{"id":26447,"date":"2026-08-21T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2026-08-21T10:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T14:13:46","slug":"from-the-streets-to-a-home-of-his-own-one-veterans-road-to-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=26447","title":{"rendered":"From the streets to a home of his own: One Veteran\u2019s road to recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; new.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How VA programs helped a Louisiana Veteran reclaim his life and support recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing the Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program, an initiative that helped him find discipline and regain his footing after struggling to stay on track in high school, Nathaniel Toups turned to his mother one day and mentioned that he was thinking about enlisting in the Air Force. She wasn\u2019t fully convinced that he would be accepted, but Toups figured there was only one way to find out, so together, they walked into a recruiting center.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148786\/from-streets-home-own-veterans-road-recovery\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/148786\/from-streets-home-own-veterans-road-recovery\/\">here..<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 224px;\" 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: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/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; new.va.gov) How VA programs helped a Louisiana Veteran reclaim his life and support recovery After completing the Louisiana<\/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-26447","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\/26447","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=26447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26448,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447\/revisions\/26448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}