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Summary of Veterans' Affairs

Source:  Department of Veterans' Affairs

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SUMMARY OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS1
  State Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Department of Veterans' Affairs
  Veteran Population per USDVA 640,520 632,929 627,000 617,723 615,000
  Operating Expenditures - $ 37,730,821 40,005,963 41,513,068 43,906,794 47,233,049
State Veterans' Homes2
  Resident Population (Combined) 515 520 528 536 533
  Operating Expenditures - $ 32,604,223 34,529,712 36,022,260 37,762,882 39,786,985
Veterans' Services
  Contacts Made3 -- -- -- -- --
  Claims Filed3 8,349 9,270 9,933 10,926 12,078
  Operating Expenditures - $ 3,542,725 3,926,454 3,828,980 4,196,795 5,247,829
  Veterans Estate Management Program4
   Estates Managed 615 655 633 600 607
   Estates - $ 5,907,381 7,094,962 7,845,428 8,749,186 9,366,466
Agency Administration (Headquarters)
  Operating Expenditures - $ 1,583,873 1,549,797 1,661,828 1,947,117 2,198,235

  State Fiscal Year
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Department of Veterans' Affairs
  Veteran Population per USDVA 677,074 653,459 648,176 642,224 649,049
  Operating Expenditures - $ 28,341,821 28,283,137 30,310,478 32,015,590 34,994,062
State Veterans' Homes2
  Resident Population (Combined) 517 486 493 464 477
  Operating Expenditures - $ 23,695,768 23,515,829 24,916,855 26,380,905 29,446,365
Veterans' Services
  Contacts Made3 15,204 11,151 -- -- --
  Claims Filed3 -- -- 7,099 7,284 8,657
  Operating Expenditures - $ 2,951,187 3,029,924 3,265,124 3,513,622 3,817,653
  Veterans Estate Management Program4
   Estates Managed 515 498 550 536 556
   Estates - $ 2,634,116 2,507,980 3,401,021 3,777,942 4,721,829
Agency Administration (Headquarters)
  Operating Expenditures - $ 1,694,866 1,737,384 2,128,499 2,121,063 1,730,044

1The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is organized into three program areas.
2Soldiers Home & Colony, the Veterans Home, and the Spokane Veterans Home (opened 10/2001) combined.
3From 2000 onward, actual claims filed with the federal Veterans' Administration for potential compensation or pension; prior fiscal years, contacts made.
4Formerly known as the Guardianship Program.

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