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Columbia Basin Veterans Center outlines services, housing plans and regionwide outreach in Pasco presentation
Summary
Executive Director Christopher Dare described veterans therapeutic court, housing support and outreach programs and requested city collaboration. Staff and council discussed grant coordination and noncash ways the city can assist; a public commenter with VA nursing experience urged local support.
Christopher Dare, executive director of the Columbia Basin Veterans Center, told the council the nonprofit provides court-based mentorship, housing assistance, resource navigation and community events aimed at preventing veteran homelessness and suicide.
Dare said the center operates regionally and currently runs recovery- and housing-focused homes in Kennewick and Richland. "We serve the whole region," he said, adding the organization does not take funds directly…
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