burns, or certain respiratory or breathing injuries. The grant is available to veterans and service members with certain service- connected disabilities, including: • The loss or loss of use of more than one limb • The loss or loss of use of a lower leg along with the residuals (lasting effects) of an organic (natural) disease or injury • Blindness in both eyes (with 20/200 visual acuity or less) • Certain severe burns • The loss, or loss of use, of one lower extremity (foot or leg) after September 11, 2001, which makes it so you can’t balance or walk without the help of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair The program has a cap of 120 grants per fiscal year, but if the cap has been reached, you may be able to use the benefit in the following fiscal year. The maximum grant amount changes annually. For 2024, that maximum is $117,014.
Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E) - H t (VR&E) - Housing Adaptation Assistance
This grant helps provide home adaptations to veterans who are not currently able to work because of the effects of their service- connected disabilities, or who require adaptations to achieve a vocational goal. Funds from the SAH, SHA, and Veteran Readiness and Employment home adaptation grants may be accessed up to six different times if the veteran doesn’t use the full grant amount the first time.
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