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Veterans Services seeks $1M to secure Augusta veterans cemetery; nursing‑home bed fill rate prompts recoupment
Summary
Department of Veterans Services told the Senate subcommittee the House is recommending $1,000,000 to start design work on an Augusta veterans cemetery (with an anticipated ~ $10M VA grant), and the department described recouping $360,000 because newly funded nursing‑home beds were not yet filled.
Department of Veterans Services officials updated the Senate subcommittee on multiple House budget changes and program status items affecting veterans across the state.
The department asked the Senate to support a House recommendation of $1,000,000 to cover design and architectural work for a proposed Augusta veterans cemetery. Officials said the state expects to receive a roughly $10,000,000 grant from the U.S. Department of…
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