Senator Sherrod Brown learns more about homeless veterans

Senator learns more about homelessness, mental health of veterans
By Loren Genson • Gazette Staff Writer • April 1, 2010


Homelessness and mental-health issues were hot topics when Sen. Sherrod Brown visited the Chillicothe VA hospital Thursday to speak with veterans and center hospital directors.

Director Jeff Gering said he was pleased Brown, a member of the Veterans Affairs committee and a northeast Ohioan, took the time to visit and learn more about the veteran population in southern Ohio.


“Addressing homelessness among veterans in Cleveland is very different than in Appalachia,” Gering said.


While the center has always worked to find homeless veterans a place to stay, the troubled economy has increased the number of veterans it must serve.


Foreclosures and more recent veterans returning home with mental-health problems have added local veterans in need of housing and mental-health assistance.
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