Goodwill, VA Partnership Builds Illinois Facility for Homeless Vets
Goodwill Industries and the Veterans Administration (VA) have partnered
to build a facility in Illinois for homeless veterans. The center
will provide veterans with a place to live, as well as help for
addiction and mental-health problems and physical disabilities,
the Peoria Journal Star reported May 11.
The 10-bedroom home, which will be built in Peoria, is the first
of its kind in Illinois. Funds from a U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development grant and a local fundraising campaign are
financing the project.
Among the services that will be offered at the facility are medical
treatment, job training and VA benefits assistance. "There's
such a gap in services for our veterans," said Joanne Dorn,
Goodwill's director of vocational services.
The holistic approach, said Dorn, is similar to that offered in
homes for developmentally disabled people.
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