Department of Veterans Services [912]
Secretarial Area: Veterans and Defense Affairs
formerly under: Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years.
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Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $7,280,118 $35,820,085 $43,100,203
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly $8,515,991 $41,400,085 $49,916,076
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $9,676,067 $44,448,821 $54,124,888
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly $10,192,355 $46,476,857 $56,669,212
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $11,073,397 $47,143,168 $58,216,565
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly $14,088,521 $47,106,978 $61,195,499
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly $16,964,655 $60,670,731 $77,635,386
2016-2018 2017 Previous Legislative Appropriation $17,108,712 $60,670,731 $77,779,443
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments ($144,057) $0 ($144,057)
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments $0 $0 $0
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly $19,700,803 $60,741,624 $80,442,427
2016-2018 2018 Previous Legislative Appropriation $19,339,008 $60,681,624 $80,020,632
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments $1,376,795 $60,000 $1,436,795
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments ($1,015,000) $0 ($1,015,000)
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium Fiscal Year Source GF NGF Total
2010-2012 2011 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 103.00 509.00 612.00
2010-2012 2012 Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly 106.00 511.00 617.00
2012-2014 2013 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 112.00 561.00 673.00
2012-2014 2014 Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly 112.00 561.00 673.00
2014-2016 2015 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 113.00 563.00 676.00
2014-2016 2016 Chapter 732, 2016 Acts of Assembly 124.00 563.00 687.00
2016-2018 2017 Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly 161.00 600.00 761.00
2016-2018 2017 Previous Legislative Appropriation 160.00 600.00 760.00
2016-2018 2017 Governor's Amendments 0.00 0.00 0.00
2016-2018 2017 General Assembly Adjustments 1.00 0.00 1.00
2016-2018 2018 Chapter 836, 2017 Acts of Assembly 201.00 600.00 801.00
2016-2018 2018 Previous Legislative Appropriation 168.00 600.00 768.00
2016-2018 2018 Governor's Amendments 33.00 0.00 33.00
2016-2018 2018 General Assembly Adjustments 0.00 0.00 0.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
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Initiate Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Fund Decision Package
  Provides funding to award grants to organizations that assist veterans in starting new businesses.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $900,000
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Reorganize the Virginia Veteran and Family Support program Decision Package
  Provides funding and positions to enable the Department of Veterans Services to change its method of administering the program that monitors and coordinates behavioral health and rehabilitative services for veterans, Guardsmen and Reservists not active in federal service, and their families. Instead of relying on contracting with local community services boards to provide these services, the agency will use its own employees. This approach will result in a clearer chain of command, a more standardized approach, and clearer accountability.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 $610,128
Positions 0.00 34.00
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Reflect October 2016 Savings in agency budgets Decision Package
  Reflects the savings included in the Governor's October 2016 Savings Plan.
 
  FY FY
General Fund ($144,057) $0
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Delay hiring of new care center administrators Decision Package
  Delays the hiring of administrators for the new veterans care centers.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($133,333)
Positions 0.00 (1.00)
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Increase nongeneral fund appropriation Decision Package
  Increases nongeneral appropriations to reflect increased private donations for the Commonwealth's veterans' cemeteries and care centers.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $60,000
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Veterans Entrepreneurship Grant Program General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the appropriation for the Department of Veterans Services by $900,000 the second year from the general fund, and eliminates associated language included in the introduced budget relating to the establishment of a proposed veterans entrepreneurship grant program. Legislation authorizing establishment of the program did not pass.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($900,000)
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Transfer Positions and Funding to Veterans Services Foundation General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment reduces the appropriation for the Department of Veterans Services by $115,000 and eliminates one position the second year from the general fund. A companion amendment establishes Item 472.20 as a new and distinct appropriation for the Veterans Services Foundation, and provides $115,000 and one position for this purpose, pursuant to House Bill 2148 and Senate Bill 1075 of the 2017 General Assembly. This amendment also adds language specifying that up to $160,000 from the general fund appropriation for this item is to be used to support the operations of the Veterans Services Foundation.
 
  FY FY
General Fund $0 ($115,000)
Positions 0.00 (1.00)
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Convert Benefits Office Position to Full-Time General Assembly Adjustment
  This amendment increases the maximum employment level for the Department of Veterans Services by 1.00 FTE position, in order to convert an existing wage employee to full-time status at the field office located at the McGuire Veterans Administration Medical Center in Richmond. This action reflects the increased workload for this position.
 
  FY FY
Positions 1.00 1.00
Capital Project Requests (in order of largest to smallest)
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CO - DVS Burial Vaults
  This amendment authorizes the Governor to request federal funds for construction of additional burial sites at the Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, and provides the state share for the planning and construction phases of the project.
 
  FY FY
Nongeneral Fund $0 $10,000,000


p3_bullets - Official Enacted Budget - 11-02-2026 21:54:43