Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio, joined by the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and Huntington Bank, officially opened the doors to its new .4 million Veterans Resource Center for homeless veterans with a ceremony and ribbon-cutting on Friday, June 22 at 11 am at 7938 Hamilton Avenue, Mt. Healthy. The state-of-the-art, 17500 square-foot, 54-bed facility provides a much-needed home and sanctuary to many of Cincinnati’s homeless veterans while connecting them to benefits and community and employment resources. Veteran residents of the facility enjoy single bedrooms, lounge areas, a computer lab, library and an outdoor garden as they search for permanent housing and employment. The facility adds to three similar veterans transitional housing programs and six other veterans specific programs run by Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio throughout the state.
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Read the full article here – bit.ly – Goodwill Industries of Arkansas announces that it will move its headquarters to the former Celestica Corp. building at 7400 Scott Hamilton Drive in Little Rock, a 576000-SF facility that will also house the nonprofit’s outlet store, an e-waste recycling program, job training services and other programs. Director Brian Itzkowitz says Goodwill will add 50 new jobs for the formerly incarcerated as a result of the new headquarters, which is named the Goodwill Resource Center. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola, and AEDC Executive Director Grant Tennille speak along with Itzkowitz on the impact this expansion will have on the state of Arkansas from an economic standpoint as well as lowering the recidivism for those employed by the Goodwill Resource Center.
