Assistance program
National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Program
$75,000 committed in FY2025–FY2026
- Agency
- Dept of the Army, Dept of Defense
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 12.030
- What it does
- This is a non-discretionary program only available to the 50 States, 4 Territories and the District of Columbia National Guard (S/T/D). The National Guard Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (NG MWR) Program: a) Supports combat readiness and effectiveness. b) Supports recruitment and retention of quality personnel. c) Provides leisure time activities, which support a quality of life commensurate with generally accepted American values. d) Promotes and maintains the mental and physical well-being of authorized personnel. e) Fosters community pride, Service Member morale, Family wellness and promotes unit esprit de corps. f) Eases the impact of unique aspects of military life, such as frequent relocations and deployment.
- Who benefits
- National Guard Service Members and their families.
- Who applies
- This is a non-discretionary program only available to the 50 States, 4 Territories and the District of Columbia National Guard (S/T/D).
- Authorized by
- National Guard U.S.C. § 32 USC 102
- Using Cooperative Agreements U.S.C. § 31 Chapter 6305
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
Top recipients
By dollars committed.
How to read these numbers
- Committed through this program
Money committed under this assistance listing (its CFDA program), counted in the year each action happened.
- How it's paid
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Direct payments