Michelle Obama Received Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award For Efforts To End Veteran Homelessness

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Michelle Obama And Dr. Jill Biden To Receive 2015 Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award For Efforts To End Veteran Homelessness

5/19/15

First and Second Ladies of the United States to be recognized at National Coalition for Homeless Veterans Annual Conference

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden have provided unwavering support in the fight to end veteran homelessness. As we approach the deadline to house every homeless veteran by the end of this year, the First and Second Lady continue to support initiatives targeted at meeting that goal. For their tireless work, the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) is honoring Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden at the 2015 NCHV Annual Conference with the Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award, Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C.

The Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award is the highest award bestowed in the homeless veteran assistance community and is named in honor of a Vietnam Veteran and NCHV co-founder. Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden lead Joining Forces, a White House campaign to support service members, veterans and their families. Over the past four years, the two women have leveraged their positions of power to inspire Joining Forces partners to hire, care for, and educate our veterans and their families on a scale previously unknown. Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden have also been proponents of the Mayors Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness, encouraging mayors all across the nation to ramp up local initiatives to end veteran homelessness.

"No one can deny that the First and Second Lady's support through Joining Forces and the Mayors Challenge has given us the energy needed to effectively end homelessness by the end of the year," said Baylee Crone, Executive Director of NCHV. "We refuse to slow down, and we have the First Family to thank for the surge of energy and momentum that will help us achieve our goal."