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06-07-04, 11:39 AM
VA Awards Grants to California Veterans Home
WASHINGTON (June 4, 2004) - Three grants totaling nearly $11 million from
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will enable the Yountville (Calif.)
Veterans Home to make major renovations.
"These grants reflect the federal-state partnership that is honoring our
commitment to care for the men and women who have served in uniform," said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi. "This partnership
provides a comfortable home for veterans in a time of great personal need."
The grants will pay for up to 65 percent of the cost to renovate the
electrical system and the water storage and transmission systems, and to
convert a building annex into a unit where veterans with dementia will
receive care.
For the new care unit, a VA grant for construction and equipment offers $8.8
million of the total cost of $15.2 million. VA awarded approximately
$888,000 to renovate the water system, a project with a total expected cost
of $1.7 million. And VA will contribute $1.3 million toward the estimated
$2 million cost of the electrical renovation.
About 1,200 veterans live at Yountville's Veterans Home of California in
Napa Valley. The home was founded in 1884 to serve veterans of the Civil
War and now serves disabled and elderly veterans of all wars with assisted
living facilities and three levels of inpatient health care.
The VA State Home Program is a partnership between the federal government
and the states to acquire, construct or renovate nursing homes,
domiciliaries and adult day health care facilities for veterans.
State veterans homes are owned and operated by the states, but VA can
provide up to 65 percent of the cost of approved projects. Once
construction is complete and inspections are satisfactory, the facilities
then qualify for per diem payments from VA.
WASHINGTON (June 4, 2004) - Three grants totaling nearly $11 million from
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will enable the Yountville (Calif.)
Veterans Home to make major renovations.
"These grants reflect the federal-state partnership that is honoring our
commitment to care for the men and women who have served in uniform," said
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi. "This partnership
provides a comfortable home for veterans in a time of great personal need."
The grants will pay for up to 65 percent of the cost to renovate the
electrical system and the water storage and transmission systems, and to
convert a building annex into a unit where veterans with dementia will
receive care.
For the new care unit, a VA grant for construction and equipment offers $8.8
million of the total cost of $15.2 million. VA awarded approximately
$888,000 to renovate the water system, a project with a total expected cost
of $1.7 million. And VA will contribute $1.3 million toward the estimated
$2 million cost of the electrical renovation.
About 1,200 veterans live at Yountville's Veterans Home of California in
Napa Valley. The home was founded in 1884 to serve veterans of the Civil
War and now serves disabled and elderly veterans of all wars with assisted
living facilities and three levels of inpatient health care.
The VA State Home Program is a partnership between the federal government
and the states to acquire, construct or renovate nursing homes,
domiciliaries and adult day health care facilities for veterans.
State veterans homes are owned and operated by the states, but VA can
provide up to 65 percent of the cost of approved projects. Once
construction is complete and inspections are satisfactory, the facilities
then qualify for per diem payments from VA.