A Way Home for Tulsa surpasses goal of housing 290 homeless veterans

Tulsa County Social Services Director Linda Johnston celebrates with Mack Haltom of the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless on Thursday after A Way Home for Tulsa announced it surpassed its goal of housing 290 homeless veterans last year. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

A collaboration of 23 area agencies working to house and provide support services to those in need surpassed its goal of housing 290 homeless veterans last year.

Working as A Way Home for Tulsa, the agencies spearheaded Zero:2016 Tulsa, part of a national effort to end veteran and chronic homelessness.

The collaboration was able to house 298 veterans and 78 chronically homeless.