{"id":25464,"date":"2026-01-20T10:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25464"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:44:15","slug":"veteran-found-housing-and-purpose-through-va-and-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25464","title":{"rendered":"Veteran found housing and purpose through VA and gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Growing a new path with VA services<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran Patrick Cox always knew he wanted to serve in the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always used to tell my grandma that I was going to be a battlefield commander as a little kid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cox enlisted in the Army in 1980, but after suffering an injury on base, he returned home to Norwood, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati. There, he fell into drug addiction, went through a breakup and eventually became homeless.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/144545\/veteran-found-housing-through-va-gardening\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/144545\/veteran-found-housing-through-va-gardening\/\">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) Growing a new path with VA services Veteran Patrick Cox always knew he wanted to serve in<\/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":[88,87,245],"class_list":["post-25464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homelessness","category-veterans-benefits","tag-veteran-homelessness","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464","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=25464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25465,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464\/revisions\/25465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}