UPDATE TO SLEEPLESS IN PUEBLO

Member Randy sends us this update on his vigorous pursuit of homeless Vet knowledge in Pueblo from last week. To be honest, I was taken aback that there might be 120 Vets sleeping without a roof over their heads there. This is Pueblo. Gee, let’s interpolate these results with LA or San Diego. Spooky, huh?

Here’s the sanitized email interchange:

This is what I have found out so far.

1)I received your email response to my questions but never heard back from the management of the program. May I please request information once again? Thank you

From: Ada Clark <adaclark@pueblo.us>
To: “Anne (anne@posadapueblo.org)” <anne@posadapueblo.org>
Cc: “randy
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:19 AM
Subject: FW: Housing for homeless Vets

Anne,

Please see below.

Ada Rivera Clark

Director

City of Pueblo

Dept. of Housing and Citizen Services

2631 E. 4 St.

Pueblo, CO. 81001

719-553-2845

adaclark@pueblo.us

From: Anne Stattelman <stattelman@yahoo.com>
To: Ada Clark <adaclark@pueblo.us>; “Anne (anne@posadapueblo.org)” <anne@posadapueblo.org>
Cc: “randy_
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: Housing for homeless Vets

Randy,

Pueblo doesn’t have an exact count of homeless veterans. In looking at our current HMIS numbers–we have 60 veterans in our program today. There are more that are out on the river and in camps. A good estimate might be 120. Pueblo has 116 vouchers through VASH and those vouchers really are meeting the need for those Veterans who want housing. Another 16 units for Veterans are being rehabbed. You can find more information about the homeless in Pueblo on our website. I hope this answers your questions from Posada’s realm. Posada won’t take ownership of the units on Hudson until this fall.

Anne

Anne Stattelman

Director

Posada

225 Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado 81004

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http://posadapueblo.org/

From: randy nesbitt <randy

To: Anne Stattelman <stattelman@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Housing for homeless Vets

I appreciate the information. I would hope that the Veteran population being homeless decides to take advantage of the housing being made available. Are thesse units dormitory or single units? Thank you for helping oout our homeless Vets.

From: Anne Stattelman <stattelman@yahoo.com>
To: randy nesbitt <randy

Cc: Kim Bowman <kimbowman315@yahoo.com>; Ada Clark <adaclark@pueblo.us>
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: Housing for homeless Vets

Randy–these units are all single units. Thank you, anne

And there you have it pilgrims. I need to refine my search on Posada in Vermont. Ignore any other posts to this effect.

1 Response to UPDATE TO SLEEPLESS IN PUEBLO

Kiedove says:

July 1, 2012 at 20:07

–The VT connection is very interesting.
–“…out in the river and in camps…” “…Veterans who want housing…”
These are puzzling quotes. What’s the rest of the story? Keep digging Randy!