{"id":79139,"date":"2026-01-06T21:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/06\/state-veterans-cemeteries-receive-grants-for-improvement-expansion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:40:48","slug":"state-veterans-cemeteries-receive-grants-for-improvement-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2026\/01\/06\/state-veterans-cemeteries-receive-grants-for-improvement-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"State veterans cemeteries receive grants for improvement, expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certain state veterans cemeteries across the country received a near total of $80 million in grants in fiscal 2025 for their improvement from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, officials recently announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department granted 20 state veterans cemeteries over $77 million in fiscal 2025 for their improvement, expansion, reimbursements and the new establishment of one in Alaska, according to a VA statement released Dec. 30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnder President Trump, VA is committed to ensuring America\u2019s Veterans cemeteries have the resources they need to provide excellent memorial benefits and services to our nation\u2019s Veterans and their families, and these grants underscore that fact,\u201d VA Secretary Doug Collins said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cemeteries awarded grants include cemeteries in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as the establishment of the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery in Fairbanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA\u2019s National Cemetery Administration works to reimburse states for their state-run veterans cemeteries\u2019 building, improvement or expansion costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administered grants usually fund items such as improvements necessary for burials and operations and the construction of pre-placed crypts or columbaria, per the memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fiscal 2025, more than 43,705 veterans and eligible family members were interred in VA grant-funded cemeteries, making up roughly 25% of the 174,705 total annual interments in all national and VA grant-funded veterans cemeteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department has long strived to establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/03\/28\/vet-agency-hopes-for-more-state-run-cemeteries-for-burial-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2023\/03\/28\/vet-agency-hopes-for-more-state-run-cemeteries-for-burial-options\/\">veterans cemetery<\/a> close to where almost every American veteran resides to improve burial options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Currently, just under 94% of veterans nationwide have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesstocare.va.gov\/NCA\/AccessToNationalCemetery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.accesstocare.va.gov\/NCA\/AccessToNationalCemetery\">\u201creasonable access\u201d<\/a> to one, meaning about 77 million veterans live within 75 miles of a national, state or tribal veterans cemetery, according to the VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2023, VA officials have set the goal to 95%, but the task requires a mix of federal and local funding as well as a commitment from regional leaders for preservation of the cemeteries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The VA has awarded a total of over $1.1 billion in grants since 1980 to 124 veterans cemeteries in 47 states, 14 tribal nations and three territories, working in tandem with the VA\u2019s 157 national 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