VA adding nearly $1M to help CO homeless vets; HQ in CO Springs
Source: KOAA
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"Let me tell you, my business cards are still warm from the printing press," says Dee Drake, program director for Homes for all Veterans; she seems anxious to start handing them out.
Drake and her staff are eager to get things started at Homes for all Veterans. It's a project taken on by Denver Options, a group that uses public grant money to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Denver Options began working with members of the military after so many were coming home with traumatic brain injuries. They decided to put together a larger plan to address veteran homelessness; they received a grant from Veterans Affairs and began putting together Homes for All Veterans. The office's first official day was Monday.
The V.A. Grant is about $930 thousand, with at least a third of it strictly dedicated to the veterans in need of help. It's a statewide program, but they've decided to place the main office in Colorado Springs.
"We anticipate that the need is going to be really great in this area, and we just think that it's going to grow over the coming years," says Drake.
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