Federal Funds Summary
Federal Award Name	New Grant	Purpose / People Served	2012  Actual	2013 Budget	2014 Base	2015 Base	Required State Match  Yes / No	Required State MOE  Yes /No	State-wide Outcome
State Approving Agency		Promotes and safeguards quality education and training programs for veterans; ensures greater educational training opportunities to meet the changing needs of veterans; and assists the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in preventing fraud, waste and abuse in the administration of the federal GI Bill.	393	426	435	443	No	No	Education
Little Falls Cemetery Expansion		To develop new burial sections within the MN State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls. The project will create over 4,500 additional gravesites, provide landscaping, and expand the existing irrigation system.	-	362	724	362	No	Yes	Communities
SE Minnesota Cemetery		To develop a new veterans cemetery in southeastern MN to provide burial space for the nearly 51,000 veterans who reside within a 75-mile radius of the Preston area. *Federal award included in BPAS in the Little Falls Cemetery federal appropriation.	-	500	5,500	1,900	No	Yes	Communities
Veteran Burial Federal Reimbursement		Federal reimbursement for the burial of eligible veterans at the Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, MN.	165	215	215	215	No	No	Communities
Veterans Programs and Services Total			558	1,503	6,874	2,920
Silver Bay Veterans Home Renovation		Renovation of interior of the home, with additions of new single occupancy resident rooms, dining room expansion, and an addition to accommodate a pharmacy.	241	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Health
Fergus Falls		Created 21 new, single occupancy resident rooms.	589	2,274	-	-	Yes	Yes	Health
Mpls Building 4 Adult Daycare		Renovation of building on the Minneapolis campus to accommodate an Adult Day Care program for up to 35 Veteran clients daily.	44	170	-	-			Health
Mpls Building 9		New replacement building provides 100 single occupancy nursing care rooms for Veteran residents.	17,711	313	-	-	Yes	Yes	Health
Mpls Buildings 16 & 17		Phase 2 of nursing unit replacement renovations.	-	4,000	8,618	8,618	Yes	Yes	Health
Mpls Generator		New generator for Mpls Veterans Home.	767	452	50	-	Yes	Yes	Health
Veterans Homes Program Total			19,352	7,209	8,668	8,618
Federal Fund - Agency Total			19,910	8,712	15,542	11,538
* Above dollars in thousands.
Narrative: Federal funds play a significant role in both the operational and construction budgets of the MDVA. Besides the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) per diem paid to the Veterans Homes to help cover the cost of care of Veteran residents (revenue in Departmental Earnings report), MDVA also receives federal funding to reimburse Veteran burials at the State Veterans Cemetery and to manage the ongoing operational needs of the State Approving Agency. Additionally, MDVA received  VA construction grants to expand or replace buildings at the Veterans Homes, to expand the Little Falls Cemetery, and to develop a new cemetery in Southeastern Minnesota. The federal funds estimates indicated above are based on past fiscal years' receipts and federal grant awards.
The VA's construction grant program for State Veterans Homes requires a 35 percent state match for funding. VA construction grants come with a maintenance of effort requirement of continuing to operate the facilities as State Veterans Homes. There is a recapture provision in federal regulations, which entitles the United States to recover 65 percent of the current value of the facility.
The MDVA does not anticipate any changes to the federal operational funding that it receives from the VA, primarily because the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) determined the federal VA to be exempt from the sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act. However, the MDVA has learned from the VA that its construction budget has been reduced by two-thirds for FFY 2013. Therefore, the availability of federal funds for State Veterans Homes construction grants has been greatly diminished, and it is expected that this will be true in the next biennium as well.