bobbie rosenthal. he is with a program call vets connect. >> vets connect is a one day event that we hold with the city of sanncisco. francisco. we serve homeless veterans. the homeless can utilize them and take advantage of them and celebrate veterans' day. we have what is called homeless vets month. >> 76 this,000 is the number extraordinary. is it worse now? >> when we started counseling over 20 years ago and helping homeless vets, the number was 250,000. >> but when they really started, it was 13 76,000 is still way too high. >> we're talking about vietnam, iraq and afghanistan. >> average vet is 51 years old but the largest growing population of homelessness is among female veterans. >> that is pricing, why is that? >> part of it is enrolling in the military. it's about 3% and now it's about 10%. it's also the departments of veterans affairs and homelessness are targeting programs. i'm very proud to say also been able to say that we've been able to help with families. >> that will make a huge diff