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Group to address needs of homeless vets
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009
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A group seeking to address the needs of homeless veterans will meet Friday, Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Frank Knox Training Center at Patuxent River Naval Air Station.
The group, Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education, and Networking Group — CHALENG — is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It joins the VA medical centers with other federal, state and local agencies and nonprofit organizations to assess the needs of homeless veterans, develop action plans to meet identified needs, and develop directories that contain local community resources to be used by homeless veterans. According to VA, more than 10,000 representatives from non-VA organizations have participated in Project CHALENG initiatives to raise awareness of the needs of homeless veterans to create new partnerships to fight it.
For more information, call Kevin Morton, health care for homeless veterans coordinator, Washington, D.C. VA Medical Center, 202-745-8000, ext. 6892.
The Frank Knox Training Center is outside of Gate 2 near the intersection of Great Mills Road and Route 235.
