Facility near Fort Campbell to help homeless vets

Facility near Campbell to help homeless vets
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Sep 17, 2011 17:40:20 EDT
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — A new facility has been built near Fort Campbell that will offer transition housing for homeless veterans.

Patriot Place, which is located just south of the sprawling Fort Campbell Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee state line, is expected to open in October, according to The Leaf-Chronicle.

The housing unit in Clarksville was unveiled last week by several agencies that partnered to build it

Buffalo Valley Inc. will run the facility. It is a nonprofit group that offers help with substance abuse problems and housing needs.

Deborah Hillin, who is senior vice president of development with Buffalo Valley, says the facility’s goal is “making sure that the veterans are doing what they need to be doing to make positive changes in their life.”

The $250,000 facility was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the Tennessee Housing Development Agency and the Clarksville Office of Housing and Community Development.
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