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Last Updated: 01/05/2024

Provide support services to children and families

Strategy: Provide support services to children and families

Agency: 305 - Department of Veterans Affairs

A001 - Administrative Services

The Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Administrative Services unit provides legislative, stakeholder, public, and federal Veterans' Administration (VA) coordination for the department. It is also the center of strategic planning and provides centralized support for all of the department's products and services, including budget, accounting, and payroll services; human resources; and publications and information services.

Headquarters

Account FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTE 4.0 7.0 5.5
001 - General Fund
State 562,000 596,000 1,158,000
FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTES 20.9 24.9 22.9
GFS 4,094,000.0 4,199,000.0 8,293,000.0
Other 13,000.0 13,000.0 26,000.0
Totals 4,107,000.0 4,212,000.0 8,319,000.0
Expected Results

Administrative Services provides management and strategic direction to ensure that agency priorities align with statewide priorities. It ensures quality policy options, program design, and performance tracking. As a result, DVA's customer focused work environment builds capacity, fosters leadership, and bolsters credibility.

A002 - Institutional Services

DVA operates veterans’ homes in Spokane, Retsil, and Orting, with a combined residential capacity of 575. These facilities offer skilled nursing and long-term care for honorably discharged veterans (and some spouses) who are or may likely become disabled and medically indigent. At Orting, domiciliary services (independent living) is also provided. The homes use an interdisciplinary team approach to providing nursing, clinic, rehabilitative therapy, therapeutic activity, and social services. Ninety-four percent (94%) of the cost for these services is recovered from federal and local sources.

State Veterans Homes Program

Account FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
001 - General Fund
State 7,360,000 3,974,000 11,334,000
Federal 393,000 393,000 786,000
001 - General Fund Totals 7,753,000 4,367,000 12,120,000
FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTES 773.7 773.7 773.7
GFS 16,346,000.0 23,581,000.0 39,927,000.0
Other 70,003,000.0 65,959,000.0 135,962,000.0
Totals 86,349,000.0 89,540,000.0 175,889,000.0
Expected Results

Provide high quality, long-term care services to Washington veterans at the least possible cost to the state. Performance at the homes will meet or exceed national nursing home quality of care ratings published through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Satisfy customer needs as supported by the results of a semi-annual resident survey.

A003 - Veterans Disability Services and Support

The Veterans Disability and Claims Support program delivers critical services to the state's vulnerable veteran population living in both urban and rural areas. This network provides advocacy services and representation to ensure that veterans and their family members are able to understand and navigate the complicated federal system. The role of the federal Veterans' Administration is to adjudicate; it does not provide community claims support. DVA operates a statewide network that includes 34 contracted professional licensed war trauma counselors and 100 contracted service officers to provide disability claims services.

Field Services

Account FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTE 15.5 14.5 15.0
001 - General Fund
Federal 2,498,000 2,205,000 4,703,000
Local 981,000 789,000 1,770,000
001 - General Fund Totals 3,479,000 2,994,000 6,473,000
FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTES
GFS 300,000.0 300,000.0 600,000.0
Other
Totals 300,000.0 300,000.0 600,000.0
Expected Results

The result of this activity is to maximize federal dollars coming into Washington State. In a typical year, 60,000 veterans receive services. Federal VA pension and disability payments into Washington State have increased from $958.5 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2005 to $1.014 billion in Federal Fiscal Year 2006.

A004 - Veterans Community-Based Services

The Veterans' community-based program incorporates an agency division and a statewide network of veteran groups that perform veteran outreach and reintegration services. Outreach includes claims assistance, financial assistance, homeless prevention, incarcerated veteran reintegration, estate management, post-traumatic stress disorder treatment, and conservation corps participation.

FY 2022 FY 2023 Biennium Total
FTES 101.6 104.1 102.9
GFS 7,985,000.0 9,137,000.0 17,122,000.0
Other 8,902,000.0 8,475,000.0 17,377,000.0
Totals 16,887,000.0 17,612,000.0 34,499,000.0
Expected Results

Lower the King County veteran recidivism rate. Meet a rising level of veterans with PTSD symptoms returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. Decrease the homeless veteran population and increase veteran participation in employment and training services. Meet the increase in clients served by the Veterans Estate Management Program.