By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Camillus House
will unveil a new housing program to provide emergency, transitional and
permanent housing for up to 100 veterans once fully operational in the Summer,
2017. The Somerville
Veterans Residence, named after the late Brother Harry Somerville, is a
former permanent housing facility that is currently being retrofitted to serve
as a therapeutic community with wraparound services. Key services will include mental health and substance
abuse treatment, vocational and employment assistance, health and wellness
activities, and even a dog kennel. The center will
include a 40-bed emergency shelter, which has already been completed;
transitional treatment housing for up to 25 male or female veterans; and
Permanent supported housing for up to 35 single male or female veterans.