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Providing for the establishment of a veterans service organization grant program, and making appropriations
Sponsored by the House Veterans Affairs Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2025
- Done: House committeeMarch 5, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 1000
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 1000 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 1000 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa will create a new grant program to help veterans service organizations hire staff who assist veterans with their claims. The state will provide matching funds to these organizations using a new $250,000 fund managed by the department of veterans affairs. This program allows groups to get extra money to pay for employees who help veterans navigate their benefits.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes a veterans service organization grant program under the administration of the department of veterans affairs for the purpose of providing matching funds to veterans service organizations, as defined in C.F.R. §14.628(c). The moneys must be used for employing staff who assist veterans with claims. The bill requires the department to adopt application procedures, forms, administrative guidelines, and other rules for implementing and administering the program. The bill creates a veterans service organization grant fund under the control of the department and appropriates $250,000 to the department for deposit in the fund.
House subcommittee
Named April 8, 2025. On April 9, 2025 it recommended passage.
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