By Adam Tamburin
Eleven colleges will roll out new programs for student veterans in the fall thanks to $1 million in state funding that is part of a wide-ranging effort to draw more veterans to Tennessee.
Gov. Bill Haslam’s office announced the recipients of the Veteran Reconnect Grants Monday. Middle Tennessee State University, Belmont University, Lipscomb University and Volunteer State Community College all received tens of thousands of dollars to fund their plans, which include new staff positions, added training and computer systems geared toward meeting veterans’ unique needs.
The added funding is one of the state’s various efforts to court a veteran population that continues to grow as the military dramatically reduces its ranks.
Army officials earlier in the summer announced plans to cut 40,000 soldiers over the next 
two years. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs counts Tennessee as one of the states with the smallest population of young veterans.
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