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Veteran Readiness and Employment (VR&E)

VR&E Fiscal Year 2026 Subsistence Rates

Chapter 31 subsistence allowance rate increase as of October 1, 2025

Based Upon 2.5% Consumer Price Index (CPI) Increase

Type of Training

Training Time

No Dependents

One Dependent

Two Dependents

Each Additional Dependent

Institutional; Nonpay or nominal pay work experience in a facility of a federal, state, local, or federally recognized Indian tribe agency; Improvement of Rehabilitation Potential:

Full-Time

$812.84

$1,008.24

$1,188.15

$86.58

¾ Time

$610.76

$757.28

$888.32

$66.60

½ Time

$408.66

$506.32

$595.16

$44.42

¼ Time¹

$204.30

$253.20

$297.59

$22.16

Nonpay or nominal pay on-job training in a facility of a federal, state, local, or federally recognized Indian tribe agency; training in the home; vocational course in a rehabilitation facility or sheltered workshop; Independent instructor:

Full-Time Only

$812.84

$1,008.24

$1,188.15

$86.58

Farm Cooperative, Apprenticeship or other On-Job Training²:

 

Full-Time Only

$710.67

$859.43

$990.47

$64.41

Combination of institutional and on-job training (institutional Greater than ½);
Non-farm Cooperative Institutional Training and Non-farm Cooperative On-Job Training (FT Non-Farm Coop/Institutional):

 

Full-Time Only

$812.84

$1,008.24

$1,188.15

$86.58

Combination of Institutional and On-Job Training (On-the-Job Greater than ½); Non-farm Cooperative Institutional Training and Non-farm Cooperative On-Job Training (FT Non-Farm Coop/On-the-Job):

Full-Time Only

$710.67

$859.43

$990.47

$64.41

Effective 10-01-2025, the maximum monthly rate for Chapter 31 Subsistence Allowance is $3,439.23³.

1 The quarter-time rate may be paid only during Extended Evaluation. 

2 For On-Job Training, training wage plus subsistence allowance cannot exceed the journeyman wage.

3 This maximum rate was calculated based upon full-time enrollment for a Veteran with the following dependents: spouse, mother, father and 25 children.

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