The Rural Monitor Winter 2010
Mobile Service in Florida Helps Homeless Veterans
Homeless veterans line up for services at the Florida Veterans Mobile Service Center's van. In some of Florida’s most isolated areas, there are veterans living in tents, old vehicles and makeshift shelters they’ve built from scraps. Florida Veterans Mobile Service Center (MSC) is working to break their self-imposed isolation by bringing medical care and social support to the rural encampments where these homeless veterans live.
The 40-foot mobile service vehicle, owned and operated by Volunteers of America of Florida, is equipped with medical and dental exam rooms, dental X-ray equipment, medical supplies, medications, and advanced mobile technologies linked to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Now in its 10th year, MSC provides homeless veterans with immediate needs such as food and clothing, as well as with physical and social support. Services include physical and dental exams, VA benefits eligibility verification, counseling, and assessments for housing, mental health, substance abuse, employment, educational and vocational needs.
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