PHOENIX (AP) - In a story May 31 about 2 new state veterans homes, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Yuma was in southeastern rather than southwestern Arizona
A corrected version of the story is below:
State to start building 2 new veterans homes
Construction on new state 80-bed facilities to house elderly veterans in northern and southwestern Arizona will begin soon in Flagstaff and Yuma
PHOENIX (AP) - Construction on new 80-bed state-operated facilities to house elderly veterans in northern and southwestern Arizona will begin soon in Flagstaff and Yuma.
The Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services says it will break ground on a 10-acre site in Flagstaff on Saturday and hold a similar groundbreaking in Yuma on June 22.
The Legislature approved $27 million for the new Yuma and Flagstaff facilities in recent years and the federal government is funding the majority of the construction costs. Both facilities will have three 20-bed skilled nursing units and a 20-bed memory care units.
They are expected to be completed in mid-2021.
The department currently runs two veterans homes, a 200-bed skilled nursing facility in central Phoenix and a 120-bed facility in Tucson.
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