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Veterans services proposes temporary nursing pool and warns Build America, Buy America rules delay Boise rebuild funding
Summary
Idaho’s Division of Veteran Services told JFAC it plans a pilot temporary nursing pool to reduce expensive contract nursing and said $43.1 million in federal state‑home grant funding is pending due to Build America, Buy America waiver issues with the VA.
The Idaho Division of Veteran Services asked the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee to approve a personnel shift and one‑time items while describing a federal funding hold‑up for construction of state veterans homes.
Frances Lippett, Legislative Services Office analyst, summarized the division’s staffing and funding situation and the administrator followed with operational detail. Mark Shample, chief administrator for the Division of Veteran Services, described a proposed net transfer of $1.2 million from operating to personnel to establish a pool of 22 temporary benefited state employees who would fill shifts now covered by higher‑cost contract nurses.
Shample said the temporary pool is intended to reduce reliance on contract staffing and lower overall costs. “Because of the staffing challenges with the homes, the division has been…
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