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VA steers $3 million to Tacoma nonprofits helping homeless veterans
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/01/3408009/va-steers-3-million-to-tacoma.html?sp=/99/296/331/354/VA steers $3 million to Tacoma nonprofits helping homeless veterans
By Adam Ashton
Staff writer
October 1, 2014
Two Tacoma nonprofits will each get $1.5 million to help homeless veterans in Pierce County find safe places to live over the next three years, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Tuesday.
Both grants augment programs already in place connecting homeless veterans with transitional housing.
One will go to Metropolitan Development Council, which already had $1.8 million in VA funding this year. The other is for Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, which had $800,000 in VA funding for homeless outreach in the Puget Sound area.
“The big impact is that we’ll simply house more veterans and their families,” said Troy Christensen, chief operating office at MDC.
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