I just wanted to let you know what it is we are doing for our women heroes and for MI. https://www.facebook.com/
The
plan is to acquire & renovate a large 10 bedroom house for our
first transitional home to be known as OUR HOME TRANSITIONAL. It will be
a place where our female vets and their kids come to when they are
facing challenges & are in need of a place to call Home. The
women who need services are not limited to the Flint area. As long as
we have a room available we will take in any woman hero from anywhere in
the US who may be in need of our services.
While
here, they will be provided various types of assistance in efforts to
transition to civilian life and self- sufficiency. As home one is up and
running successfully, we will be acquiring several others on the
block/area to provide a haven for our family. Training and assistance
programs to be provided by the VA, VetBiz Central, LearnKey Veterans
Services, Workforce Development Vet’s Division, Land Bank, SVMAP and
Cars4vets will include: Job training/placement, mental and physical
health, educational training, vehicle, and home placement assistance, to
name a few.
According
to the MI Homeless Coalition, there are over 150 homeless or about to
be homeless female vets, some with children, from Saginaw on down to
Detroit, right now! The need is there!
We
have a Board of Directors (one of which is a 10 yr male Veteran who
wears many hats in the success and progress of OHT and a female vet with
7 yrs Military service!), a fantastic group of experienced volunteers,
many active and retired Military, VA reps, and an Advisory committee,
all working hard to see this program succeed. We are registered as a
nonprofit in the State of MI and we have filed for our 501c3 status via
our lawyer. We are supported by Kettering Entrepreneurial Society and
UofM Flints Innovation Incubator as well as many other local and
national orgs! http://www.
We
are currently working with Genesee Co Land Bank, HUD, LISC and Salem
Housing for a donated or low priced house for each veteran completing
our program! This should be acquired within the coming months. Land
Bank has committed to giving us some homes that are completely stripped
as long as we have the funding/ability to rehab and upkeep which is
where SV MAP comes in. They will need to be renovated to a huge degree
as most of these empty homes in Flint have been stripped completely. We
have DE Recycling and many Flint residents ready to volunteer! Also,
donations and grants along with other funding will help as well. http://www.
We have our DUN’s and CAGE #’s to apply for Govt grants and contracts and we have a professional doing our Business Plan! We
also view this as an opportunity to revitalize & beautify the local
area, as the ultimate goal is to have several houses within Genesee
County that our vets will transition to, some urban and others located
in a rural setting to give our transitioning women a city or country
choice. We will all work together and partner with other neighborhood
organizations to keep the areas clean, beautiful and safe, while
bringing in federal funds to MI as these heroes successfully transition
to civilian society and self-sufficiency. Our Admin Office opens Dec 8,
2012!
If
you could please join our page and share it as well as it takes a
village! If you would like to be listed on our site as a Supporter
and/or Resource please let me know! http://www.
We hope to gain your support via sponsorship/donations/
View local coverage of OHT here! http://www.
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