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_ 608 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 455. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Federal Trust $46,505,221 $46,505,221 Authority: § Title 2.2, Chapters 20, 24, 26, and 27, Code of Virginia. A. The Department of Veterans Services is authorized to transfer funds to the Department of Medical Assistance Services to fully fund the state share for the Medicaid supplemental payments made for state government owned nursing homes. The funds to be transferred must comply with 42 CFR 447.272. B. Out of the appropriation in this Item, $19,100,000$20,760,000 the first year from the general fund and $3,000,000 the first year from nongeneral funds in one-time support to operate the Puller and Jones & Cabacoy Veterans Care Centers. Of the amount provided in the first year, $3,000,000 shall be used to repay the Treasury Loan authorized in FY 2024 pursuant to Section 4-3.02 b, Chapter 1, 2023 Acts of Assembly, Special Session I, to address start-up and initial operating costs. Of the amount provided in the first year, any unexpended general fund balances shall not revert to the general fund but shall be carried forward and reappropriated. C. The Department of Veterans Services shall provide to the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees: (i) quarterly reports detailing revenues and expenditures; and (ii) by September 1, 2024, a business plan that demonstrates how the veterans care centers will operate using solely nongeneral funds after start-up general fund moneys are exhausted. 456. Veterans Benefit Services (46700) $36,990,477 $36,969,477 $37,083,219 Case Management Services for Veterans Benefits (46701) $14,437,094 $14,416,094 Virginia Veteran and Family Support Services (46702) $15,361,682 $15,361,682 Veterans Education, Transition, and Employment Services (46703) $6,341,701 $6,341,701 $6,455,443 Veterans Services Fund Administration (46704) $850,000 $850,000 Fund Sources: General $30,305,215 $30,284,215 $30,397,957 Special $1,478,078 $1,478,078 Dedicated Special Revenue $850,000 $850,000 Federal Trust $4,357,184 $4,357,184 Authority: Title 2.2, Chapters 20, 24, 26, and 27, Code of Virginia. A. 1. Out of this appropriation, up to $100,000 in the first year and up to $100,000 in the second year from the general fund shall be provided to address the costs associated with support of a grant program to create employment opportunities for veterans by assisting Virginia employers in hiring and retaining veterans. The Department of Veterans Services shall develop program guidelines to ensure that the funding mechanism effectively attracts maximum participation of firms to increase the number of veterans hired. 2. Such funds shall be used to provide grants beginning July 1, 2015, to any business located in Virginia with 300 or fewer employees which has hired a veteran on or after July 1, 2014, with the following additional requirements: (a) each such veteran shall have been hired within five years of the date of his or her discharge from active military service and (b) each such veteran shall have been continuously employed by the business in a full-time job for at least one year. The grant shall equal $1,000 per qualifying business for each veteran who has been hired, and who qualifies under the provisions of this item, up to a maximum grant of $10,000 per business in the fiscal year. 3. Grants shall be issued in the order that each completed eligible application is received. In the event that the amount of eligible grants requested in a fiscal year exceeds the funds available in the Fund, such grants shall be paid in the next fiscal year in which funds are available. 4. The Department shall report no later than October 1 of each fiscal year after the program is