Department of Veterans Affairs
RCW 43.60A
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides a full range of services and assistance to Washington's nearly 554,000 veterans and their 2 million family members. The department is an advocate for veterans and their families and aggressively pursues all federal and state benefits and entitlements on their behalf. Services include long-term and rehabilitative health care in four state veterans homes, war trauma and PTSD counseling, claims preparation, therapeutic conservation activities, homeless and transitional housing, services for justice-involved veterans and a State Veterans Cemetery.
Agency Mission
Serving those who served.
| Request | 311,069,000 |
|---|---|
| Net change from current biennium | 44,842,000 Increase |
| Percent change from current biennium | 16.8% Increase |
Operating Budget: Summary
Appropriated Funds
| 2021-23 Appropriations | Appropriated Funds | Expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Estimated Balance | 2019-21 Actual | 2021-23 Estimated | 2023-25 Proposed | |
| 126,656,310 | (31,880,690) | General Fund - Federal | 114,713,308 | 158,537,000 | 163,381,000 |
| 25,365,000 | General Fund - Private/Local | 24,931,101 | 25,365,000 | 25,943,000 | |
| 717,000 | Veteran Estate Management Account - Private/Local | 698,000 | 717,000 | 717,000 | |
| (600,000) | Veterans Stewardship Account - Nonappropriated | 1,923,745 | 600,000 | 600,000 | |
| (16,000) | Veterans' Emblem Account - Nonappropriated | 25,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | |
| Veterans' Shared Leave Pool - Nonappropriated | 7,783 | ||||
| Veterans' Memorial Account - Nonappropriated | 923 | ||||
| Institutional Residents' Deposit - Nonappropriated | 6,309 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Program Account - Nonappropriated | |||||
| Institutional Welfare/Betterment - Nonappropriated | 97,137 | ||||
| 68,899,000 | 2,957,000 | General Fund - State | 44,887,210 | 65,942,000 | 99,015,000 |
| 10,000 | Char/Ed/Penal/Reform/Institutions - State | 10,000 | 10,000 | 610,000 | |
| (14,840,000) | State Building Construction Account - State | 14,840,000 | 20,613,000 | ||
| Veterans Innovations Program Acct - State | 89,358 | ||||
| (200,000) | Model Toxics Control Capital Accoun - State | 200,000 | 174,000 | ||
| Pension Funding Stabilization Acct - State | 2,084,000 | ||||
| 221,647,310 | (44,579,690) | Total Appropriated Funds | 189,473,873 | 266,227,000 | 311,069,000 |
Non-Appropriated Funds
Capital Budget: Summary
| Appropriated Funds | Expenditures | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Estimated Balance | Actual | Estimated | Proposed | |
| 42,773,000 | 42,773,000 | General Fund - Federal | 3,341,020 | ||
| 13,411,490 | 13,411,490 | State Building Construction Account - State | 5,773,047 | ||
| 200,000 | 200,000 | Model Toxics Control Capital Accoun - State | |||
| 56,384,490 | 56,384,490 | Total Appropriated Funds | 9,114,066 | ||
Operating Budget: Program Summary
| Program Title | Actual | Estimated | Proposed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | Estimated | Estimated | Proposed | Proposed | |
| Annual Total | 96,902,445 | 96,379,535 | 34,990,146 | 125,350,000 | 125,109,000 |
Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium
| Actual | Estimated | Proposed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Percent | Amount | Percent | Amount | Percent |
| 29,721,184 | 18.6% | (57,992,040) | (30.6%) | 119,089,319 | 90.7% |
Employment Summary
| Actual | Estimated | Proposed | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 Actual | 2021-22 Estimated | 2022-23 Estimated | 2023-24 Proposed | 2024-25 Proposed | |
| FTE Staff Years | 844.9 | 777.1 | 759.0 | 906.7 | 906.7 |
