This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). Jericho Project will serves more than 200 homeless and low-income veterans annually by 2012 and anticipates that least 90% of veterans at our residences will maintain stable, permanent housing. The creation of an evidence-based veterans service model based on Jericho's proven model Long-Term Impact She discusses the difficulties for veterans in transitioning from military to civilian life, and why we should do more to prevent those difficulties from turning into homelessness. The development of new supportive housing for veterans Read this New York Daily News op ed from our executive director, Tori Lyon.Jericho Project's Veterans Initiative includes: Jericho Project is a minimum six-month program designed to treat chemically dependent criminal offenders. In recent years, the organization has expanded its scope to address another group of New Yorkers in need: homeless veterans. Jericho Project's 2006 strategic plan identified homeless veterans as a key population to benefit from its unique supportive housing model. Jericho Project started life in 1983 working to help people with histories of addiction reconnect to the community today, with 500 units of supportive housing, the organization serves a broad range of vulnerable New Yorkers. A growing number of veterans are also severely rent burdened, with 500,000 paying more than 50% of their income on rent. More than 130,000 veterans are homeless each night in the United States, with twice as many veterans experiencing homelessness over the course of a year. The Jericho Project was founded in 1995 as a state licensed residential program in Brisbane California. 1 in 5 homeless individuals in the United States is a veteran. Jericho Project is a nonprofit organization that owns, operates, and provides services for supportive housing in New York City.
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