Since the 2015 launch of “All the Way Home," nearly 3,000 veterans have been housed in the region, according to county data. Officials have been able to maintain functional zero. (Photo courtesy Destination: Home via San José Spotlight)

Santa Clara County has made strides to house homeless veterans, but the work isn’t over.

The county reached a milestone of “functional zero” among homeless veterans in 2020, where the number of veterans getting housed exceeded the number falling into homelessness. That was due to the concerted effort to end veteran homelessness through a campaign launched in 2015 called “All the Way Home.” Since then, nearly 3,000 veterans have been housed in the region, according to county data — and officials have been able to maintain functional zero.

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