Food Program of the Homeless Veterans Initiative

The counting of any population of homeless can never be exact for obvious reasons, but the figures on who could become homeless are even harder to establish. A person can be at risk of becoming homeless if they are paying out more than half their income in rent, or stacking, where there are multiple non-related people living in the same house.

Many veterans have small fixed incomes and are living on the edge of homelessness. If one thing happens to upset the financial balance they become homeless. Veterans for Peace have become widely known in Milwaukee’s veteran community for being able to help a veteran who is in such a situation. The food program is one way that we help ease the financial strain on a veteran.

This program started with the idea that we would furnish the veterans living in our veteran houses a good variety of quality food. By providing a weekly box of good quality food we help the veteran in several ways. Homeless and low income veterans have less access to good healthy food and as a result they develop more health issues than someone who eats a larger variety of healthier food. A good diet would help get the veterans healthier and then keep them healthier.

From that beginning the Food Program now not only supply's the food to our veteran house, we deliver over 90 boxes of food each week to veterans and their families who are at risk of becoming homeless. We recieve referrals from the VA case workers and can start helping veterans immediately with food.

In this land of plenty, no one should go hungry

Visit our site dedicated to Homeless Veterans: www.neverhomeless.org