text: Aloha Anita,   Thank you for your thoughtfulness and caring about our Homeless Veterans.   First, for the HUD Homeless Count in Oahu, again, there were many issues with the extreme shortage of people to count ! see>http://www.staradvertiser.com/hawaii-news/homeless-count-a-lack-of-volunteers-for-an-annual-census-could-threaten-the-states-bid-for-federal-dollars/    <so the Jan 2016 HUD count is only a Partial Sampling of Homeless in Hawaii, let alone Veterans.    Also See Comments on recent: http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/06/hawaiis-homeless-population-still-on-the-rise/  <Second, I was one of the very few Volunteers for Region 6 (  Kahalu’u- Ko’olau Loa- Turtle Bay) & half of Region 4 (Kaneohe-Kahalu'u)  both areas were way, way under-counted. Homelessness has boomed in Northern Windward. Many Homeless Veterans are on Windward-North Shore, they need the quiet to recover from PTSD.  We have been asking at our Neighborhood Boards for HELP & Services for our growing Homeless.