VA Gives $13.8 Million Grant for Nebraska Veterans Home

Veterans in Nebraska will have greater access to long-term health care, thanks to a $13.8 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to build a state nursing home and domiciliary in Bellevue, which will replace the existing facility in Omaha.

The $13.8 million grant will pay up to 65 percent of the cost to construct and equip a 120-bed state veterans home and domiciliary at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home in Bellevue.

Overall cost of the project is estimated at $21 million. In addition to the Omaha facility, Nebraska already operates veterans homes in Grand Island, Norfolk and Scottsbluff.

Further information about Nebraska's veterans homes is available on the Internet at http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/veh/vehindex.htm or by calling (303) 385-6100.