Grace After Fire

When you hear the phrase, “troubled veteran” and you think of a bearded guy in worn combat fatigues sleeping under a bridge with a dog, you may want to think again.

Far too many veterans in this country fit that stereotype, but the number of women veterans with serious issues is on the rise. In fact, women veterans are the fastest growing homeless population in the nation.

The non-profit organization, Grace After Fire, has a mission to help female veterans help themselves by providing resources to boost their emotional health and careers upon returning home. Women coming out of military service don’t have the support that men do. A woman is expected to immediately switch roles and be a wife, mother and career woman. That’s a tough assignment. Since Grace After Fire was started, unemployment for female veterans has dropped from 16 percent to 8 percent, the number of homeless female veterans has greatly declined, and they have not had a female veteran suicide in four years.

You might like to get involved in a branch near you. They can use volunteers and funds.