How many homeless clients are veterans? What is the proportion for homeless men?
• 23 percent of homeless clients are veterans, compared with about 13 percent of all American adults in 1996. • 98 percent of homeless clients who are veterans are men. 33 percent of male homeless clients are veterans, as were 31 percent of American men in 1996. • 21 percent served before the Vietnam era (before August 1964); 47 percent served during the Vietnam era (between August 1964 and April 1975); and 57 percent served since the Vietnam era (after April 1975). Many have served in more than one time period. • 33 percent of the male veterans in the study were stationed in a war zone, and 28 percent were exposed to combat. What adverse childhood experiences did homeless clients report? • 27 percent of homeless clients lived in foster care, a group home, or other institutional setting for part of their childhood. • 25 percent report childhood physical or sexual abuse. • 21 percent report childhood experiences of homelessness. • 33 percent report running away from home and 22 percent
