Senator Reed joined members of the community and volunteers from the Home Depot Foundation’s Team Depot program to improve YWCA Rhode Island’s Gateway to Independence Transitional Housing Facility in Providence. The volunteers participated in a variety of hands-on projects such as painting and flooring the facility. Gateway to Independence is the largest transitional housing program in Rhode Island for veterans that is sponsored by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and helps provide transitional housing and services to homeless Veterans, such as case management, education, and counseling. As the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD), Senator Reed recently helped deliver nearly $6 million for Continuum of Care (CoC) grants for Rhode Island homeless assistance programs, as well as $60 million for HUD-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) to provide housing for 8,000 homeless veterans nationwide.
