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MACV has two different types of housing; Permanent Supportive and Transitional.

Permanent Supportive Housing

Long term housing options providing onsite services to meet the unique needs of Veterans requiring long term support

-Paul and Dorothy Radichel Veteran Town Homes (Mankato)

-Duluth Veterans Place (Duluth)

-Linden Grove (St. Cloud)

Transitional Housing

Transitional programs are designed to assist Veterans to rapidly move into housing of their own. Through this support, Veterans gain the time and confidence to focus on work, school, and housing to allow for successful transition into independent housing.

Housing Program Overview

Serving male and female Veterans and Veteran families
Employment Assistance
Legal Services
Assistance to obtain and sustain permanent housing
Connection to healthcare, recovery/social supports, & VA Benefits

Our Case Managers work with each Veteran to create and follow a plan to address their unique needs

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NORTH METRO SOUTH

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Building 47

A 13 bed residential facility run by MACV Metro that provides safe, clean and structured
housing for homeless single male veterans in the Twin Cities Metro Area

Permanent Supportive Housing (Radichel Townhomes)

In 2006, 11 units of permanent supportive housing were opened in Mankato. The Permanent Supportive Housing program provides long-term community-based housing and supportive services for homeless veterans with disabilities. The intent of this program is to enable support disabled veterans to live as independently as possible in a permanent setting. Supportive services may be provided by the agency managing the housing or another public or private service agency.

MACV Duluth and Duluth Veterans’ Place

Our Duluth office has moved into its new location as of December 2010. The renovation project, which was a partnership between MACV and the Northern Communities Land Trust (NCLT), was completed in March 2011. Duluth Veterans’ Place has eleven permanent housing units, four transitional housing units, and one transitional handicap accessible unit. Supportive services for veterans will be provided onsite and MACV Duluth’s administrative offices will be housed in one of the buildings. All of MACV Duluth’s services will now be available in one convenient location.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE:

Once a case file has been opened, income verified and eligibility determined, payments are made directly to the service provider (i.e. utility company, landlord, mortgage company) on the client’s behalf. Generally, emergency assistance is provided on behalf of clients on a one-time basis in which the payment is considered to resolve the current crisis. All services are confidential, and release of information for any purpose requires formal written consent by the client.

As detailed elsewhere, this is a coronavirus isolation project. It is a 8' by 3'10' catamaran style dinghy where the rower and passengers sit on a middle bridge seat with their feet in the 'wells' provided by the catamaran hulls.

Mark demonstrating the Lil Nip's capabilities

The designer is Mark Gumprecht, the dinghy is the Li'l Nip and the plans are available from Duckworks.
I didn't take photos of the ply and marking out. But once the marking cutting and trimming was done we end up with shaped panels looking much like these.

Frames and panels (one pair of two) for the Cat Dink

Next it was a commandeering and re purposing of some packing case material used for rough shelving, into a strongback for the moulds. A centreline was drawn and the frame spacing marked and cleats fixed (for the frames to mount on).

The strongback with frames 1,2 and 3 - the extra frames resting in front are the mistakes :-(

The plans provide the spacing's for the frames from the bow, with all frames bar Number 2 staying with the hull as part of the structure (forming water tight cells). Frame 2 is removed after the hull is glued to be reused for the second hull.
That done the side panels for one hull were 'stitched'with zip ties at the bow and assembled around the frames/moulds, and glued with epoxy resin.

A certain amount of mucking about was involved in this and initially I made this much too hard for myself..but with the addition of some suitably insulated (packing tape) cross pieces (upper cleats?) the hull panels were positioned, aligned and glued to the frames. (but Not 2!!!)

The above camera angle makes it look like the bow isn't quite true - the trick is to fix the parts into the correct position before gluing! (which I did - whew!).
The next step was to mark out the hull bottom. And yes the panel has been flipped just before taking it outside for cutting (near the line).
The sharp eyed will notice a spare pair of No1 frames in the background. I decided some access ports into the bow floatation chambers would be useful. I carefully positioned them in the centre of the finished frame height ..but forgot the seat cut-aways - this little error was a nuisance - not because of the extra work but because I had selected the best of an ordinary bunch of ply panels ..and they had been really nice. Also this compromised other ply choices as we shall see later. another lesson learned.
I had made an error with the transom height which meant I had to stitch it on after the bow and frames 1 and 3 had set up. As the frames and hulls were cut and shaped as a set this error had to be catered for in both hulls - it really wasn't a problem. As long as I ended up with a pair of hulls all was well and so it has proved to be.
The pictures below show the frames for Hull 1 yet to be trimmed in the left and tidied up on the right.
On the right the transom for Hull 2 is stitched and glued with the bottom for Hull 2 rough cut and waiting its turn to be glued.
With autumn temperatures I employed a heater and had to wait 24hrs between steps. This isn't that hard to deal with as I could keep working on the other hull.

My practice has been to glue the rough cut panels down and then plane and sand down to 'fit'. This makes for a more professional look (professional in this case is open to interpretation). Maybe 'better' is the right word :-)

The plans recommend glassing the bottom and running the glass 2 inches up the sides (down in this case). Before I did this I thought I would 'dress' the bows with a strip of solid wood for protection, sealing and appearance. This worked out quite nicely I thought - as with many aspects of the build it is builders choice ( or in some cases for me - recovery from error ).

Around this time I reminded myself of the value of tape and plastic sheeting to prevent unsightly epoxy runs , reduce cleanup and sanding work. It is an extra few minutes work which pays the effort back 'in spades'. I realise its been some time since my last stitch and glue project and I have forgotten some basic tricks. This is a slap up project - but a bit of discipline and pace is worthwhile.
I didn't take a photo of the hull cutaways. These are cut from the two hulls to allow the fitting of the bridge 'beams'which along with the seat will join the two hulls. The plans remind the buil

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