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County officials report progress on VA nursing-home grant after Washington visits
Summary
Collier County delegation said federal meetings in Washington strengthened the county’s position for a Department of Veterans Affairs construction grant for a new veterans nursing home, and county officials reported they are ranked in the priority pool for new facility construction.
County officials and commissioners reported May 13 that a recent delegation to Washington, D.C., yielded positive signals for a Collier County veterans nursing home construction grant from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
John Mullins, the county’s director of communications, government and public affairs, told the commission the VA is currently operating under a continuing resolution that left the construction grant program with roughly $160 million in available funds this fiscal year. "We're looking for $74,000,000 out of that pot," Mullins said, and he described…
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