DENVER - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) has awarded West Second Street Associates a 10-year lease to build and house Valor Point, a 40-bed Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans (DCHV) site.
Valor Point, scheduled to open in May 2012, will be located at 7350 W. Eastman Place, Lakewood, Colorado. The site offers 3.64 acres of land in a park-like setting and includes a 26,000 square foot existing building which will be renovated to meet the needs of Valor Point.
Denver is one of five locations nationwide to receive VA funding for construction of a new DCHV as part of VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki's 5 year plan to eliminate homelessness among Veterans. Valor Point will identify homeless and at-risk Veterans who need residential treatment to overcome barriers to housing and provide them with transitional, recovery-focused treatment that increases their independent living skills so that they can obtain and maintain housing upon graduation.
Services for Veterans in the treatment program will include psychosocial rehabilitation, mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, vocational counseling, and medical care. Residents of Valor Point are likely to stay for four to six months in the domiciliary, after which, they will transition to independent housing.
West Second Street Associates, founded in 1993, is a Michigan based Limited Liability Company that specializes in real estate development and long-term management of high quality General Services Administration buildings throughout the United States.
