At the this year’s event, held Friday at City Hall, they also learned about resources aimed at preventing homelessness. Those resources have already had a notable effect, said Andy McCawley, president and CEO of the New England Center and Home for Veterans, which organizes the event.
“When I got here in 2011, I think the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in Boston and the commonwealth of Massachusetts was double to what it is now,” McCawley said. “We’ve made great strides in reducing that.”
That observation is backed up by data: Since 2011, which was the first year that veteran status was included in the city’s annual homeless census, the number has dropped by 46.5%…