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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Appropriates $10 Million Annually for Disabled American Veterans Chapter Facilities
Last action · April 1, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: James Roberson and 11 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina allocates $10 million in recurring annual funds for the 2025-2027 to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit Disabled American Veterans chapters. The program provides grants for facility renovations, expansions, and veteran resources, capped at $1 million per chapter per , starting July 1, 2025.
Qualifying nonprofit Disabled American Veterans chapters across the state gain access to capital improvement grants of up to $1 million annually to upgrade facilities and expand services for disabled service members, funded through state appropriations.
- Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a nonprofit organization that provides support services, benefits assistance, and advocacy for wounded and disabled veterans. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Disabled American Veterans chapters
Eligible chapters may apply for and receive state grant funds of up to $1 million annually for facility renovations and veteran resources.
Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
The Department is tasked with establishing, administering, and reporting on the new grant program.
disabled veterans
Recipients of additional resources and improved chapter facilities funded by the grants.
Key Facts
- Appropriates $10 million in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for each year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
- Establishes a grant program for eligible nonprofit Disabled American Veterans chapters to renovate facilities and provide additional resources to disabled veterans.
- Caps individual grants at $1 million per fiscal year, with each chapter limited to one grant per fiscal year.
- Requires the Department to select applicants from all parts of the State to the extent possible and disburse grants as soon as practicable.
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- Allows unexpended applicants to reapply if funds are not fully disbursed in a given fiscal year.
- Mandates that unencumbered grant funds at the end of each fiscal year do not revert to the General Fund but remain available for future grants.
- Requires the Department to submit a written report on July 1, 2026, and every even-numbered year thereafter detailing grant awards by county and chapter.
- Sets the effective date of the act as July 1, 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is eligible to receive funding under this grant program?
What is the maximum grant amount an individual DAV chapter can receive in a fiscal year?
What happens to grant funds that are not spent by the end of the fiscal year?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 1, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 1, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 31, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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