PBS Wisconsin recently highlighted the role Lutheran Social Services (LSS) plays in helping homeless veterans through the Veterans Housing and Recovery Program (VHRP) at Klein Hall in Chippewa Falls.

Since opening in 2007, Klein Hall has helped roughly 1,000 veterans rebuild their lives through stable housing, job training, addiction recovery, and life skills support.

Randy Withrow, LSS Site Director at Klein Hall. Courtesy: PBS Wisconsin

Randy Withrow, Klein Hall’s site director for LSS, emphasized that homelessness is rarely just from lacking shelter. It stems from complex challenges like legal issues, mental health struggles, substance abuse, and financial instability.

Under LSS’s management, the program works to “shore up these areas” so veterans can successfully transition to independent living.

Funding shortfalls in the 2025-37 state budget mean Klein Hall and another LSS facility in Green Bay are scheduled to close at the end of September, leaving only the LSS facility in Union Grove site open statewide.
Withrow voiced concern that disrupting the program could push some veterans back into homelessness.

Read the full PBS Wisconsin article here.

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See more of Randy’s Interview here.