VA awards grants to qualifying organizations to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and disabled members of the armed forces as…

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a $133,545.60 Project Grant under the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces (CFDA 64.034) to Equicenter Inc., a non-profit organization based in Honeoye Falls, New York. The grant supports Equicenter Inc.'s "HEROES & HORSES" program, which provides approximately 1,320 adaptive riding and unmounted horsemanship lessons per year to improve the physical, mental, and emotional health of disabled veterans and service members. The grant has a performance period from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2025. Equicenter Inc. has received multiple awards under this VA grant program since 2020, leveraging equine-assisted activities and horticultural therapies to deliver specialized therapeutic services to veterans at VA medical facilities.

VA awards grants to qualifying organizations to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports opportunities for disabled veterans and disabled members of the armed forces as authorized under 38 united states code 521A.