Agencies to expand services within state
Veterans homeless shelter receives VA funding: Veterans homeless shelter receives VA funding
Officials with state-based nonprofit groups that provide shelter and other emergency services to at-risk military veterans say the $847,000 grant awarded them Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs is a windfall that will provide tangible benefits soon.
“This really allows us to expand our program,” said Del Failing, executive director of People’s Place, a Milford-based aid provider whose Veterans Outreach program offers career and mental health counseling, transportation and other services to military veterans in the lower two-thirds of the state.
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