Deb Johnson, CEO/President of California Veterans Assistance Foundation (CVAF) paid us a visit. Deb spent 9 years, 9 months in the Wisconsin Army Guard and served in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Thank you for your service! We were then presented with some very sobering numbers:
37, 878 – the number of veterans that are homeless on any given night
1.4 million – the number of veterans considered “at risk” of homelessness
10,836 – the number of homeless veterans counted in California during the 2018 PIT Survey
29 – the percentage of the country’s homeless veteran population in the state of California
While CVAF offers many programs to local veterans, the most anticipated is Veteran Village, a permanent supportive housing project consisting of a dozen 400 sq. ft. homes and a Rotary-sponsored community building. We also discovered that Bree Goodmon’s company, Flooring America by Casa Moore, will be doing the floors for the project! CVAF hopes to break ground on Veteran Village in the fall. For more information about CVAF, view their website at www.cavaf.org