{"id":38232,"date":"2025-05-22T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/?p=38232"},"modified":"2025-05-22T20:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:28:36","slug":"foreverly-house-is-first-in-region-designed-to-assist-veteran-mothers-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2025\/05\/foreverly-house-is-first-in-region-designed-to-assist-veteran-mothers-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreverly House Is First In Region Designed To Assist Veteran Mothers With Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38234\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/109\/2025\/05\/newsky-65x65.png 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foreverly House provides shelter and support services for female veterans with children while they transition from military to civilian life.<br \/>Courtesy of Veterans &amp; Community Housing Coalition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Rod Bacon<\/p>\n<p>An idea floated at a breakfast meeting at Shirley\u2019s Diner in Saratoga Springs six years ago has finally come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Three local residents &#8212; Cheryl Hage-Perez, Ray O\u2019Conor and Tiffany LeAndrea &#8212; were planning the annual Veterans\u2019 Ball, a fund raiser for the Ballston Spa-based Veterans &amp; Community Housing Coalition.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the conversation turned to the unmet needs of veterans. LeAndrea, an Air Force veteran with two children, mentioned the fact that there wasn\u2019t a facility where veteran women in similar situations could find housing and support services while they are making the often difficult transition from the military to civilian life.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater that night Ray called me and said \u2018We need to do something for veterans in this situation\u2019,\u201d Hage-Perez said. \u201cThat\u2019s how Foreverly House started to take shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for the name came from a song entitled \u201cForeverly\u201d penned in 2017 by local singer\/songwriter Jeff Brisbin.<\/p>\n<p>Foreverly House is comprised of two separate living spaces, each with its own entrance and each featuring four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, dining area, pantry, and laundry room, ensuring privacy and comfort for the families. It will welcome its first residents June 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond housing, Foreverly House provides on-site counseling and facilitates access to essential services, empowering veteran mothers to rebuild their lives while keeping their families intact,\u201d said Hage-Perez, executive board liaison for the Veterans &amp; Community Housing Coalition.<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s2\"><!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/b>It cost approximately $800,000 to build and was paid for by grass-roots fund raising efforts and community support from Stewart\u2019s Shops, Business For Good, and the South Glens Falls High School Marathon Dance, among many others. The Veterans\u2019 Ball, now in its 10th year, raises approximately $80,000 from each event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Local businesses also stepped up and provided an array of in-kind services and supplies. These included design\/architecture by Dan Sanders and John Muse, surveying by Bill Thompson, project management by Trinity Construction, counter tops from Granite &amp; Marble Works, and appliances from MJG Appliances, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese communities and business people we work with are so generous to our veterans,\u201d said Hage-Perez. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing and very much appreciated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coalition has approval to build four more units and they have secured funding for two. The new units will be adjacent to Foreverly House.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the women and their children could stay in coalition housing permanently, experience indicates that they will not. Hage-Perez said they want to be independent and have their own home and a stable environment for their children.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To help them achieve their personal goals each woman is assigned a case manager who helps them find a path forward. Case managers assist them in getting a job, returning to school, applying for disability, and resolving any medical issues they or their children may have. They also act as a liaison between the mothers and the schools to ensure the children have a stable educational environment. The coalition has linkage agreements with the Veterans Administration, legal aid, Wellspring, and Saratoga Hospital to provide the necessary services.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While all of the coalition\u2019s facilities are in Saratoga County, it administrates a variety of veterans\u2019 programs in Warren, Washington, Fulton, Montgomery, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties. While Foreverly House is the only facility in the region specifically designed to assist single veteran mothers and their children, the coalition board of directors is discussing the possibility of building one in Warren County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe board is very much in favor of more development and we will be looking outside of Saratoga County,\u201d said Hage-Perez.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information about the services offered by the Veterans &amp; Community Housing Coalition go to vchcny.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rod Bacon An idea floated at a breakfast meeting at Shirley\u2019s Diner in Saratoga Springs six years ago has finally come to fruition. Three local residents &#8212; Cheryl Hage-Perez, Ray O\u2019Conor and Tiffany LeAndrea &#8212; were planning the annual Veterans\u2019 Ball, a fund raiser for the Ballston Spa-based Veterans &amp; Community Housing Coalition.\u00a0 Eventually, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":38234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-community-services"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Foreverly House Is First In Region Designed To Assist Veteran Mothers With Children - Glens Falls Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.glensfalls.com\/glensfallsbusinessjournal\/2025\/05\/foreverly-house-is-first-in-region-designed-to-assist-veteran-mothers-with-children\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foreverly House Is First In Region Designed To Assist Veteran Mothers With Children - Glens Falls Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Rod Bacon An idea floated at a breakfast meeting at Shirley\u2019s Diner in Saratoga Springs six years ago has finally come to fruition. 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