SARPY COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT) – The nonprofit groups 50 Mile March and Moving Veterans Forward are working together on Operation Home Base.
It’s a project to build a village for homeless veterans in southern Sarpy County.
“We’re going to help them get the things that used to make them feel whole,” 50 Mile March co-founder Jay Miralles said.
Ten-year Air Force veteran Jay Miralles said the community would include more than 20 tiny homes for veterans, similar to the Siena Francis House cottages in Omaha.
Miralles said veterans would live on-site for 18 months.
Giving them a place to live is only part of the equation, though. They also want to empower them.
So in addition to a community building and gardens, there would also be a warehouse for Moving Veterans Forward to operate out of, and onsite job opportunities for residents to learn basic job skills and remote work.
“Giving them the resources, giving them the skills,” Miralles said. “Actually having …