Colorado Military Veterans
- Payments to veterans in Colorado have a large economic impact.
- VA makes over 900 million dollars in direct payment to veterans and dependent in Colorado. In El Paso County the payments are over 290 million dollars. These payments do not include the payments of retired or active duty military personnel which is over a billion dollars more per year to the State of Colorado.
- There are over 421 thousand veterans in Colorado over 77,000 in El Paso County.
- There approximately 350 homeless veterans in Colorado Springs
The Crawford House, is a place for homeless veterans in Colorado Springs who have mental health, substance abuse and medical problems can get off the streets and into a safe, structured environment at The Crawford House, but the numbers of veterans in need far exceeds the facility's capacity. Located at 415 S. Weber St., provides temporary housing for homeless veterans so they can receive Veterans Affairs-managed mental health, substance abuse and medical treatment that they need. Some vets stay up to two years after they successfully complete their treatment program, renting modest rooms while they look for jobs and permanent housing.
The Crawford House was established and purchased in 2002 by the Colorado Veterans Resource Coalition (CVRC), a group of local veterans who, working with the Department of Veterans Affairs has many a large impact on the homeless veterans in El Paso County.
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