Increasing Homeless Population Includes More Female Vets

Picture via U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs

The Fayetteville Observer has released an important story about the increasingly complex picture of homelessness in the Midlands: female veterans of foreign wars. While the intersection of veteran and homelessness statuses have often been reviewed in scholarly literature and advocacy, reports suggest that women soldiers are facing the same obstacles that their male counterparts have struggled with.

More Homeless Female Veterans - Fayetteville Observer

How should we as a society prepare to better address the needs of this population? Are there meaningful differences in life course and social expectations for women veterans that institutions who serve persons without shelter ought to consider?