ABC News story on U.S.VETS- Advance Program for Women Veterans that aired on March 14, 2010.

“There are an estimated 6,500 homeless female veterans on America’s streets, double the number of a decade ago, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Women veterans are four times more likely than their male counterparts to wind up homeless.

Dr. Diane West runs one of the few programs in the country specifically designed for homeless women veterans at U.S. Vets in Long Beach, Calif.”