{"id":21191,"date":"2026-05-18T00:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21191"},"modified":"2026-05-18T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:41:13","slug":"tallahassee-stages-its-14th-veterans-stand-down-as-the-numbers-of-those-seeking-its-services-drop","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-stages-its-14th-veterans-stand-down-as-the-numbers-of-those-seeking-its-services-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee stages its 14th Veterans&#8217; Stand Down as the numbers of those seeking its services drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-21191-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/05\/standdown0518full.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/05\/standdown0518full.mp3\">https:\/\/cpa.ds.npr.org\/s390\/audio\/2026\/05\/standdown0518full.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Florida A&amp;M University&#8217;s Lawson Center was welcoming veterans on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. The event was the yearly Veterans&#8217; Stand Down, which provides all kinds of services to improve the lives of those who served and then suffered hardship.<\/p>\n<p>Purple Heart Veteran Washington Sanchez started the Tallahassee Veterans&#8217; Stand Down event fourteen years ago. He notes there were a lot more unhoused and underserved vets in the area who needed help back then.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we started, there was probably around 400. But now, it&#8217;s around 100. Which is good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s not so good, says Sanchez, is that the vets who are still out there seem much less inclined to come in for help.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s harder to identify some of these young people. They don&#8217;t believe that they deserve&#8230;THIS! It&#8217;s hard to help people who don&#8217;t want to help themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, the weekend&#8217;s Stand Down ended up offering more than 200 local vets a full buffet of free resources to help them get their lives in a better place. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2026 WFSU<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tallahassee stages its 14th Veterans&#039; Stand Down as the numbers of those seeking its services drop - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/tallahassee-stages-its-14th-veterans-stand-down-as-the-numbers-of-those-seeking-its-services-drop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tallahassee stages its 14th Veterans&#039; 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