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* 1. Veterans have never represented a large portion of the single adult homeless population.

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* 2. Early estimates of veterans homelessness by VA officials exceeded 300,000.

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* 3. Oahu has seen a large drop in one-day veteran homeless counts in the last five years.

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* 4. One reason veteran counts on the Neighbor Islands may have gone down last year is due to methodological differences in counting the islands.

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* 5. All veterans regardless of discharge status are eligible for VA GPD Housing services.

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* 6. Not all of the VA GPD models are currently offered in Hawaii by service providers.

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* 7. Veterans are not required to have accepted a permanent housing offer to participate in the Bridge Housing program.

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* 8. Persons in Bridge Housing are expected to move to permanent housing within 90 days.

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* 9. Veterans may choose to enter GPD Clinical Treatment prior to accepting a permanent housing offer.

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* 10. The Low Demand program within GPD is not structured appropriately for chronically homeless persons.

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* 11. Veterans in Low Demand are not required to have employment goals.

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* 12. Typically, all VASH vouchers for Hawaii and/or U.S. are utilized.

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* 13. SSVF Category 1  veterans are not literally homeless

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* 14. If you receive Veterans Service-Connected benefits, you cannot also receive SSI or SSDI benefits.

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* 15. Someone with a 30% disability rating gets a lower amount of money than someone with a 50% disability rating.

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* 16. As of 2016, about 1 in 10 veterans receive Service Connected Disability benefits.

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* 17. Oahu is the only Island in Hawaii that operates VA-funded GPD Transitional Housing beds.

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* 18. Even if a unit is available immediately, a veteran must first enter Bridge Housing.

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* 19. Veterans who are over 65 or permanently disabled  and living in a nursing home who do not have a service-connected disability may also be eligible for non-service connected compensation.

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* 20. The Neighbor Islands of Hawaii have more homeless veterans than Oahu.

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