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Veterans services asks for nurse retention, annual CPI support and one‑time funds to open subacute therapy unit
Summary
Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Patricia Ross told the committee the agency needs roughly $1.5 million to avoid shrinking its war‑veterans nursing‑home bed capacity, requested $250,000 to support nurse retention across the campus, and sought $1 million one‑time funding to open a previously renovated subacute therapy (med‑psych) unit.
Patricia Ross, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Veterans Services, briefed the House appropriations subcommittee on the agency’s amended FY25 priorities for veterans homes, cemeteries and outreach programs.
Ross said the veterans homes face rising costs and staffing pressures. She reported turnover rates and overtime expenses that undermine capacity — for example, a cited 88.6% turnover rate for CNAs at the Milledgeville…
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