Veterans Benefit From Housing Program Boost

State treasurer appears at Veterans Administration in Lyons to officially award $97K grant to upgrade transitional home for vets.

New Jersey's treasurer, Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff, traveled to the Hope for Veterans transition housing on Veterans Administration campus in Lyons on Wednesday to present a grant — but the trip also was an opportunity to tour a facility that has served more than 600 veterans since it opened. The Hope For Veterans program is designed as a temporary stay for veterans who need health, psychiatric or career services to move forward with their lives. But during 2013, more permanent housing for 63 veterans is scheduled to be built nearby on the Veterans Administration property in the Lyons section of Bernards Township. "It's a great program," said veteran Agifa Constable, who grew up in Old Bridge, and served in the Iraqi war. He said his case …

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