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DALLAS, N.C. – It's estimated that more than 7,000 American women veterans are living on the streets.

Many organizations are designed to help homeless vets, but few in the region are specifically geared towards women. A new facility in Dallas is hoping to change all that, by providing a temporary home while the women get back on their feet.

"We just finished it last night,” said Bruce Zander with the Lutheran Support Group of Gaston County. “We hung drapes last night."

Volunteers spent nearly 300 hours getting the place ready, and on Sunday they cut a ribbon to officially open the seven-bed Faith Farm.

"It's such a heartwarming thing to know we're able to help these ladies,” said Zander. “It's a shame we have veterans who put their lives on the line for our country yet they’re homeless."

Lutheran Family Services opened the transitional housing facility, and says it's the only one of its kind in the area.

"It's unique in the sense that the minute you walk through the door there's someone who cares for you, who can help you, that can just listen to you and in many respects already been through the same thing you have as a veteran," said John Burns with the Lutheran Family Services of the Carolinas

Founders hope the comfort from fellow vets will help the women transition back into the community faster, allowing them to hold a job and find permanent housing.

"It's a little bit different from the kind of programs we'd develop for men because their needs are so different," said Deborah Lee with Veterans Integrated Network.

Faith Farm is currently accepting applications. Founders expect to have veterans moving in within weeks.