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Two states, Virginia and Connecticut, and dozens of cities like Orlando are considered to be at “functional zero,” having ended chronic homelessness among veterans. The head of the VA tours Florida.
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Some 200 volunteers are fanning out across Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties Wednesday, getting a sense of the scope of the region’s homeless population. They’re combing the streets, woods and shelters taking a one-day snapshot of the homeless population.
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The Central Florida Commission on Homelessness reports that it has essentially ended veteran homelessness in the Orlando metro area. That fulfills a pledge city leaders made last year.
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Last week hundreds of volunteers combed central Florida looking for homeless veterans like Robert Stoner. He’s exactly the kind of person hundreds of volunteers were searching for as part of a tri-county push to get homeless veterans off the streets and into housing.
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Scores of volunteers will fan out across Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties starting Monday to spend a week counting homeless veterans. Orlando’s goal is to get every veteran off the streets by the end of the year.