{"id":23731,"date":"2024-12-10T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23731"},"modified":"2024-12-10T10:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T15:08:18","slug":"lifesaving-housing-programs-put-veteran-on-the-path-to-a-permanent-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23731","title":{"rendered":"Lifesaving housing programs put Veteran on the path to a permanent home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Walker joined the military to outrun drug dealers and a broken heart. While that may sound like the start of a compelling novel, it\u2019s the true story of Walker\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He never suspected that the benefits he received through this decision would be lifesaving, helping him overcome homelessness, health issues and a substance use disorder. Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/136788\/housing-programs-put-veteran-on-path-to-a-home\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/136788\/housing-programs-put-veteran-on-path-to-a-home\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Jay Walker joined the military to outrun drug dealers and a broken heart. While that may sound<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246,7],"tags":[982,87,245],"class_list":["post-23731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-veterans-benefits","tag-homeless-veterans","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23732,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23731\/revisions\/23732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}