Work to recruit and retain staff at Missouri’s nursing homes for veterans appears to be paying off. Veterans Commission Executive Director Paul Kirchoff said a federal grant, along with an 8.7% state worker pay increase, have helped to recruit nurses, nurse’s aides,...
Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home resident, Jack ManDrelle, says he is thankful that he served in one of history’s hotspots. In 1960, he served on a Navy destroyer and survived to tell Ashley Byrd about his experiences as a radioman.
Missouri’s seven veterans homes are getting help to bolster staffing levels. The state has been awarded a $507,000 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs grant to give a $920 one-time payment to full-time support care assistants. It also allows the same amount to be...
A Missouri senator who serves on the Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill is closely tracking the increasing number of COVID-19 deaths at state veterans homes. The Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) says four more veterans died last week, bringing the total number...
Saying that there is still CARES Act funding that needs to be distributed to Missourians, Governor Mike Parson has called a special session on a supplemental budget bill that will start on November 5. The governor announced the special session call, during...
