Spalding County Veterans Center and the Collaborative’s veterans transitional housing

The Veterans Center. The county's records put it together across the year: the county manager's report of June 15, 2026 carried a "Veterans Center Grand Opening", with the ribbon cutting among Chairman Clay Davis's items in July; the August 3, 2026 comprehensive-plan packet carries a "Hanleiter Methodist/Veteran Housing and Assistance" project line and the "Discovering Soldiers Potential II (DSPII)/Waypoint Griffin Rules for Engagement with Hanleiter Veterans Transitional Shelter Program", which describes "a collaborative partnership offering a transitional housing program for veterans" whose "key stakeholder organizations are the Spalding County Collaborative" and its partners, the Hanleiter property at 115 East Solomon; and the board discussed the Spalding County Collaborative's Veterans Center housing contract on July 21 and August 3, 2026, where Collaborative executive director Regina Abbott told the board "the transitional program is not a long-term shelter", the designated area would be leased for service delivery, and the partners' work plan covers case management, benefits access and coordination of services for "a homeless veteran population with complex needs" - "nonprofits, employers, benefit providers, and the VA, work together". The lease. On October 19, 2026 the board approved, 5-0 (Commissioner Gwen Flowers-Taylor moving, Commissioner Ryan Bowlden seconding), the "Lease Agreement between Spalding County and Collaborative Authority for Veteran's Living Quarters" for 722 West Broad Street, Griffin, Georgia - its permitted use "only for its charitable public purposes, with a primary focus on transitional services for veterans and their family members". County manager Dr. Steve Ledbetter announced at the same meeting that Mr. Larry Wallace "had secured an additional $391,526.44 grant through the Georgia Housing Administration for the Spalding County Veterans Center project", to establish and operate the facility over the next two years. What the grant and the lease produce for a veteran on a given day is not yet published; call the Collaborative or the county's administrative offices, (770) 467-4280. The office. The county's Department of Veteran's Services sits in leased space: the board took up its lease on June 1, 2026 and approved the extension 5-0 on June 15, 2026 (County Attorney Stephanie Windham presenting). The state's own Veterans Field Service Office serving Spalding County is at 837 Memorial Drive, Griffin, GA 30223 - the Georgia veterans agency's directory lists the Griffin office for Butts, Fayette, Henry, Pike, Spalding and Talbot counties - which is the claims office the directory names for the county. Around it. The board adopted the Operation Green Light for Veterans proclamation for November 4-11, 2026 on its October 19, 2026 agenda, "affirming the County's participation in the national initiative honoring and supporting veterans and their families".