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Outreach Center For Veterans In Sioux Falls To Close

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A center that offers hot meals and other services to homeless and formerly homeless veterans in Sioux Falls will close in August.

The Argus Leader ( ) reports the Veteran’s Outreach Center will cease operations because of funding problems.

The center allows veterans to do laundry, has showers and provides group therapy for 18 to 20 veterans a day.

Volunteers of America of the Dakotas had a contract to run the facility for $180,000 a year for up to four years. But the VA Medical Center of Sioux Falls has decided against renewing the contract for a fourth year.

VA spokeswoman Shirley Redmond says the system has “to be fiscally responsible” because of dwindling funding and mounting bills for the care of veterans.

Redmond says case managers will work with veterans who visit the center to connect them with other resources.

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Information from: Argus Leader,

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