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House approves annual $500,000 veterans grant fund from lottery proceeds
Summary
The House passed HB 175 to carve $500,000 annually from the Louisiana Lottery's net proceeds into a Veteran Service Grant Fund housed in the Department of Veterans Affairs; sponsors said the grants will support workforce development, mental-health programs and housing services for veterans.
Representative Hebert presented House Bill 175 to create a Veteran Service Grant Fund that would receive $500,000 a year from the net proceeds of the Louisiana Lottery and be administered by a new board in the Department of Veterans Affairs. He said the program is intended to bolster workforce development, suicide-prevention and homelessness-prevention programs for veterans and their families and emphasized the proposed board would include veterans’ organizations and agency designees.
“500,000 of the net proceeds from the…
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