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Funding restored for South Dakota homeless veterans service following DOGE cuts

VOA Dakotas could see more than $900K through 2029 under grant that ends one-year federal funding gap

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Aug 19, 2026
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A nonprofit welfare agency will expand a homeless veterans housing program in southeastern South Dakota following restoration of DOGE-era funding cuts.

Volunteers of America Dakotas has been awarded a $305,040 grant through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program, ending a one-year federal funding gap.

The award restarts cooperation with the federal government that the Sioux Falls-based nonprofit maintained from 2016 through 2025 and could provide up to $933,433 through June 2029 — contingent upon continued federal funding availability, satisfactory program performance and compliance with grant requirements.

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