Fund for Veterans' Assistance (FVA) - General Assistance (GA) Grants

The Fund for Veterans' Assistance (FVA) offers General Assistance Grants to support veterans and their families in Texas. Eligible applicants include charitable organizations and local governments that provide essential services such as financial aid, housing support, and skill training. Grants are awarded to programs addressing veteran homelessness, business support, and legal assistance. Organizations must apply through the Grants Portal, and previous recipients are not eligible for renewal. This initiative aims to enhance the welfare of Texas veterans.

Every year, the Commission encourages eligible charitable organizations, local government agencies, and Veteran Service Organizations with veteran-specific programs and services to apply for grant funding during the application window. All applications must be timely submitted electronically through the Grants Portal (Fluxx).
The General Assistance (GA) Grant Program includes service categories that collectively support veterans, dependents, and surviving spouses who live in Texas.
The Service Categories are:

• Financial Assistance

Financial assistance that is temporary in nature, such as childcare, transportation assistance, or one-time utility or rental payments. Services are intended to provide financial relief to beneficiaries who can demonstrate financial need.
Supportive Services
Services, projects and activities that provide longer-term support for veterans and their families to enable stability and promote veteran family integration with the community.
Homeless Veterans Support
Supportive Services to address acute and chronic conditions underlying the veteran’s homeless status. Services include shelter programs, transitional housing (HUD/VASH), temporary housing, rapid re-housing programs, longer-term financial support for rent, utility payments & essential needs, social programs, meal services and food pantry, assistive technology, and other qualifying resources identified through case management.
Skill-Based Training Support
Resources that support veterans to obtain skills to prepare for, secure, and maintain employment.
Pro Bono Legal Services
Includes legal aid, legal clinics, and other legal services for civil courts provided at no cost to veterans, active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, and members of the state military forces. Does not include criminal defense; justice-involved veterans may be eligible for grant-funded Veterans Treatment Courts instead.
Referral Services
Provide information and referrals to additional sources of veteran and veteran family support.
Transportation Programs & Services
Organizational transportation fleet services for veteran beneficiaries in their local area, county, or region. These services may provide transportation to/from medical, dental, and mental health appointments, and transportation in support of basic needs (grocery stores, 24-hour care, community meetings, voting, court appearances, and tax offices).
Veteran Small Business Support
Services to stabilize or grow a veteran’s 100% veteran-owned business for the purpose of maintaining self-employment. Includes entrepreneurship and small-business training programs no longer than 5 months in duration for veteran entrepreneurs; tools, equipment, and software or other related business products valued under $2,000; referral to small business financial lenders; and other small-business related services. Veteran small business support beneficiaries must be operating the business as a 100% veteran-owned business as verified by the Texas Veterans Commission. Does not include direct financial support of the veteran-owned business, cash, or cash equivalents.

Eligibility

Organizations providing services under a renewed grant are not eligible for a second renewal and must apply under this RFA for the 2025-2026 grant period.
Units of local government.
IRS Code §501(c)(19) Posts or organizations of past or present members of the Armed Forces.
IRS Code §501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations authorized to do business in Texas; or
Texas chapters of IRS Code §501(c)(4) Veteran’s service organizations.

Ineligibility

No paper applications or other methods of submission will be considered for funding.IndividualsFor-profit entities Units of federal or state government including state agencies, colleges, and universitiesOrganizations that have not fulfilled or maintained all legal requirements to operate in the State of TexasOrganizations that do not have current operations in Texas or a Texas-based chapter