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Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain
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A nonprofit in Atlanta that started in 2008 with a single two-bedroom house has expanded into a campus dedicated to both transitional and permanent housing for dozens of previously homeless veterans. (Nov. 11) - photo by AP video: Sharon Johnson
ATLANTA (AP) — Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a "match made in heaven.” Harold Tilson Jr. found himself homeless earlier this year but for the past few months has been living in transitional housing run by the nonprofit Veterans Empowerment Organization, or VEO. It provides emergency and permanent housing for dozens of previously homeless military veterans. “If you’re homeless and you need help, you couldn’t ask for a better place to go because they take care of just about everything,” Tilson said.