Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Governor Lincoln Chafee, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will be among the dignitaries who gather Monday morning for the dedication of Joyce House – an apartment building for homeless vets. Rhode Island has roughly 270 homeless veterans, but has designated beds for only about a third of them.
Joyce House is a six-unit apartment building on River Avenue in Providence – about a mile and a half from the Veterans Administration Medical Center. Soon it will be home to a dozen homeless vets. And not only will they have a roof over their heads in the form of freshly decorated apartments, they will get all the services they need.
Listen to Flo Jonic’s story here.