Oregon State Veterans Home Public Information Forum

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Oregon State Veterans HomePublic Information
Forum
The Soldiers Home was created in 1893

• Roseburg VA 1893 - 1930s

• November 25, 2008
• 530-630 PM

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Partnership of

• Oregon State Department of Veteran Affairs
• Douglas County
• City of Roseburg
• Veterans Services Office
• Veterans Administration Medical Center
• Umpqua Community College

Roseburg VA, 1940s, today it is known as
Building 17
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Supporters

• Roseburg Area Nursing Home Providers
• Zonta Club of Roseburg
• Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce
• City of Drain
• City of Canyonville
• Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
• Mercy Medical Center
• City of Oakland
• Umpqua Community College
• City of Sutherlin

• All Local Oregon State
• Legislators
• Winston VFW Post 9745
• Veterans of Foreign Wars,
• Winston
• American Womens Veterans
• Association
• Stewart Parkway Insurance
• Allstate Insurance
• Southern Oregon Warbirds
• Association
• City of Winston
• UCAN

Douglas County Logo
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Supporters Continued

• Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
• Umpqua Valley Chapter 805
• Roseburg Economic Development Commissioner (Roger
  Brandt)
• Umpqua Training and Employment (UTE)
• Avista Utilities
• Major General Marion E. Carl, Marine Corps League
  Detachment 1089
• Fleet Reserve Association, United States Navy,
  Marine Corps and Coast Guard Branch 328
• Century 21, The Neil Company Real Estate (Neil
  Hummel)
• American Legion Post 1052
• Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 539
• Military Order of the Cooties

Douglas County Logo
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Project Amenities

• Certified for 200-400 residents
• 100 Nursing beds
• 50 Alzheimers/Secure Unit
• 50 Assisted Living
• Semi-private residential rooms
• 24-hour Nursing Care
• Rehabilitation Services
• Recreation Programs
• Transportation
• Dining Services
• Chapel
• Library

Roseburg VA, 1950s building 5
Oregon Veterans Home The Dalles, Oregon
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Project Cost

• 40 Million
• 65 Federal Funding
• 35 Local Match (14 million)

Aerial view of Roseburg VA, 2008
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Proposed Location
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State and Community Investment/Benefit

• Community Investment 14 million.
• Returns/Benefits to Community include
• 1. Government business has a permanency that
  private
• industry does not.
• 2. Wages for approximately 270 positions, Over
• 7.8 million annually, based on payroll
  figures for the
• State Veterans Home in The Dalles which
  employs
• 200.
• 3. Income to region Approximately 6 will be
  generated
• for each dollar spent 48 million to our
  local
• economy per year.
• 4. Increased income to local businesses.
• 5. Family living wage jobs averaging nearly
  30,000 a
• year

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Project Benefits
Roseburg VA, 2008

• Co-Located with Veterans Administration Medical
  Center
• Accessibility to Interstate 5, Highway 138 and
  Highway 42
• Creation of 200 jobs (breakdown of type)
• Business opportunities for local service
  industries

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Current State Veterans Home Workforce Statistics

• Administrator/Corporate Office - 9
• Nursing/LPN/CAN/RCM/CMA - 129
• Central Supply/Rehab - 3
• Medical Records - 4
• HR/Staffing - 4
• Payroll/Accounting - 2
• Housekeeping/Maintenance - 21
• Dietary - 19
• Social Services - 3
• Activities - 10

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Job TrainingDr. Blaine Nisson

• 125 First and Second Year Nursing Students
• 220 Pre-Nursing Program Students
• 75 Certified Nursing Assistants Annually
• Potential New Facility for Regional Allied Health
  Training Center

View of UCC from across the North Umpqua River
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Approval Process/Next StepsMr. Jim Willis

• Project on Federal VA funding list
• Announcement - seeking sites
• Interested jurisdictions submit proposals
• Necessary land
• 35 match in hand deadline ?
• Secure 65 match from the VA
• Statewide hearings
• Site selection
• Construction bid process
• Start construction

This process can take up to two years depending
on the ability to secure Federal matching funds
for construction
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Thank you
Questions? Send Written Comments ToDouglas
County Commissioner Joe Laurance1036 SE Douglas
Avenue, Courthouse Room 217Roseburg, Oregon
97470Email laurance_at_co.douglas.or.us