Butler VA Receives Funding

For continued infrastructure improvements

Butler, Pennsylvania – Butler VA Health Care System received funding for Non-recurring Maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funding in the first quarter of the fiscal year.

The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair, and improve health care facilities in FY2026 via the Veterans Health Administration’s Non-recurring Maintenance program.

Funding projects for Butler VA Health Care System in the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2026 are:

· Renovate pharmacy (Abie Abraham VA Health Care Center) - $1,889,000

· Replace Fire Station Roof (New Castle Road location) - $100,000

“This funding allows the Butler VA Health Care System to continue modernizing and improving, so our facility remains safe, efficient, and equipped to provide high-quality care for our Veterans in our service area of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, and Mercer counties,” said Sharon Coyle, Director.

Of the total $4.8 billion committed for fiscal year 2026, VA has obligated a total of $2.2 billion. That obligation of funds in the third quarter includes:

· $915 million to repair and upgrade outdated infrastructure systems in medical facilities.

· $229 million for maintenance and modernization of facility infrastructure to support future electronic health record system updates.

· $11 million for major building upgrades like elevators, electrical systems, and boiler plants.

This investment is just one of many ways the Trump Administration is making VA/ work better for Veterans./ For example, VA has: 

  · Enrolled more than 180,000 new Veterans in VA health care in 2026.

· Opened 38 new VA health care facilities since Jan. 20, 2025, expanding health care access for Veterans around the country.

· Reduced the backlog of Veterans waiting for VA benefits by 72% since Jan. 20, 2025, after it increased 24% during the Biden Administration. In February, this backlog fell to less than 100,000 claims for the first time since 2020.

· Offered Veterans more than 2.8 million appointments outside of normal operating hours. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving Veterans more timely and convenient options for care.

· Permanently housed 51,936 homeless Veterans across the country in FY25, the highest total in seven years.

For more information, contact Paula McCarl at paula.mccarl@va.gov or 878-271-6492.