{"id":75387,"date":"2023-02-22T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T12:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/02\/22\/inflation-woes-caused-major-financial-issues-for-wounded-vets-in-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:10:46","slug":"inflation-woes-caused-major-financial-issues-for-wounded-vets-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2023\/02\/22\/inflation-woes-caused-major-financial-issues-for-wounded-vets-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Inflation woes caused major financial issues for wounded vets in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly two-thirds of young disabled veterans faced significant financial problems in the past year despite improving employment prospects for the group, according to a new report released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/02\/22\/wounded-veterans-struggle-to-access-mental-health-support-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wounded Warrior Project<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the roughly 19,000 veterans surveyed by the group, more than 12,000 (64%) said they \u201ccouldn\u2019t make ends meet at some point in the past 12 months.\u201d More than 80% said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/06\/01\/advocates-for-homeless-vets-push-past-pandemic-restrictions-to-their-next-big-challenge-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\">rising inflation costs<\/a> created financial hardship for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a surprise to us,\u201d said Jen Silva, chief program officer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woundedwarriorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WWP<\/a>. \u201cOperationally, we had already seen big jumps in the emergency financial assistance requests to us from warriors and family members. So, the data just confirms what we\u2019re already seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2021\/03\/12\/wounded-women-veterans-face-higher-levels-of-loneliness-isolation-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3282514.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Wounded women veterans face higher levels of loneliness, isolation: report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Officials say the new survey from Wounded Warrior Project shows a need for more transition programs focused on women.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Group officials said they spent about five times more in financial aid to members in 2022 than they did in 2021, during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That happened even though the unemployment rate for the group fell from a high of 13.4% in 2021 to just under 7% in 2022 (still almost three times higher than the rate for all American veterans, and twice that of the general population).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 27% of individuals surveyed said they had steady employment but still \u201cdidn\u2019t earn enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the annual survey is restricted only to WWP members, it is not necessarily reflective of the entire Iraq and Afghanistan War population or all injured veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, officials said the findings do reflect trends within the group\u2019s 165,000 members, who are among the most active users of Veterans Affairs benefits and services. WWP leaders said they use the findings to guide programming and priorities for future years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the case of financial aid, the group is already bracing for continued need this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re expecting the requests to be about the same,\u201d Silva said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t seem to be getting any better yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental health issues (48%) and struggles with transitioning military skills to civilian jobs (37%) were the top self-reported problems with finding better employment, according to the survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite those challenges, the increased financial strain does not appear to be causing a surge in mental health issues, researchers noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/education-transition\/2023\/02\/03\/vets-unemployment-improves-national-jobless-rate-lowest-since-1969\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23032686045223.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Vets unemployment improves, national jobless rate lowest since 1969<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">About 240,000 veterans nationwide were looking for work last month but unable to find steady employment.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 75% of individuals surveyed reported dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression. 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