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Veterans office seeks counsel, IT and building funds; committee debates lapsing reappropriations for VCAP grants
Summary
Legislative analysts told the committee the Kansas Office of Veteran Services helped secure more than $525 million in federal benefits for veterans in FY2025, requested a general counsel post and office move funds for FY27, and the panel discussed special committee lapses that may remove previously reappropriated VCAP dollars intended for veteran service organizations.
The Kansas Office of Veteran Services (KOVS) presented its budget request and project list to the Committee on Social Services Budget, and staff and lawmakers spent significant time clarifying which reappropriated funds would lapse under motions adopted earlier by the special committee on state budget.
Molly Pratt, fiscal analyst with Legislative Research, said KOVS assisted in filing about 17,700 claims in fiscal year 2025 that yielded more than $525 million to Kansas veterans. Pratt outlined multiple FY26 reappropriations and FY27 requests: SIBF carryover for the Topeka veterans home construction (about $17.2M…
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