Assistance program
Veterans State Domiciliary Care
$371.7 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Va Health Administration Center, Veterans Affairs, Department of
- Assistance
- Formula Grants
- CFDA number
- 64.014
- What it does
- To provide financial assistance to States furnishing domiciliary care to eligible veterans in State Veterans' Homes which meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
- Who benefits
- The veteran as defined in 38 U.S.C 101 and is not barred from receiving care based on his or her service (see 38 U.S.C. 5303, 5303A), is not barred from receiving VA pension, compensation or dependency and indemnity compensation based on the character of a discharge from military service (see 38 C.F.R 3.12), and the veteran is: A veteran whose annual income does not exceed the maximum annual rate of pension payable to a veteran in need of regular aid and attendance; or A veteran who VA determines has no adequate means of support. Veteran must be able to perform the following:(1) Daily ablutions, such as brushing teeth, bathing, combing hair, and body eliminations, without assistance. (2) Dress himself or herself with a minimum of assistance. (3) Proceed to and return from the dining hall without aid. (4) Feed himself or herself. (5) Secure medical attention on an ambulatory basis or by use of a personally propelled wheelchair. (6) Have voluntary control over body eliminations or have control by use of an appropriate prosthesis. (7) Participate in some measure, however slight, in work assignments that support the maintenance and operation of the State home. (8) Make rational and competent decisions as to his or her desire to remain in or leave the State home.
- Who applies
- Applicant is any State which operates a designated facility to furnish domiciliary care primarily for veterans. The definition "State" means each of the several States and each Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
- Authorized by
- Act of August 27, 1888, as amended, Public Laws 66- 126, 76-250, 78-202, 80-531, 81-823, 83-613, 86-625, 88-450, 90-432, 93- 82, 94-417, 94-581, 96-151, 97-251, 98-160, and 100-322, 38 U.S.C. 1741- 1743.
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
Most programs pay out one way — a grant, or a direct payment to individuals; the flow bar only appears when a program genuinely mixes types.
- Some recipients aren't itemized
For entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, the government reports one aggregate instead of naming tens of millions of people, so the recipient roster isn't part of the public record.
- Awards, counted once
An award count is the number of distinct awards with at least one action that year — each counted once, however many times it was amended.
- The colored bars
Every bar on this page splits by how the money moves:
Direct payments