The issue of homeless veterans may not appear to be a problem throughout rural parts of the country, but Chad Werner said it is a bigger problem than it appears to be.
Werner, resource specialist for Southwest Wyoming Recovery Access Programs (SW-WRAP), is one of three members who started the Panhandle Veterans Resource Network earlier this year to help area veterans with a variety of issues. The network includes a variety of organizations and groups that offer many services to veterans.
“Before in the panhandle, there wasn’t much out there,” Werner said. “There was people in their area, and t...