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Sad and lonely women vetran

WVIC recognizes the hidden depth of despair in many of our brave women veterans.  These articles and links provide some insight into the serious consequences of women vets' poor mental health and why they need your support.

"Despite the availability of a much larger number of temporary residential programs and other services for homeless veterans, given the male-dominated gender ratio, many of these programs cannot accommodate or are not structured to address the privacy and other gender-specific concerns of women ..."

Washington, Yano, McGuire, Hines, Lee and Gelberg, Risk Factors for Homelessness among Women Veterans, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 21 (2010) 81-91