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) Veterans Health Administration awarded $107,226 to Accessible Coastal Carolina Events Sports And Services Inc. (operating as Access Of Wilmington) on September 30, 2025, under the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces program (CFDA 64.034). This one-year project grant, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, supports the planning, development, management, and implementation of adaptive sports programs and activities for disabled veterans and members of the armed forces in North Carolina.

Under this award, the grantee will provide adaptive sports opportunities that may include instruction, participation, and competition in adaptive sports; training and technical assistance to coaches and program administrators; athlete assessment and classification; sport-specific training; and provision of equipment and supplies. The funding enables the organization to leverage its significant experience managing large-scale adaptive sports programs to deliver these services to disabled veterans and service members in the Wilmington area and surrounding coastal Carolina region.

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.