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State veterans projects on hold as federal award fails; bill to remove residency requirement key to cemetery grants
Summary
The Department of Veterans and Military Families told the Capital Budget Subcommittee that the proposed new state veterans home is on hold after not receiving a federal award. Two cemetery expansion projects rely on removing Maryland's residency requirement to qualify for federal grants.
Budget analyst Yoshadar Arai told the Capital Budget Subcommittee that the new state veterans home project is "currently on hold" because the state did not receive a federal award for the project. As a result, the governor's fiscal 2026 budget proposes transferring $62,900,000 previously authorized in the Dedicated Purpose Account (DPA) to the general fund and canceling a fiscal 2025 federal appropriation of $47,900,000, Arai said.
Arai said the department's five‑year CIP includes two veterans cemetery expansion projects and that fiscal 2026 includes $113,000 in general obligation bonds for the Crownsville Veterans Cemetery expansion and improvement phase 4 project to continue project design. Arai said federal grant timing for both Crownsville and the Garrison…
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