WE GO TO ACTION NEWS REPORTER
FELIX CORTEZ LIVE OUTSIDE THE
VETERANS TRANSITION CENTER
IN MARINA WITH A SNEAK PEEK.#
FELIX: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
MUCH-NEEDED HOUSING FOR HOMELESS
VETS, HOUSING THAT WILL HELP
VETERANS GET BACK ON THEIR FEET,
.
>> WE'LL PUT ALL NEW CABINETS
AND UPDATED ALL THE PLUMBING ALL
NEW FLOORING.
WE'LL DO SOME PAINTING IN HERE
.
YES, WE WILL GIVE THEM A GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE.
FELIX: WORK NOW UNDERWAY BY
PROPERTY RESTORATION SERVICES OF
MONTEREY TO PROVIDE SOME MUCH
NEEDED TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR
CENTRAL COAST HOMELESS VETS.
THE HOUSING WILL HELP VETERANS
LIKE DANA DAYUTIS WHO WAS A
HOMELESS ALCOHOLIC BEFORE HE
CALLED THE VETERANS TRANSITION
CENTER IN MARINA FOR HOUSING AND
HELP GETTING BACK ON HIS FEET,
.
>> EVERYONE IS THERE FOR YOU.
IT'S LIKE A BIG FAMILY AND
THEY'RE THERE TO HELP YOU :45
.
IT'S SAD TO SEE SOME OF MY
BROTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE ON
THE STREET STILL SLEEPING ON
SIDEWALKS, WHEREVER.
FELIX: THIS NEW HOUSING WILL
HOPEFULLY HELP FILL THE NEED, 16
NEW UNITS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE
TO HOMELESS VETERANS, WHO AR
WILLING TO HELP THEMSELVES.
>> I HEAR IT FROM VETERANS DAILY
IF NOT MORE OFTEN THAT THEY JUST
GET TIRED OF LOOKING THEMSELVES
IN THE MIRROR AND SAYING THIS IS
NOT WHO I THIS IS NOT HOW I WANT
AM.
TO BE.
THIS IS NOT WHY I DECIDED TO
SERVE MY COUNTRY.
I NEED A CHANGE.
I NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
FELIX: AND WHEN COMPLETED THIS
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING WILL GIVE
N SHELTER -- VETS SHELTER WHILE
THE VETERANS TRANSITION CENTER
WORKS WITH THEM TO FIND JOBS,
COUNSELING, SERVICES OR HELP
KICKING A BAD HABIT.
>> THEY KNOW WE CAN HELP THEM
NOT ONLY PROVIDE THEM THE
HOUSING BUT ALSO THE SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES, THE SOCIAL SERVICES
THE CASE WORKING.
WE CAN HELP GET THEM TO MEDICAL
FACILITIES FOR WHATEVER THEY
NEED TO HELP THEM GET BETTER
.
HELP THEM GET HEALTHIER.
FELIX: THE HOUSING MADE POSSIBLE
WITH A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BLOCK
GRANT FROM THE CITY OF MONTEREY,
THE FIRST HOMELESS VETS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO MOVE IN NEXT APRIL,
.
REPORTING FROM MARINA, I AM
FELIX CORTEZ.
ERIN: ALSO AT THE VETERANS
TRANSITION CENTER ENLISTED
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN SHOWED UP
TO HELP HOMELESS VETS.
THE MILITARY COMMUNITY AT FORT
HUNTER-LIGGETT IN SOUTH MONTEREY
COUNTY COLLECTED CANNED GOODS
AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS, AND
DONATED THEM TODAY TO THE FOOD
PANTRY AT THE VETERANS CENTER.
>> WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LO
OF VETERANS, HOMELESS VETERANS
THAT NEED OUR SUPPORT.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP
THEM AND REMEMBER THEIR SERVICE
AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR
NATION, WE CERTAINLY WILL DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT
THEM.
ERIN: THE FOOD PANTRY SERVES
ABOUT 50 HOMELESS VETS A WEEK,
.








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