“It is a moral imperative to get the men and women who have served in the military into housing. The chronically homeless use the most resources in our community. If we get them housed, you will see less hospitalization, less incarcerations and a healthier community overall.”
– Mack Haltom, associate director at Tulsa’s Day Center for the Homeless, on Tulsa’s participation in Zero: 2016, an initiative aimed making homelessness rare, brief and non-reoccurring with a focus on veterans and the chronically homeless. Officials say Tulsa is on track to meet its goal of housing 290 veterans by the end of this year and 89 chronically homeless by the end of the next year (Source)