Number of homeless veterans rising in Onslow County
June 04, 2012
AMANDA WILCOX - DAILY NEWS STAFF
The number of veterans checking into Onslow County homeless shelters is steadily rising.
The Department of Veterans Affairs released a recent draft report that said homelessness among veterans decreased by 12 percent over the past year. Onslow County hasn’t seen those changes.
In fact, the Onslow Homeless Shelter has seen the exact opposite.
“We’ve seen a noticeable increase in veterans,” said Theo McClammy, Executive Director of the Onslow Community Outreach Program.
The Onslow Homeless Shelter served 12 veterans in 2006. That number tripled and then almost doubled again when the shelter served 36 veterans in 2010 and 52 veterans in 2011, according to a press release.
That’s a 333-percent increase in the number of veterans served over the past five years.
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