Zion Keepers, Inc. is a non-profit that's committed to providing housing for veterans in the Marietta, Georgia, area. In addition to finding stable housing for veterans, we provide rapid shelters  in emergency situations as well as other necessary services like food, showers, utility assistance, and more.

While housing for veterans is how we got our start, Zion Keepers, Inc. believes it's important to provide a variety of resources for veterans to rejoin their community after defending our country. 

When they come home from duty, housing for veterans should be a given, but it's not. At Zion Keepers, Inc., we believe that housing for veterans is just the first step towards a strong future, and we're here to provide the help necessary to provide safety, self-confidence, and peace of mind. 

Join us as we make sure every veteran has a home!

You can volunteer with Zion Keepers or one of our events by reaching us through our contact page.

You can contact Zion Keepers by calling 678-388-0218 and 404-552-0096 for Cobb county residents and 470-458-8485 for Gwinnett county residents, or by e-mailing us at info@zionkeepers.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) says the nation’s homeless veterans are mostly males (4% are females). The vast majority are single, most come from poor disadvantaged communities, 45% suffer from mental illness, and half have substance abuse problems. America’s homeless veterans have served in World War II, Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War, Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Operation Iraqi Freedom or the military’s anti-drug cultivation efforts in South America. Forty-seven percent of homeless veterans served during the Vietnam Era. More than 67% served our country for at least three years and 33% were stationed in a war zone.

Although accurate numbers are impossible to come by (no one keeps national records on homeless veterans) the VA estimates that more the 200,000 veterans are homeless on any given night. More than 400,000 experience homelessness over the course of a year. Conservatively one out of every four individuals who is sleeping in a doorway, alley, or boxes in our cities and rural communities has put on a uniform to serve our country.

Veterans are homeless due to a complex set of factors such as severe shortages in affordable housing, poverty, high unemployment and mental and physical disabilities. A large number of displaced and at-risk veterans live with the lingering effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Substance abuse, compounded by a lack of family and social support networks. A top priority is secure, safe, and affordable housing that is free of drugs and alcohol, with a supportive environment. While most homeless people are single, unaffiliated men, most housing money in existing federal homeless programs are devoted to helping homeless families and homeless women with dependent children. According to “Is Homelessness a Housing Problem?” in “Understanding Homelessness: New Policy and Research Perspectives. by the Fannie Mae Foundation, 1997.

Veterans need a coordinated effort that provides secure housing and nutritional meals, essential physical health care, substance abuse aftercare, mental health counseling, and personal development and empowerment. Veterans also need job assessment, training and placement assistance. VAF strongly believes that all programs to assist homeless veterans must focus on helping veterans reach the point where they can obtain and sustain employment, plus permanent assisted housing.