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State Veterans Homes — and Gold Star Parents May Apply

Two state homes, in Fayetteville and North Little Rock. The department names veterans, veterans’ spouses and Gold Star parents as the people who may apply, with an honorable discharge and a medical need for nursing home placement.

Verified August 22, 2026

What this benefit is

Two state homes, in Fayetteville and North Little Rock. The department names veterans, veterans’ spouses and Gold Star parents as the people who may apply, with an honorable discharge and a medical need for nursing home placement.

What it's worth: Skilled nursing care at a state veterans home, with hospice available

  • The homes are at 1179 North College Ave., Fayetteville and 2401 John Ashley Drive, North Little Rock.
  • Both are round-the-clock skilled nursing, with physical, occupational and speech therapy, social work, hospice care, transportation, laundry and an on-site beautician and barber.
  • A medical need for nursing home placement is one of the stated admission criteria — the homes are not residential housing.

Who is entitled to it

  • Veterans and veterans’ spouses may apply, and so may Gold Star parents.
  • The discharge meets the stated criterion.
  • Your home is in this state.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

  1. 1Complete the department’s inquiry form, then contact the home you want: ASVHF@arkansas.gov for Fayetteville, ASVHNLR@arkansas.gov for North Little Rock.
  2. 2A Gold Star parent should apply on their own footing rather than through a veteran relative — the department lists Gold Star parents as applicants in their own right.
  3. 3Have the discharge paperwork and the physician’s statement of need for nursing home placement ready; both criteria are stated up front.
  4. 4Ask the home directly what a resident pays. The department’s page does not publish a daily rate, an income formula, or the federal VA per diem offset.
File with
Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs
Documents you will need
dd214
No renewal
Once granted it does not need renewing.
Worth knowingGold Star parents are named as applicants, not as visitors. That is unusual enough that a bereaved parent looking for long-term care would not think to ask, and it costs nothing to ask.
Known gapWhat a resident pays is unread. No daily rate, no income-based formula and no federal VA per diem offset appears on the department’s page, so this record publishes none.

Sources

Why only one source type: The department’s own veteran homes page states the locations, the eligible groups and the admission criteria. No statute or rule text on the homes was read alongside it this session.

This finder provides an informational match, not a government eligibility determination. The responsible agency decides your application.