This week, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) was awarded grants totaling $732,628 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the hiring and retention of nursing staff at WDVA’s three veterans long-term care homes.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin’s decline in nursing staff is more severe than the national level, with an 18.3 percent decrease in staff at nursing care facilities throughout the state from February 2029 to May 2023, compared to 11.6 percent nationally.
