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Veterans' Domiciliary Home of Florida
Assisted living at the state domiciliary home in Lake City, for a veteran disabled by age or disease who does not need nursing care.
Verified August 18, 2026
What this benefit is
Assisted living at the state domiciliary home in Lake City, for a veteran disabled by age or disease who does not need nursing care.
What it's worth: Shelter, sustenance and incidental medical care, charged against income
- §296.10 requires a resident with income above $100 a month to contribute to maintenance and support, capped at the actual cost of operating the home.
- There is one domiciliary home, in Lake City. This is a single-facility programme, not a network.
Who is entitled to it
- Veterans, spouses and surviving spouses may all be admitted.
- You need shelter and support but not nursing home care.
- You are a Florida resident.
- You are in Florida.
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
- 1Confirm the VA has approved you as eligible for care and treatment under §296.06(2)(f).
- 2Apply for all financial assistance reasonably available through government sources — §296.06(2) makes this a condition of admission.
- 3File the certificate of eligibility and a certified copy of your discharge with the facility administrator.
- File with
- The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Documents you will need
- dd214 · va eligibility determination · certificate of eligibility
- No renewal needed
Worth knowingPeacetime service is enough to be admitted, but it is last in the §296.08 priority order: wartime with a service-connected disability, then wartime with a non-service-connected disability, then wartime with none, then peacetime. Wartime service does not gate admission — it moves you up the queue.
Worth knowing§296.06(2)(c) disqualifies an applicant who is mentally ill, habitually inebriated or addicted to drugs. This is unusually blunt statutory language and it is still operative; someone in recovery should ask the administrator how it is applied before assuming they are excluded.
Sources
- authority · statuteFla. Stat. ch. 296, part I (§§296.02, 296.03, 296.06, 296.08, 296.10)
- operating · legislative analysisFlorida House of Representatives Staff Analysis, HB 725 (2024)
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