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Veterans services seeks to finish veterans‑home modernizations; director warns 988 cuts could harm veterans
Summary
Director Deborah Ashenhurst outlined the Department of Veterans Services’ biennial budget, updated the committee on a $183 million modernization project for two veterans homes (state and federal funds combined) and urged consideration of reductions to the 988 suicide‑prevention line item that she said could harm veterans.
Deborah (Debbie) Ashenhurst, director of the Ohio Department of Veterans Services (DVS), told the Government Oversight and Reform Committee that nearly 90% of the department’s budget supports operations of the Ohio Veterans Homes in Sandusky and Georgetown and provided an update on a federally‑supported modernization effort.
Ashenhurst said the state allocated $65 million in the prior biennium to modernize the two long‑term care facilities, which helped secure an approximately $118 million grant from the U.S.…
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