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cation fund that fights tobacco use.
• The Department of Social Services has been recognized by the federal government as the best in the nation in the effort to protect against fraudulent claims. Also, the time substance abuse clients must wait for treatment has been cut from 30 days down to two, Daugaard added.
• The Department of Corrections reported the state was the first in the nation to be board certified in 2011, and that was maintained in 2012.
• The Department of Veterans Affairs notes that construction is beginning on a new veterans home in Hot Springs to better serve a new generation of retiring veterans, as well as those returning from the front lines.

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