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AUSTIN The application period is open for the Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) grant program. An estimated total of $30 million in grant funding is available.

The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Commissioners approved these grant awards in May as part of an overall grant program providing 139 grants to over 120 organizations across Texas.

Texas is home to more women than any other state in the United States. The Texas Veterans Commission in a 2024 report estimated that more than 207,000 women who served in the military now live in ...

Texas Veterans Commission begins new service dog grant program 02:45. NORTH TEXAS – Canine Companions has placed about 400 dogs nationally and 60 dogs in the south-central region since 2015.

In the 2024 Needs Assessment, conducted for the Texas Veterans Commission, Central Texas vets most commonly cited the need for mental health counseling, integrative and alternative therapy, ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The “Veterans Cash” scratch ticket is the Texas Lottery Commission’s 55th scratch ticket produced to benefit Texas veterans. In 2009, thanks to Rep. Chris Turner and former Sen ...

Texas Veterans Commission Claims Director Sal Castillo and Health Care Advocacy Director Gary Lee discuss navigating the veterans affair disability compensation process and the health care system.

In 2024, the Texas Veterans Commission awarded six "Housing for Texas Heroes" grants in the Central Texas area. Will DuPree learns more about what that money did for local veterans.

The commission, a Texas state agency, was created in 1927 as the State Service Office to assist veterans of the Indian wars, Spanish-American War and World War I.

An eligible entity will need to provide a Veteran Verification Letter issued by the Texas Veterans Commission for each Veteran owner. A qualifying New Veteran-Owned Business must be formed on or ...

The Texas Veterans Commission presented an award to the Killeen Daily Herald on Wednesday in the KDH News Studio. Pictured, from left: Herald business reporter Joseph Bahr, Military Editor Brent ...