The government has failed to meet this goal and has also failed to develop and support the Veteran’s Advisory Committee, as required by law passed in 1999. in 2005, the federal government awarded just 38 percent of contract dollars to companies owned by service-disabled veterans, costing them nearly $9 billion in lost contracts.
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Every night over 270,000 homeless veterans sleep on the streets. Why? The reasons are many, but downsizing of the military, reductions in educational benefits, physical and mental ailments, and war-related mental illnesses, such as post traumatic stress syndrome, all contribute to the tremendous number of our nation’s veterans who are homeless right now.
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A report released in January 2007 by a coalition of advocates for homeless persons finds that affordable permanent housing coupled with supportive services provides a powerful tool for preventing and ending homelessness among veterans, particularly those who confront chronic disabling health problems such as mental illness, substance addiction, and HIV/AIDS.
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Veterans whose service-connected disabilities are rated at 30 percent or more are entitled to additional allowances for dependents.
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While government is succeeding at meeting its 23 percent goal for small business contracting, it’s still falling short of other goals for steering more work to small companies.
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