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	Veterans, military personnel information, veterans benefits, veterans health, veteran families and veterans issues
		A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who is experienced in a particular area, and is particularly used to refer to people in the armed forces.
		A veteran is one who has served in the armed forces and has an honorable discharge; a common misconception is that one has either been in combat and/or is retired from active duty to be called a veteran.
		A group of veterans that is suing for control of the Seventh Regiment Armory building on the Upper East Side are counting on a federal judge being more sympathetic to their claims than state judges, who have already decided against...
	www.veteransiworld.com (582 words)

	DVAHOME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Each Home is certified by, and works closely with, its U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center of jurisdiction and the local healthcare community to assure that each residents' care meets applicable standards as well as individual expectations.
		Veterans must have either entered service from Illinois, or had been a resident of Illinois for one year preceding application, for admittance into a Veterans Home.
		Veterans whose applications are accepted, but who cannot be immediately admitted to the facility, are placed on the facility waiting list and are prioritized on a "first come-first served" basis.
	www.state.il.us /agency/dva/homes.htm (1171 words)

	Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs King Veterans Home Page
		The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King (Waupaca County) is the state's largest nursing care facility, but it still retains the friendliness and convenience of a small, close-knit community.
		Veterans who meet criteria for military service and state residency may be admitted if they apply income and resources to the cost of their care as required by Medicaid.
		Bill Crowley was appointed as the eighteenth Commandant of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King in June of 2003 by then-Secretary Raymond G. Boland, and was re-appointed by Secretary John A. Scocos after he became Secretary in October of 2003.
	dva.state.wi.us /Homes_king.asp (533 words)

	CTVA: History of Connecticut Veterans’ Home
		The Home itself was expanded to include a fine brick building intended to serve as a library for over 5,000 books and as an art gallery for the edification of tough, battle-hardened veterans of Shiloh and Gettysburg.
		In the years to follow, the Fitch Home housed soldiers, sailors, and marines from the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, Mexican War and later World War I. Photographs taken of the Fitch Home at the turn of the century show fl veterans residing at the Home long before the military services were themselves integrated.
		The Home steadily grew from 197 resident soldiers in 1889 to 500 soldiers in 1905 and 547 veterans in 1910.
	www.ct.gov /ctva/cwp/view.asp?a=2005&q=290842 (1593 words)

	Women Veterans Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Provide women veteran consumers the opportunity to share their concerns and issues with VA managers through town hall meetings, community forums and gatherings, and regional/national summits.
		Continue to outreach to the women veterans' community with increased emphasis on outreach to the elderly, minority and those living in rural areas.
		The Center for Women Veterans is committed to ensuring that services and benefits responsive to the needs of women veterans are maintained and, when necessary, enhanced.
	www.va.gov /womenvet (434 words)

	Division of Veterans - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is our mission to provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining veteran benefits through the state and federal programs and to act as an advocate on their behalf or direct them to other authorized agencies or providers as their needs dictate.
		Nursing Homes - Veterans or their spouses may be eligible for Pension with Aid and Attendance, or at the Housebound rate, upon entering a nursing home, in need of the regular aid and attendance of another person, or who is permanently housebound.
		The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King, near Waupaca, is a nursing home/retirement community where aging or disabled Wisconsin veterans and their spouses can spend their retirement years in comfort, security, and dignity.
	www.co.kenosha.wi.us /DHS/Divisions/Veterans (1478 words)

	veterans affairs home mortgage loan texas.
		Even though many veterans have already used their loan benefits, it may be possible for them to buy homes again with veterans financing using remaining or restored loan entitlement.
		The income of the veteran and spouse, if any, must be shown to be stable and sufficient to meet the mortgage payments, cover the costs of owning a home, take care of other obligations and expenses, and have enough left over for family support.
		Veterans who are using entitlement for a second or subsequent time who do not make a down-payment of at least 5 percent are charged a funding fee of 3 percent.
	www.gdgmortgage.com /veterans.htm (1950 words)

	New Jersey Veterans Affairs
		The facilities are open to veterans of all wars who served on active duty and were honorably discharged, qualified National Guard/Reserve Retirees, the veteran's spouse, and to spouses and parents of members of the military who were killed in action during a period of war (Gold Star Parent).
		The homes are visited regularly by various veterans and civic organizations and individual volunteers who provide the residents with companionship, gifts, parties, bus trips, entertainment, games and other recreational activities.
		The home is adjacent to Roosevelt Hospital, and is easily accessible from Routes 1 and 287, the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike.
	www.state.nj.us /military/veterans/health.html (764 words)

	DMVA - About the D. J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1885, the Veterans Facility of Michigan was established by the State of Michigan to provide residential and later health care programs for veterans who were unable to care for themselves.
		The primary mission of the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans is to restore health and maintain existing functions, enabling residents the opportunity to enjoy their remaining years to the fullest.
		Keeping pace with the disabled population's changing needs, the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans is a modern nursing home that serves and encourages its veterans to function at their maximum level.
	www.michigan.gov /dmva/0,1607,7-126-2362_2763-10873--,00.html (715 words)

	Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs Oregon Veterans' Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Opened in the fall of 1997, the Oregon Veterans´ Home is a 151-bed long-term care facility that provides skilled nursing, Alzheimers and other dementia, and inpatient and outpatient rehabilitative care to veterans, spouses of veterans, and parents all of whose children died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
		The Oregon Veterans´ Home is located in the historic Columbia Gorge community of The Dalles, 2 miles southeast of the point where Interstate 84 meets U.S. Highway 197 (exit 87).
		The Oregon Laws relating to the Oregon Veterans´ Home are contained in Oregon Revised Statutes, chapter 408.
	www.odva.state.or.us /ODVA/oregon_veterans_home.shtml (634 words)

	RG 259.000 - Illinois Veterans' Home
		For each veteran admitted to the home entries include name; register number; town and county of residence; amount of pension; company and regiment; and dated notes on admission, readmission, furlough, discharge, and death.
		Information recorded at the time of veteran's first admission to the home includes veteran's name, register number, age, nationality, marital status, town and county of residence, occupation, rank, company, and regiment; amount of pension; type of disability; whether literate; number of months of service and war in which veteran served; and date of first admission.
		Record of readmissions to the veterans' home gives each veteran's name, register number, age, nationality, marital status, town and county of residence, occupation, rank, company, and regiment; date of first admission; amount of pension; type of disability; whether literate; number of months served in the military; and date of readmission.
	www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/di/259__002.htm (891 words)

	Rhode Island Veterans Home
		The Veterans Home consists of 260 nursing care beds in three skilled and semiskilled units and two ambulatory care units and two ambulatory care units with an additional 79 beds.
		The Home has a very active "Family Council" which is made up of many family members, who meet on the last Friday of every month to discuss common issues and concerns that affect the residents of the Home.
		Eligibility for Rhode Island Veterans Home Services is open to war service veterans who have honorable discharges and, have resided in the state at least two years prior to the date of application or who were inducted into military services while a resident of the State of Rhode Island.
	www.dhs.state.ri.us /dhs/dvethom.htm (528 words)

	Veterans Home Accessibilty Grants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Veterans that have specific service-connected disabilities may be entitled to a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purpose of constructing an adapted dwelling or modifying an existing dwelling to meet the veteran's needs.
		Grant for veterans who are entitled to adaptations because of blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less, or because of the loss of both hands.
		Veterans who have a service-connected disability due to military service entitling them to compensation for permanent and total disability due to: Blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less or the anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands.
	www.housingall.com /Home/VA.htm (493 words)

	Veterans For Peace :: Home
		Veterans For Peace recognizes August 30 as the Day of the Disappeared, or as it was originally known as, Dia Internacional del Desaparecido.
		After the Press Conference, Cindy and supporters will walk out of Crawford, one of the vacation homes of President Bush, where with VFP help and assistance two years ago she started her World renown peace movement, seeking an answer as to what noble cause her son, Casey, died for in Iraq.
		Three members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) were arrested yesterday and charged with criminal trespassing when they attempted to gain access to the base to meet with active duty soldiers there.
	www.veteransforpeace.org (1300 words)

	Rhode Island Veterans Home
		The Veterans Home consists of 260 nursing care beds in three skilled and semiskilled units and two ambulatory care units and two ambulatory care units with an additional 79 beds.
		The Home has a very active "Family Council" which is made up of many family members, who meet on the last Friday of every month to discuss common issues and concerns that affect the residents of the Home.
		Eligibility for Rhode Island Veterans Home Services is open to war service veterans who have honorable discharges and, have resided in the state at least two years prior to the date of application or who were inducted into military services while a resident of the State of Rhode Island.
	www.dhs.ri.gov /dhs/dvethom.htm (528 words)

	About Veterans Home Care
		The Veterans' Home Care (VHC) program provides a wide range of low level home care services designed to enable veterans and war widows/widowers to maintain their health and well being and remain living independently in their own homes.
		The focus of home and garden maintenance is to minimise environmental health and safety hazards that impact on the veteran.
		To keep the home safe and habitable, it may involve minor maintenance or repair work, which may be carried out by a handyman, but that does not require a qualified tradesperson.
	www.dva.gov.au /health/homecare/vhcinfo.htm (2085 words)

	Veterans Today - U.S. Military Veterans - VA Home Loans, Vet Jobs, VA Benefits, VA Hospitals, VA Administration - When ...
		Veterans and those who counsel them say the military tends to draw people with natural leadership ability, and their time there cultivates skills essential to entrepreneurship and the business world.
		Veterans list obtaining financing and access to useful small-business programs among their chief concerns as entrepreneurs, according to the SBA study.
		Resources have continued to grow, and dozens of services are now available to help veterans with an entrepreneurial bent learn the basics of starting and running their own outfits.
	www.veteranstoday.com /article261.html (1116 words)

	Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs - State Veterans Homes
		The State of Alabama is extending this special kind of care to veterans through a partnership with the federal government and private industry.
		The Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City has been "home" to hundreds of veterans since its opening in 1989.
		In January 1995, Alabama opened two more homes to veterans, the Floyd E. "Tut" Fann State Veterans Home in Huntsville, and the William F.
	www.va.state.al.us /homes.htm (216 words)

	Tucson veterans home urged
		The proposed Tucson home would be equipped with 180 beds and a specialized unit to care for Alzheimer's disease patients.
		Officials say the proposed home would be similar in many ways to the Phoenix home, which has about 200 employees and an annual operating budget of about $12 million.
		A proposal to build a Tucson home was passed by the Legislature last year, but the funding mechanism failed to pass muster with the federal government, said Patrick Chorpenning, director of the state Department of Veterans' Services.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0104veterans04.html (419 words)

	Illinois Veterans' Home - Quincy Illinois
		The Illinois Veterans' Home (1707 North 12th Street) is beautifully situated on a 200 acre campus just Northwest of Twelfth and Locust Streets in Quincy, Illinois.
		Along with Veterans' Homes at Manteno, LaSalle, and Anna, it is operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
		The primary mission of the Illinois Veterans' Home is to provide domiciliary and nursing home care for eligible veterans, spouses of veterans, and spouses of deceased veterans.
	www.quincynet.com /ivh/tour.htm (306 words)

	Hollidaysburg Veterans Home
		At Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, the staff is ever mindful of our mission and consider it a privilege to serve those who served their country in time of need.
		An applicant shall be an eligible veteran, spouse or surviving spouse of an eligible veteran.
		A resident of a state veterans home shall be required to make monthly payments against maintenance fee liability in accordance with the resident's ability to pay.
	sites.state.pa.us /PA_Exec/Military_Affairs/va/hvh.htm (1591 words)

	New Veterans Home at Montrose Now Open
		The new 252-bed nursing home for veterans and their dependents is located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Montrose.
		This home, which will provide services for 252 veterans and their families, is the result of a long process which began more than ten years ago.
		As a State Assemblyman he advocated for a veterans' home in Montrose and in 1993, as a State Senator, he co-sponsored legislation authorizing the establishment of the State Home for Veterans in Montrose.
	www.veterans.state.ny.us /PressReleases/2001/prgov01montrosededication.htm (1194 words)

	Veterans Today - U.S. Military Veterans - VA Home Loans, Vet Jobs, VA Benefits, VA Hospitals, VA Administration
		Washington, D.C.—The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is offering $250 anniversary year scholarships to all new members of its Teach Vietnam Teachers Network to be used in attending the annual conference, said Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Memorial Fund.
		A 76-year-old veteran of the Korean War and Hurricane Katrina has been granted a $1.7 million claim by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) -- thanks to the can-do and caring advocacy of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans).
		Scholars and veteran advocates say the policy reflects decades of neglect, dating to 1946 when Washington broke wartime promises the soldiers could become U.S. citizens and enjoy the same pension and medical benefits as American troops...
	www.veteranstoday.com /index.html (2283 words)

	Veterans - Home Loan
		In addition to the low interest rate, WDVA home mortgage loans offer several advantages to Wisconsin veterans such as no requirement for private mortgage insurance, no discount points, no funding fee, and a fixed rate of interest for the 30-year term.
		Veterans may be eligible for loans to perform a variety of alterations, construction and repairs of their principal residence, including garage construction.
		To obtain WDVA home loans, veterans must meet military service and state residency requirements set by the Wisconsin Legislature.
	www.waukeshacounty.gov /veterans/home_loans03.htm (364 words)

	Loan Guaranty Service, Information on the Home Loan Program (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
		The VA Loan Guaranty Service is the organization within the Veterans Benefits Administration charged with the responsibility of administering the home loan program.
		VA Direct Home Loans for Native American Veterans Living on Trust Lands
		VA direct home loans are available to eligible Native American Veterans who wish to purchase or construct a home on trust lands.
	www.homeloans.va.gov /veteran.htm (275 words)

	Indiana Veterans' Home
		The Indiana Veterans' Home conducts extensive interdisciplinary care planning, and is required to pass the same annual state survey as private sector, community-based, nursing homes.
		The majority of Indiana Veterans' Home residents are aged 65 and over; however, there are a significant number who are under the age of 65.
		The Indiana Veterans' Home provides a community environment for veterans, even though it may not be close to where their families live; and offers many activities, which are sponsored by veterans and services organizations for Indiana Veterans' Home veterans.
	www.in.gov /isdh/about/ivh/admissions.htm (711 words)

	MVH Mt Vernon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Missouri Veterans Home at Mt. Vernon was established April 1, 1983, in a wing of the Missouri Rehabilitation Center.
		The Mt. Vernon Home is one of seven veterans homes in Missouri.
		Residents of the Missouri Veterans Home are encouraged to take an active interest in their home and to participate in the Resident Council and offered activities.
	www.sofnet.com /~movet (688 words)

	Washington State Veterans Homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs manages three facilities throughout the state, where veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve, in distinctive settings that all provide a sense of belonging unique to veterans.
		In 1910 a new Veterans Home was built in Retsil (near Port Orchard) located on a 31- acre bluff overlooking Puget Sound.
		Today the Veterans Home is a state-of-the-art, non-institutional facility providing a "Resident Centered Care" concept that focuses resources around the individual resident.
	www.dva.wa.gov /Homes/washington_state_veterans_homes.htm (483 words)

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