The Home Depot (deot) Foundation
Our mission is to improve the homes and lives of US military veterans and their families.
Our mission is to improve the homes and lives of US military veterans and their families.
Too many of our veterans and their families are facing major challenges worst housing, problems such as unemployment, old age and service-related disability. We go to the back for those who have already given so much for our country, dedicated.
Since 2011, we have spent more than $ 80 million to support the housing needs of veterans. In addition, our employees bring their own time and talents to make a difference for veterans in local communities through Team Depot, our employee volunteers led force.
We have already reached more than 13,000 housing units for veterans, and we're not going to stop any time soon!
The challenges
Statistics show that many veterans face severe housing needs, sometimes because of a combat injury disability or because they are particularly affected by the economy and partly because they can not all just not find affordable housing.
• An aging population: 9000000 older veterans, many on fixed incomes
• Disability: 14% of all veterans have service-related disabilities.
• Low income: about 1.4 million veterans live in poverty.
• Homelessness: Statistics show that veterans are twice as likely as those homeless
who have not served. Veterans account for 8% of the total population, but they
account for 16% of the homeless.
The odds
The learned in military skills are often directly applicable in the workplace, so that veterans of well-trained staff and trained for the company. We know first hand - over 35 000 The Home Depot employees are veterans.
• Leadership and work ethic: Proven skills in leadership gained in the toughest
operating environments.
• Best practice: 92% of active military service in the United States use computers
in their service areas and 40% of military tasks that involve the management
of information resources; 60% of NCM can program in at least one
programming language.
• Education level: Nearly 33% of young veterans have an associate or
bachelor's degree, compared to 27% of non-veterans youth.
