{"id":66573,"date":"2022-11-11T14:07:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/11\/va-secretary-looks-for-progress-on-veterans-suicide-homelessness-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:16:47","slug":"va-secretary-looks-for-progress-on-veterans-suicide-homelessness-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/veterans\/2022\/11\/11\/va-secretary-looks-for-progress-on-veterans-suicide-homelessness-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"VA secretary looks for progress on veterans suicide, homelessness soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5d99cab8-0831-41c1-9f26-e8d91b14859b\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-5d99cab8-0831-41c1-9f26-e8d91b14859b.png\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Affairs Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/2022\/10\/19\/va-officials-confident-theyre-ready-for-the-next-covid-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\">Denis McDonough<\/a> said he expects to see significant progress soon in efforts to reduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/11\/03\/the-number-of-homeless-vets-dropped-sharply-over-the-last-two-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">homelessness <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2022\/09\/19\/veterans-suicides-drop-to-lowest-rate-since-2006\/\" target=\"_blank\">suicide among veterans<\/a>, despite the complexity and long-term challenges of both issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a wide-ranging interview with Military Times just before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2022\/11\/10\/biden-take-time-to-honor-and-thank-veterans-this-veterans-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Day<\/a>, McDonough said department leaders are pleased with recent progress on both issues, two of the top policy focus areas for VA staff over the last decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he also noted that the recent improvements are not enough, and veterans cannot wait decades for the problems to be resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, VA researchers announced that the number of veterans suicides in America fell to fewer than 17 a day in 2020, the lowest rate since 2016. The total number of veterans who took their own life was down nearly 10% from 2018 to 2020, a decrease which they attributed to more mental health resources and intervention programs for veterans.<\/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\/veterans\/2022\/09\/19\/veterans-suicides-drop-to-lowest-rate-since-2006\/\" 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\/6829847.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\">Veterans suicides drop to lowest rate since 2006<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">But veterans are still significantly more likely to die by suicide than their civilian peers.<\/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\">Earlier this month, federal officials announced the number of homeless veterans dropped by more than 11% from the start of 2020 to the start of 2022, a significant decrease after several years of minor changes in the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials also attributed that to years of focused efforts on assistance programs for veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of homeless veterans has fallen by about 55% since President Barack Obama in 2010 announced a goal of ensuring housing for every veteran in America. Despite the progress, an estimated 33,000 veterans are still without stable shelter on a typical night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McDonough has announced a goal of housing 38,000 veterans this year (about 31,000 have been helped so far) and said he expects that to show some immediate impact on the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel like veteran homelessness is one that we will see resolved in a very concrete way in a matter of years, rather than decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see if that 38,000 has continued the appreciable decline in overall homeless vets. My hunch is that it will. 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