Project Grant LG2604
- The Texas General Land Office (GLO) received a $15,902,647 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (CFDA 64.203). The funding will support the establishment, expansion, improvement, operation, and maintenance of veterans' cemeteries in Texas to ensure adequate burial services are available for veterans and their eligible family members. As a state government entity, the GLO frequently...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded $125,000 to the Texas General Land Office on October 1, 2025, under the Payments to States for Programs to Promote the Hiring and Retention of Nurses at State Veterans Homes program (CFDA 64.053). The award is one of multiple project grants the VA has made to the GLO for nursing workforce recruitment and retention across state veterans homes in Texas. The program funds nursing workforce incentives at state veterans...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration awarded $255,451 to the University of Central Missouri on September 1, 2026, under the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204) to research the histories of veterans interred at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Kansas and the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, and to develop educational materials and community engagement around those histories. The project will expand professional development opportunities...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded the Texas General Land Office $150,000 on October 1, 2025, under the Payments to States for Programs to Promote the Hiring and Retention of Nurses at State Veterans Homes program (CFDA 64.053). The award funds a shared cost project in which the VA contributes half of a $300,000 total request, with the State of Texas contributing the remaining $150,000 through subordinate State Veterans Homes. The program delivers retention...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health awarded a $21,880,036.95 Project Grant to the Texas General Land Office on September 23, 2021 under the Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities program (CFDA 64.005). The grant will fund the construction of a new 120-bed facility in Austin, Texas to provide domiciliary or nursing home care to veterans. The Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities program aims to...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded the Texas General Land Office $116,495 on October 1, 2025, for the Honor Health Career Program under the Payments to States for Programs to Promote the Hiring and Retention of Nurses at State Veterans Homes program (CFDA 64.053). The award funds training to assist Certified Nursing Assistants with transition to Licensed Practical Nurse status, direct recruitment incentives for newly hired Registered Nurses, Licensed...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health awarded a $715,812.50 Project Grant to the Texas General Land Office on September 23, 2022 under the Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities program (CFDA 64.005). The grant funding will support the delivery of SAFETY: FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS products and services to be performed in Austin, Texas. Specifically, the grant assists the State of Texas to acquire, construct, expand, remodel,...
- The National Cemetery Administration, through the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204), awarded a $223,458 project grant to the West Virginia Humanities Council Inc. on June 6, 2024. The purpose of this grant is to facilitate the work of high school students from Grafton High School and University High in Morgantown, as well as a team of West Virginia University graduate students, to compose biographies of veterans interred at Grafton and West Virginia National Cemeteries. The students...
- The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Under Secretary for Health awarded $582,771.80 under the Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities program (CFDA 64.005) to the Texas General Land Office on September 23, 2021. This Project Grant funding will support HVAC controls upgrades at the Austin, Texas facility. The Grants to States for Construction of State Home Facilities program aims to assist states in acquiring, constructing, expanding, remodeling, or...
- The Department of Veterans Services, Virginia Department of Veterans Services, a U.S. state government entity, has been awarded a $7,130,469 Project Grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (CFDA 64.203) to fund the expansion and improvement of veterans' cemeteries in Virginia. This grant, awarded on August 31, 2023, will support the Department's efforts to establish, expand, and enhance veterans' burial grounds...
The Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration awarded Texas State University $286,985 on September 1, 2026, under the Veterans Legacy Grants Program (CFDA 64.204) to execute The TexVet Legacy Project, a K-12 educational outreach initiative centered on veteran stories and Gold Star family history. Texas State University will produce fifty new veteran stories for the Veterans Legacy Memorial (VLM), develop K-12 lesson plans focused on Gold Star families, and establish the TexVet Teacher Fellowship Program to train K-12 educators in implementing these materials. Fellows will teach approximately 4,000 students annually and each collect five additional veteran stories, contributing 125 total VLM entries beyond the grant scope. Outreach activities include guided cemetery visits to VA-funded cemeteries in Texas and development of an interpretive walking tour at San Antonio National Cemetery. The grant runs through August 31, 2027, with place of performance in Texas. As a Project Grant, this award funds specific educational products and community engagement activities rather than general institutional support, and the funding amount falls within the program's $500,000 per-award authorization ceiling.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $287.0k | 7/17/26 |