Veterans Department asks for recurring pay funding, Taos cemetery support and mobile unit operations
The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services asked the Legislative Finance subcommittee for recurring funds to cover personnel costs and a package of special requests — including Taos cemetery staffing, a mobile outreach unit, suicide prevention extension and transportation grants — as agency leaders warned of federal funding shifts that strain local services.
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Secretary (Department of Veterans Services) told the committee that veterans services statewide are expanding and that the agency needs recurring funding to stabilize personnel costs. He asked for $1,100,000 in the ‘200’ category to make salaries and benefits solvent and to retain newly upgraded veteran service officers.
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