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overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="000000002013-01-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">January 18, 2013</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executives</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Brian Love, Director</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Todd Butler, Acting Deputy Director</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://michiganveterans.com">michiganveterans<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency</b> (MVAA) is a state government agency which is a part of the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Department_of_Military_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs">Department of Military and Veterans Affairs</a> that functions as the central coordinating point for Michigan veterans, connecting those who have served in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Armed Forces">U.S. Armed Forces</a>, and their families, to services and benefits throughout the state. </p><p>The agency director is of a cabinet-level, the chief advisor to Governor and all department head regarding veterans services' policies, programs and procedures.<sup id="cite_ref-xo2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xo2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ml_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ml-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lsj_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lsj-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Veterans_Affairs_Agency&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1885, the state opened the Michigan Soldiers Home, later the Veterans Facility of Michigan, to provide care for Civil War veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Board of Managers was created to set the rules and regulations and appoint the home commandant.<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:7</sup> A new hospital replaced it 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-mm_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mm-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The home was transferred into the Department of Public Health in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:7</sup> </p><p>The State began making veterans service organization (VSO) grant appropriation in 1927 with one to the <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a>. Soon, grants were extended to the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Veterans of Foreign Wars">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a> and the Disabled American Veterans. Two more VSOs, American Veterans of World War II and Korea (AMVETS) and the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_League" title="Marine Corps League">Marine Corps League</a> were added by 1960 with 11 VSOs receiving grants and the Veterans of World War I receives a token amount.<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:13</sup> </p><p>Post-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the state set up a trust fund, Michigan Veterans Trust Fund, for financial assistance to wartime veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-mr_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mr-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the Upper Peninsula on May 27, 1981, a veteran's home, the D.J. Jacobetti Veterans Home, in Marquette was opened. In 1991 and 1992 by Executive Orders, the two veteran's homes were transferred to the Department of Military Affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:7</sup> </p><p>All but some rural Michigan counties operated veterans offices with veterans counselors, but many such offices face funding shortfalls and under-staffing. The state and local government provided vocational training to states.<sup id="cite_ref-dn_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dn-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veterans_Affairs_Directorate">Veterans Affairs Directorate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Veterans_Affairs_Agency&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Veterans Affairs Directorate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Veterans Affairs Directorate was formed in 1997 to consolidate the department's major veteran's programs.<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:1</sup> The Veterans Affairs Directorate managed the Michigan Veterans' Trust Fund, Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Monument Fund and two homes for veterans. The Veteran's Fund is under the direction of the Board of Trustees, which has seven members, while the Monument Fund is under a nine-member governing Commission. State Veterans Home Board of Managers had oversight of the two veteran homes. The directorate also directs grants to 12 veterans' service organizations as specified by law.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agency_history">Agency history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Veterans_Affairs_Agency&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Agency history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Veterans_Expo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Veterans_Expo.jpg/220px-Veterans_Expo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Veterans_Expo.jpg/330px-Veterans_Expo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Veterans_Expo.jpg/440px-Veterans_Expo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1334" data-file-height="906" /></a><figcaption>The Michigan Veterans Resource Service Center (MVRSC) connecting with veterans at a Veteran Expo</figcaption></figure> <p>Michigan was last in veteran benefit amounts in 2010. In 2013, 22 percent of Michigan's veterans were receiving health benefits from the Veterans Health Administration and moved to five from the bottom in spending. With a large number <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of veterans in the state, Governor Snyder decided veterans missing out on benefits was unacceptable.<sup id="cite_ref-dn_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dn-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The agency was created when <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Michigan" title="Governor of Michigan">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Rick_Snyder" title="Rick Snyder">Rick Snyder</a> issued an executive order Jan. 18, 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-ml_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ml-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs effective March 20, 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-mr_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mr-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agency took over from the department various responsibilities formerly held directly by the department in its Veterans Affairs Directorate, support for the State Veterans Home Board of Managers and Veterans Speakers Program.<sup id="cite_ref-ml_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ml-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lsj_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lsj-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jeff Barnes was appointed the agency's first director.<sup id="cite_ref-grp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2013, the agency moved from the department's headquarter north of downtown Lansing to downtown Washington Square.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2014, the agency started a hotline operation, Michigan Veteran Resource Service Center, similar to and in conjunction with United Ways' <a href="/wiki/2-1-1" class="mw-redirect" title="2-1-1">2-1-1</a> telephone information system. The service is a first for a state to be fully integrated with the 2-1-1 system.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Michigan Veteran Health System was formed in October 2015 under CEO Leslie Shanlian to integrate the two "Home for Veterans" facilities that the agency operates into one organization. The system's management team was named by Shanlian in early February 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-hs_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bradford "Brad" Slagle was appointed interim CEO of MVHS in November 2016 after Shanlian departed for the private sector.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 18, 2016, a state audit was released; the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans was flagged with nine oversight flaws, some of which led to substandard care. Some legislators deemed this to be neglect. The next day the agency director resigned with an interim director, James Redford, a former Kent County Circuit Court judge and veteran, being named as his replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-grp_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redford was named the full director on April 27, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2019, a new director was named, Zaneta Adams, becoming the first woman veteran to serve on the Cabinet. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,9665,7-402-100108_95837_97632-251980--,00.html">https://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,9665,7-402-100108_95837_97632-251980--,00.html</a> </p><p>In 2019, the Michigan Veterans Homes was established by the Facility Authority and Anne Zerbe became its Executive Director. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michigan_Veterans_Affairs_Agency&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GRHV_Gardens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/GRHV_Gardens.jpg/220px-GRHV_Gardens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/GRHV_Gardens.jpg/330px-GRHV_Gardens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/GRHV_Gardens.jpg/440px-GRHV_Gardens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="953" /></a><figcaption>Gardens at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Michigan Veteran Health System<sup id="cite_ref-hs_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> - State Veterans Home Board of Managers (staggered six-year terms, seven veteran members with 6 from 4 veteran organizations):<sup id="cite_ref-ff_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup>:7-8</sup> <ul><li>D. 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