From: Perkins, Patrice A. (KCVA)
Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 8:02 AM
Subject: SSVF Program Update Friday April 2, 2021
Attachments: EHA and Vaccine Tracking Survey March 2021 Questions.pdf;
Determinants of Veteran Homelessness.pdf
TOPICS:
NEW: Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA) and
COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking due by COB Thursday, April 8, 2021- document
attached
NEW: Determinants of Veteran Homelessness- document
attached
NEW: Temporary Halt in Residential
Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
REGISTER: SSVF National Webinar - FY2019 Annual
Report Review & Unannounced Standardized Veterans (USV) Outcomes, April 8,
2021 at 2:00pm EST
REMINDER: SAVE LIVES Act Regarding
Vaccination Eligibility Signed into law March 24, 2021
REMINDER: SmartSimple Grants Management System:
Adding Contacts to Grant Awards pre-recorded webinar
RESOURCE: Free Tax Prep for Veterans,
Military & Families
NEW: Emergency Housing Assistance (EHA)
and COVID-19 Vaccine Tracking due by COB Thursday, April 8, 2021
The SSVF
Program Office is requesting updated EHA data as well as COVID-19 Vaccine
Tracking data for the month of March 2021 from all grantees. This information
must be submitted through Survey Monkey by COB Thursday, April 8, 2021.
The survey questions are attached in this Program Update and the survey may be
assessed through this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EHA_VaccineMarch. Please reach out to your Regional
Coordinator if you do not receive the survey or have any questions.
NEW: Determinants of Veteran
Homelessness
VA’s National
Center on Homelessness among Veterans has compiled a summary of peer-reviewed
articles on the causes of Veteran homelessness. Please see document attached
for further information.
NEW: Temporary Halt in Residential
Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
The CDC has
issued a Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread
of COVID-19 after determining that the evictions of tenants could be
detrimental to public health control measures to slow the spread of SARS-Cov-2,
the virus that causes COVID-19. More information may be assessed through this
link: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-eviction-declaration.html
REGISTER:
SSVF National Webinar - FY2019 Annual Report Review & Unannounced
Standardized Veterans (USV) Outcomes, April 8, 2021 at 2:00pm EST
The April SSVF
National Webinar will review the new SSVF Annual Report’s findings. We
will share new information of SSVF’s service trends, demographics, living
situations at entry, destinations, and returns to homelessness. In
addition to this review, the Program Office will also review the SSVF “Secret
Shopper” (USV - Unannounced Standardized Veterans Visits) outcomes. The
webinar will review the USV program, methodology, national results, and general
recommendations. We will also provide examples of individual grantee reports
and how each SSVF Grantee will respond to their individual report
findings. There will be time for questions from participants regarding
the SSVF Annual Report and USV report and findings. Please register for
the webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5564302207096942606
After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the webinar.
REMINDER:
SAVE LIVES Act Regarding Vaccination Eligibility Signed into law March 24, 2021
The Department
of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the SAVE LIVES Act was signed into
law on March 24, 2021. This law provides the VA Medical Centers legal
authority to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all Veterans, regardless of their VA
health care enrollment status, as well as Veteran spouses, caregivers, and some
beneficiaries. Please follow the link to read more about this law and the
allowances this action provides. SAVE LIVES Act allows VA to soon
provide COVID-19 vaccinations to all Veterans, their spouses and caregivers
REMINDER:
SmartSimple Grants Management System: Adding Contacts to Grant
Awards pre-recorded webinar
In September
2020, the SSVF Program Office informed Grantees of the transition to a new
cloud-based grants management system. The Program Office has since then
presented a series of webinars that we will be offering as we complete the
migration process into SmartSimple. A pre-recorded webinar titled: “SmartSimple
Grants Management System: Adding Contacts to Grant Awards” is now
available and will explain how to add contacts to your current grant awards.
This will enable the relevant staff to view the award in the system and also
receive notifications from the Program Office.
Please
note: The previous
issue regarding the invite envelope button has been corrected. The link to
access the webinar:“SmartSimple Grants Management System: Adding Contacts to
Grant Awards” is found here: https://youtu.be/oeCt3TuABgY
RESOURCE: Free Tax Prep for Veterans,
Military & Families
As the tax
deadline approaches (now extended to May 17), the SSVF Program Office would
like to remind SSVF Grantees about a free resource to help Veterans with tax
preparation. The AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide program aims to help the
military community and others file their state and federal tax returns.
The Tax-Aide program is free and available (by appointment only) to all
Veterans, Military personnel and their families regardless of age or AARP
membership. Please make referrals for tax prep supports as needed.
Follow this link to access AARP’s Tax-Aide Service: AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Service. To access additional information
about Veterans filing taxes, VA’s Official Blog VAntage Point is available at: AARP, others offer free tax prep help
to Veterans, military and families - VAntage Point
Regards,
SSVF Program
Office