Housing
West Virginia Veterans Home at Barboursville
A 125-bed residential home, not a nursing facility. Long-term residents pay half their monthly income; veterans facing homelessness get 60 days free.
Also called: Veterans Home, Barboursville, domiciliary, Project-214, homeless, 125 beds, maintenance fee, 50 percent, housing.
For: Veteran or service member.
Where it applies
Written for the jurisdictions listed here.
- West VirginiaState
The West Virginia Veterans Home is a 125-bed facility on 23 acres above Barboursville, authorized by the legislature in 1975 and open to residents since 1981. It is not a nursing home. It provides safe and affordable housing to veterans discharged under honorable conditions, and the distinction from the state's nursing facilities is the first thing to get right when choosing between them.
Two programs run in parallel and they serve very different needs.
The Domiciliary Program houses veterans seeking long-term housing, with all the services the home offers. Cost is a monthly maintenance fee of fifty percent of the veteran's monthly income, an assessment the home describes as prescribed by federal law. That is a proportional charge rather than a flat rate, so a veteran on a small fixed income pays a small amount.
The Project-214 Program serves veterans experiencing homelessness. A veteran enrolled in it receives the facility's services for sixty days at no cost. Residence is treated as temporary, which is the point: it keeps the veteran's status compatible with working a federal VA Homeless Services case rather than closing it. For a veteran with nowhere to go tonight this is the more immediately useful of the two programs and it is absent from most published summaries of West Virginia benefits.
What the home provides. A nursing department staffed at all hours for first aid, preventive care, and medication assistance. Regular transportation to the nearby Veterans Affairs Medical Center, through which all advanced medical care is delivered. A cafeteria serving three meals a day with dietary specialists available, and a packed lunch for a resident who will be away at mealtime.
Admission asks that the veteran be able to move independently and care for themselves, have at least twelve consecutive months of active duty or a medical discharge before that, be eligible for VA health care, and pass pre-admission medical screening. A veteran who needs skilled nursing care belongs at the Clarksburg nursing facility instead, which has its own entry.
The home keeps residents connected to the outside. Residents volunteer with nearby organizations, and some attend school or work while regaining independence.
Contact the home directly at 512 Water Street, Barboursville, or through a Department of Veterans Assistance benefits office, which can help with the application at no charge.
Thresholds
| Gate | Rule |
|---|---|
| No disability rating required | Admission turns on discharge, service length, VA health care eligibility, and the ability to live independently. No rating applies, so the rating filter never hides this entry. |
| Residential care, not skilled nursing | The home provides housing with a nursing department for first aid, preventive care, and medication assistance. A veteran who needs skilled nursing care should look to the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility at Clarksburg instead. |
| Domiciliary residents pay half their monthly income | Costs for the Domiciliary Program are partly met by a monthly maintenance fee of fifty percent of the veteran's monthly income, an assessment the home describes as prescribed by federal law. The charge is proportional rather than a flat rate. |
| Sixty days at no cost for a veteran facing homelessness | The Project-214 Program provides the facility's services for sixty days at no cost to a veteran experiencing homelessness, and treats the stay as a temporary residence so the veteran can work with federal VA Homeless Services. |
| Independent living and twelve months of service | Admission asks for an honorable or general discharge under honorable conditions, the ability to move independently and self-care, at least twelve consecutive months of active duty or an earlier medical discharge, eligibility for VA health care, and passing pre-admission medical screening. |
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