VA Palo Alto Health Care System receives funding for continued infrastructure improvements
PRESS RELEASE
July 22, 2026
Palo Alto, CA - VA Palo Alto Health Care System received funding for Non-recurring Maintenance projects in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funds earlier in the 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 VA Palo Alto in the third quarter of FY2026 are:
- Install Turnkey for Livermore Division
- Renovate Microbiology Lab, Palo Alto Division
- Repair Steam lines, Menlo Park Division
- Replace Air Handling Unit, Bldg. 7, Palo Alto Division
- Replace Flue Duct Expansion Joint on Nebraska Steam Boiler
- Upgrade Radiology Patient Safety, Bldg. 100 G-Wing, Palo Alto Division
“This funding allows VA Palo Alto to continue modernizing and improving, so our facility remains safe, efficient, and equipped to provide high-quality care for our Veterans in San Francisco Bay Area,” said Jean Gurga, executive medical center director of VA Palo Alto.
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- $915 million to repair and upgrade outdated infrastructure systems in medical facilities.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.