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The United States Department of Veterans Affairs lists
California as one of two states in “Great Need” for additional Veterans Homes.
The State’s voters, Legislature, and Governors all recognized this critical need
and responded. Enabling legislation (the Veterans Home Bond Act of 2000, AB 2559
[Wesson] of 2002, and AB 1077 [Wesson] of 2004) has made funds available to
develop and construct new Veterans Homes in Lancaster, Ventura, West Los
Angeles, Fresno, and Redding. These funds are the matching requirement to
receive a grant from the USDVA State Home Grant Program which provides the
majority of the project costs.
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both population and healthcare hubs of their
underserved regions. The USDVA State Homes
Grant Program has accepted grant
applications for both Homes. The Legislature
made sufficient funds available in 2004, but
required that the funding for the Los
Angeles area projects be assured before
development of these projects can fully
begin. |
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