COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A program that provides apartment deposits to help homeless veterans get into homes is expanding in Ohio.
Veterans Matter started in Toledo six years ago when Ken Leslie, a former homeless man, secured a donation to cover deposits for 35 homeless Toledo-area veterans.
The organization has now served 2,144 former military personnel in Toledo, Dayton and Cincinnati. The Columbus Dispatch reports a University of Toledo fundraiser this spring raised enough money to expand the service to the Cleveland and Columbus areas.
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The program provides homeless vets with a deposit and share of first-month’s rent if necessary while vets await rent vouchers through a U.S. Housing and Urban Development program.
About 40,000 U.S. veterans are homeless, with about 800 in Ohio.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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