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Legal Services for Veterans: Provider Website

NEW LSV-H Grant Veterans Survey

Survey flyer available here

Contact LSV Program Staff:

(Please include your project FAIN/Grant ID on all correspondence)
General LSV Program Questions: LSVGrants@va.gov

Regulations, Guides & NOFOs

Regulations & Guides:

LSV-H Grant Recipient Guide

NEW Beneficiary Notice of Religious Protections


Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans (LSV-H) NOFO (published 12/18/2023)
Legal Services for Homeless Veterans (LSV-H) NOFO (published 10/06/2022)

General Terms & Conditions of Award:

Effective August 2023 (LSV-H) (Coming soon)

Fiscal Information

Payment Management System (PMS):

LSV grantees will need to register with the Payment Management System and set up direct deposit:

UPDATED: Payment Management System (PMS) Access Process
Payment Management System
Payment Management System - New User Access Request
Update Banking | HHS Payment Management System
How-to Guide for Registering or updating account information in PMS

SF 425 Resources:

SF 425 Federal Financial Report A Mid-Year SF-425 is due by March 1st, 2024. A Final SF-425 is due by November 28th, 2024. Grantees will email the completed form with supporting documentation (general ledger) to LSV425@va.gov.
(NOTE: in order to view this document, first download and save the PDF file to your computer and then open it from the saved location).

Other Fiscal Resources/Information:

Single Audit Act
Veterans Affairs | Tungsten Network (tungsten-network.com)


Questions?
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Program Management & Operations

LSV-H Quarterly Report Dates, Caseload Tracker & Rurality Information:

- Quarterly reports are due within 30 days of the end of each quarter:
     Quarter 1: August 1 – October 31, report due by November 30
     Quarter 2: November 1 – January 31, report due by March 1
     Quarter 3: February 1 – April 30, report due by May 30
     Quarter 4: May 1 – September 30, report due by October 30

- Caseload Tracking Tool:
     > NEW FY24 Grant Period Caseload Tool (starting Aug 1, 2024): FY24 Caseload Tracking Tool
     > FY23 Grant Period Caseload Tool: FY23 Caseload Tracking Tool


- Rurality Information: 
     > Rural County Lookup Document


SF-424 Information:

Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424)

(the SF-424 requires Adobe Reader 8. For best results, do not open the form in your web browser. Save locally to your computer before opening. For further assistance, please visit https://helpx.adobe.com/ca/acrobat/kb/cant-open-pdf.html)

External Systems (eGMS, SAM & SQUARES)

Electronic Grants Management System (eGMS):

 External Link eGMS Login Webpage

How-to: Register a New Organization in eGMS
How-to: Add or Update Contacts
How-to: Submit a Payment Request
How-to: Submit a Quarterly Report
How-to: Upload a Signed Grant Agreement

How-to: Retrieve Executed Grant Agreements

System for Award Management (SAM):

All grantees are required to maintain an Active status on www.SAM.gov in order to receive payment for all LSV grants.

SQUARES:

SQUARES 2.0 Website
SQUARES Info Sheet
LSV-H Eligibility Decision Tree

National Calls, Webinars, Training Resources, and FAQs

National Monthly Calls:

October 02, 2024 Monthly Call
July 16, 2024 Monthly Call
June 5, 2024 Monthly Call
May 1, 2024 Monthly Call
April 3, 2024 Monthly Call
March 6, 2024 Monthly Call
February 7, 2024 Monthly Call
January 17, 2024 Monthly Call

LSV-H Grantee Kick-Off Call (July 2024) - Password: Homeless1!
LSV-H New Grantee Onboarding Sessions:
     - Onboarding Day 1 (Aug 13, 2024)
     - Onboarding Day 2 (Aug 14, 2024)
     - Onboarding Day 3 (Aug 15, 2024)

LSV-H New Grantee Kick-Off Call (July 2023)
LSV-H New Grantee Onboarding Sessions:
     - Onboarding Day 1 (Sept 26, 2023)
     - Onboarding Day 2 (Sept 27, 2023)
     - Onboarding Day 3 (Sept 28, 2023)

Webinars:

LSV-H Quarterly Reporting Webinar (Nov 1, 2023) - Password: Homeless1!

Training Resources:

FAQs:

LSV-H FAQs