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Seniors Find New Home at Paloma Garden

Paloma Garden, a new 125-unit affordable housing complex for seniors age 62+ located in Colorado Springs, celebrates its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 4. The development is developed and owned by VOANS and will be managed by Volunteers of America Colorado.

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Gulf Coast Village Welcomes New Community Based Services Administrator

CAPE CORAL, Fla., Sept 5, 2024 – Gulf Coast Village, Cape Coral’s only Life Plan Community and Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) announces John Nicolette, PT, as their new Community Based Services Administrator. Nicolette, originally from Oneonta, New York, attended Ithaca College, where he received a B.S. in physical therapy. After practicing for several years, he became a full-time professor of physical therapy in Binghamton, New York. In 1994, Nicolette moved to Fort Myers, Florida, where he has been a resident working as a physical therapist in various settings in Fort Myers and Cape Coral, Florida. “I am impressed…

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Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky Celebrates Grand Opening of Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

July 8, 2024 – Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) is now open and serving eligible participants residing in northern Kentucky (including Boone, Campbell, Kenton, Gallatin, Carroll, Owen, Grant and Pendleton counties). Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky PACE will host a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on July 17 from noon to 3:30 p.m., with ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:15 p.m. Senior CommUnity Care of Northern Kentucky is a partnership of Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) PACE Holding Company, a recognized PACE operator, and St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Additional community…

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Lee Goldstein Honored with Housing Achievement Emerging Leader Award at the 33rd Annual HAND Honors Held at the Kennedy Center on June 13

The Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) recently awarded the 2024 Housing Achievement Emerging Leader Award to Lee Goldstein, director of strategic initiatives for Volunteers of America National Services. VOANS is Volunteers of America’s national affordable housing and healthcare subsidiary. This recognition celebrates an individual under the age of 40 who has an exemplary dedication to, and notable achievements in, the mission of preserving or developing affordable housing in their respective field. Goldstein accepted the award on June 13 at the 33rd Annual HAND Honors ceremony at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. “This award is a tremendous honor, but…

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VOANS Names Larenda Love-Butler as New Board and Committee Relations Manager

June 3, 2024 – Volunteers of America National Services announced that Larenda Love-Butler has been promoted to Board and Committee Relations Manager, effective May 28, 2024. Love-Butler currently serves as VOANS’ senior project manager responsible for managing and implementing strategic initiatives in housing and leading the department’s efforts to improve business performance. As Board and Committee Relations Manager, Love-Butler will serve as liaison for the members of VOANS committees and board of directors; will build relationships with board and committee members; and manage internal processes that directly impact board and committee operations. “Larenda has more than 16 years of organizational…

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VOANS Senior Vice President of Housing Dee Dee Beaty

VOANS Names Dee Dee Beaty as New Senior Vice President of Housing

May 29, 2024 — Volunteers of America National Services, an affordable housing developer and senior healthcare provider with operations nationwide, welcomes Dejernette (Dee Dee) Beaty as senior vice president of housing beginning June 24. Beaty joins VOANS after serving as the chief real estate officer of the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) for the last 14 months. In that role, her responsibilities were to direct the overall administration and management of the Real Estate Group’s activities which included real estate planning and development; construction management; real estate underwriting; and asset and property management. In total, Beaty spent 14 years at AHA…

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