Fort Lyon 07242018

Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community consists of formerly homeless men and women who live rent-free in dormitory-style housing on the campus of a former Veterans Administration hospital near Las Animas, Colo., with all meals included. They have on-site access to addiction counseling, peer mentoring, basic preventative health care and prescription medications.

Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community
Jason Sweeney works in the computer lab at the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community outside Las Animas, Colo., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. A self-described “trash-can addict” who abused heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol, LSD and whatever else he could get his hands, Sweeney said he is working toward his Bachelor's degree in psychology so he “can get into a career that enables me to have my own housing. I feel like I’m in control of my own future." (Photo by Joe Mahoney for The Colorado Trust)
Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community
Jason Sweeney works in the computer lab at the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community outside Las Animas, Colo., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. A self-described “trash-can addict” who abused heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol, LSD and whatever else he could get his hands, Sweeney said he is working toward his Bachelor's degree in psychology so he “can get into a career that enables me to have my own housing. I feel like I’m in control of my own future." (Photo by Joe Mahoney for The Colorado Trust)
Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community
Jason Sweeney works in the computer lab at the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community outside Las Animas, Colo., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. A self-described “trash-can addict” who abused heroin, methamphetamine, alcohol, LSD and whatever else he could get his hands, Sweeney said he is working toward his Bachelor's degree in psychology so he “can get into a career that enables me to have my own housing. I feel like I’m in control of my own future." (Photo by Joe Mahoney for The Colorado Trust)
Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community
Sam Guymon, a resident at Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community, dries a set of books damaged by rain from a roof leak in the facility's library near Las Animas, Colo., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. “Fort Lyon is meant for people who need more than just rental assistance to get off the streets,” says Zac Schaffner of DOLA’s Office of Homeless Initiatives. (Photo by Joe Mahoney for The Colorado Trust)

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