Program · Outcome 2: Maintain and enhance the physical and mental wellbeing and quality of life of eligiblepersons and their dependants through health and other care services that promote earlyintervention, prevention and treatment, including advice and information about health serviceentitlements
Program 2.4: Veterans' Community Care and Support
DVA manages community support and residential aged care programs for clients, including the Veterans’ Home Care program and the Community Nursing program, which aim to support people to remain independent in their homes and improve their quality of life and health. This program also provides subsidies and supplements for DVA clients living in residential care facilities.
Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 59 reported
$1.4bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
+$7.4m (+0.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Appropriations | administered | $1.4bn | $1.4bn | +$34m +2.5% | reported | x_Table 2.2.1 Resources an, row 362 |
| Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1) | administered | $42m | $15m | −$27m −63.5% | reported | x_Table 2.2.1 Resources an, row 361 |