State Home Per Diem Program
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan”
(Abraham Lincoln)
Significant Dates
• 1860
Legislation passed to provide DOM and hospital Care
CA, IL, IA, MA, MI, PA, VT, MN, NE, OH, and WI had established
SVHs.
• 1888
U.S. Congress authorized federal cost-sharing for SVHs
• 1890
First Veterans of the Civil War were admitted to the Home
• 1963
VA’s nursing home program began
• 2010
GEC transfer the payment piece of the program to CBO
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SHPD By the Numbers
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152
202
31,602
$1.3B
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- Grant in Aid Programs
- Per Diem Rates
- Levels of Care
- States and Puerto Rico
- VAMC’s of Jurisdiction
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Facilities
Programs
Authorized Beds
Budget
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