ALLENTOWN — An Allentown nonprofit is converting a vacant 90-year-old church school into a residential "veterans sanctuary" to specialize in treating post-traumatic stress disorder.

New Treatment Trends will create a short-term therapeutic home for 60 veterans, with room for counseling, training and group therapy.

Executive director Robert Csandl says veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder often turn to drugs or alcohol.

Allentown City Council President Michael D'Amore says it will provide needed services for veterans returning from war.