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04-03-09, 06:46 AM #1
Qualifying vets to receive $250 from VA
Qualifying vets to receive $250 from VA
By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Apr 3, 2009 5:32:24 EDT
WASHINGTON — The Veterans Affairs Department said Thursday it will issue a one-time payment of $250 to qualifying veterans as part of its stimulus spending.
Altogether, the VA said it will spend more than $1.4 billion in stimulus money as part of President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan.
Some of the money will go to hire and train 1,500 temporary claims processors to help reduce a six-month backlog in disability claims, but a large amount will go to upgrade veterans hospitals and cemeteries across the country.
The $250 payments will be issued as early as June. To be eligible, a veteran must have received a qualifying compensation between November and January. It is estimated that $700 million will be spent on the payments.
The approximate $1 billion in construction projects range from $550,000 to relocate a sleep lab in Northport, N.Y., to $1.1 million to replace roads and gutters in a facility in Battle Creek, Mich.
About $50 million will go to improve veterans cemeteries, with projects ranging from about $9,000 for a lawn tractor for Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Pennsylvania to $28,500 for a casket carrier in Black Hills, S.D.
http://www.va.gov/recovery/
Ellie
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04-08-09, 01:03 PM #2
What constitutes a "qualifying compensation"?
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