Next Stage Inc "founder" pleads guilty to grant theft meant for homeless veterans

Nashville woman who ran homeless veteran nonprofit pleads guilty to theft of VA grant money
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 02, 2013

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A Nashville woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to making false claims to the Department of Veterans Affairs and diverting more than $360,000 in homeless veteran grants to her own personal use.

Birdie Anderson operated Next Stage Inc., a nonprofit that claimed to provide outreach and housing for homeless veterans.
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The report from last year is still active.

Local Charity Accused Of Misusing Federal Grant Money
Posted: May 16, 2012
By Ben Hall
Investigative Reporter

NASHVILLE, Tenn.- Nearly a third of homeless people in Nashville are veterans.

That's one reason the federal government gave a local charity hundreds of thousands of dollars to open a shelter for veterans.

But an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation reveals the money is gone and no shelter is operating.

Federal agents raided a home on Kendall Park Drive in Antioch in February.

They were hoping to find out what happened to hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money that was supposed to help homeless veterans.

Last week NewsChannel 5 Investigates asked a man who answered the door at the home, "Do you know what happened to the grant money?"

"Nope," the man replied through a cracked door.

Minutes later he closed the door and refused to answer any more questions.

Birdie Anderson operated her charity, Next Stage, out of the home.

Anderson received nearly $400,000 in federal grant money from the Department of Veteran's Affairs to help homeless women veterans.

But now that money is gone, and there is no shelter.
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