $160,300.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

But, wait! There’s more….

Customer Relationship Management Specialist
Location Name: Location Negotiable After Selection, United States
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $102,646.00 to $133,444.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in the Federal Acquisition Service (nationwide) who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA/FAS or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Must be nice to have such options if you’re “career” and don’t think these employees are grateful just to even have a job….

Many are not.

Financial Management Analyst
Location Name: San Francisco, California; Denver, Colorado; Auburn, Washington
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $90,284.00 to $130,325.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in Office of Chief Financial Officer, BR Zone 3 who are serving on a career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who May Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement. This position is NOT virtual.

When was the last time you went to a jobs board and seen salaries this consistently high? Then again, we are talking about the federal government and taxpayer dollars to burn.

Budget Analyst
Location Name: Location Negotiable After Selection, United States
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $73,846.00 to $96,004.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees nationwide, who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

Okay, last one in the email….

Supervisory Accountant
Location Name: Washington DC, District of Columbia
Department: General Services Administration
Salary: $128,082.00 to $160,300.00 / Per Year

Who May Apply:
This announcement is restricted to: GSA employees employed in OCFO, Washington DC area only! who are serving on career or career-conditional appointment, or under a noncompetitive Special Appointing Authority which provides for conversion to a permanent position in the Competitive Service. Current or former Land Management employees hired under competitive examining procedures to a time limited appointment(s) and meet the requirements of Public Law 114-47.
Job Summary:
IMPORTANT: Unless you are a GSA OCFO or Land Management employee as described in the Who Can Apply section your application will not be considered. Do not apply to this announcement.

So, why are we making such a big deal about this?

BTW – The above pic came from FederalHandbooks.com. Check out the demographic they appear to prefer….

First of all, we’ve already gone over why USAjobs is a joke and liberals within really could give a shit about those who use those unnecessary armaments: veterans.

We were told (by an anonymous source) that the only way to get incompetent federal employees out of a department, because it’s almost impossible to get one fired, is to promote that person so he or she can be transferred out.

We were also told that Republicans have to keep their political sentiments to themselves in the workplace because liberal Democrats in federal offices are loudmouthed, vindictive bullies and even though it’s supposedly impossible to fire a federal employee, Democrats would definitely make a quantum effort to make a Republican’s life quite miserable on the way out.

But “political discrimination” is a topic for another day.

UPDATE

Federal employees and their unions are up-in-arms because their salaries are being frozen.

In a letter to congressional leaders, Mr. Trump said the government would forgo an automatic 2.1 percent pay increase for federal workers scheduled for Jan. 1 and specified that there would be no across-the-board increase for 2019. The letter did not estimate the overall savings from canceling the raises, though it said a related move canceling raises that are based on the workers’ location would save $25 billion.

Mr. Trump’s use of emergency authority to weigh in on pay increases for federal workers is a common occurrence. The president did so last year to scale back a raise, and President Barack Obama took action the year before to rein-in location-based adjustments.
— New York Times, 8/30/18

At the look of things, they get paid pretty well and it’s not the taxpayers’ responsibility to make sure federal employees can maintain a standard of living most Americans would love to enjoy.

I’ve also visited usajobs.gov numerous times, applied for a few jobs, and again no response. And it turns out, my experience appears to be the norm.

Despite presidential proclamations, an overhaul of the USAJOBS website and federal agencies’ sloganeering about their desire to hire former servicemembers, veterans still find applying for a federal job arduous and – because the odds of success are so low – a waste of time.

Roger Peterman, who helps veterans find jobs as transition assistance adviser for the Indiana National Guard, cites equally bleak numbers. “In eight years of working with USAJOBS, I only know of two people who got jobs applying through the website. And either they knew somebody or we were able to connect them with somebody in the federal agency who could pull them along.”

The following was my suspicion all along, as many who are in state and federal government positions tip off friends and family to coming, coveted job openings. Screw the targeted and/or qualified….

Veterans also suspect that many positions are posted to comply with legal requirements by agencies that have already decided who they want to hire. And there are complaints that some job listings aren’t current. “They don’t keep it updated,” Casey Curry, who served 26 years with the Oregon Army National Guard and has had much experience with the website says. “People are filling out applications for jobs that are already closed.”

But there’s evidence that some federal agencies purposefully circumvent veterans preference laws and discriminate against veteran applicants who successfully negotiate USAJOBS.

In at least one case, a BPA administrator closed the hiring process after learning that a veteran was the most qualified applicant – and then rewrote the job description to include criteria the veteran couldn’t meet. BPA’s human resources department was ultimately blamed for the agency’s discrimination, and vowed reform after its hiring practices were exposed in 2013.
— Bogus Benefit, Legion.org

Here we have yet another entity that gets taxpayer money to help veterans, does not and USAJOBS is not alone.

Using the “veteran” heartstring-pull has got to stop and will only do so when people thoroughly vet any group before giving that donation. Ineffective government agencies are a whole other issue due for a very frank discussion.

Mr. Rieckhoff is a founder of the veterans group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. Yes, another nonprofit dot org; one of many that displays the same, consistent symptoms: good intentions, questionable results, and generous compensation for the principals.

While it’s easy to create agencies and nonprofits that claim to help veterans, the extent to which they are helped can be interpreted in many convenient ways and if you actually talk to veterans in need of assistance, the customer satisfaction is quite low, that is if a homeless veteran seeking a place to hang his or her hat being uniformly directed to another nonprofit shelter can be defined as assistance.

When it comes to those who claim to want to help veterans, the Chris Rock analogy on medicine comes to mind….

Ain’t no money in the cure. The money’s in the medicine. That’s how you get paid. That’s how a drug dealer makes his money! Curing AIDS? Shit, that’s like Cadillac making a car that lasts 50 years. You know they can do it but they ain’t gonna do nothing that fuckin’ dumb.
— Chris Rock, Bigger and Blacker, 1999

There are a whole slew of so-called veteran nonprofits out there and just what do you think would happen if they actually did what they’ve claimed they want to do for years? They would be out of work if they were effective, and the same can be said for government agencies that also claim to be there for veterans and this is where the politics comes into play.

As repeated here many times, when a Republican is in the White House, we will see and hear stories about the homeless ad nauseum. When a Democrat is in the White House, the scourge of homelessness is very seldom discussed until that president can be seen in a photo-op setting “helping” and highlighting the homeless.

As usual, when politicians get involved, numbers can and will be skewed to their advantage.

Anyone with a brain knows that veteran homelessness has not been ended, and adding the word “functionally” is an insult to the intelligence of the American people and veterans but politicians surely believe it makes them look good, thus is something they can and will run on for their own self-serving, reelection purposes.

Government agencies and nonprofits with the mission to get veterans off the street are an abysmal failure, if they were ever intended to complete that mission. The one thing they ARE good at is telling veterans what they can’t do and any veteran reading this will be nodding their heads in agreement of experience.

Government agencies and nonprofits with the mission of helping veterans obtain meaningful employment (independence) have the same abysmal track record.

Filling the janitorial jobs with veterans helps the VA meet its hiring goals without intruding on a lucrative union giveaway that favors current government employees over everyone else for the majority of open positions.
— Daily Caller, 1/17/16

Nonprofits and government agencies are, simply stated, career mills for liberals and we know from experience there is genuine disdain for the military from those who are tasked with the sole directive of helping veterans. We were recently told by a nonprofit supervisor that it’s unfortunate that more government monies available to help the homeless because so much is currently spent on “armaments”. We can only speculate that supervisor may have assumed I didn’t know what that word meant, but that’s illustrative of the contempt for the military seeing how all veterans either worked with or supported the use of “armaments”.

Why are nonprofits and government agencies hesitant to hire veterans in meaningful jobs? From experience we know liberals are some of the most intolerant, especially in a workplace environment and reliable, hardworking Republican veterans would intrude in their safe spaces.

Also, a hardworking veteran would expose the lackadaisical approach of co-workers and it’s just easier to point him or her to a mop instead of a desk.

Any veteran who has visited a veteran nonprofit or government agency serving veterans will note the amount of people who clearly never served, been homeless, let alone missed a meal. There is often no sense of urgency and understanding of the plight when veterans are given a photocopied piece of paper, phone numbers, or links directing them to yet another nonprofit or government agency. And if you were to look at the use of funds donated or directed to veterans, the ROI is an obvious fail.

While it’s easy for some to criticize Donald Trump’s fundraising for veterans, let’s also remember that some of those running for president have been instrumental in funding (through legislation) the very scandal-plagued government/nonprofit machine that receives taxpayer and/or charitable donations that benefit those entities FIRST, and actually helping veterans is something they won’t do because it would potentially put hundreds of thousands out of lucrative employment.

As for Mr. Trump, bringing attention to veterans is laudable.

We just don’t think he really understands just how bad the problems are, made worse by those who claim to be helping.