NOTE: This weekly update is
targeted towards the SSVF
Grantees and shared with valuable partners for awareness.
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NEW: Food Security Resources
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NEW: Request for Success Stories for Upcoming SSVF Annual Report
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REMINDER: Voluntary Return Activity due in UDPaaS 11/23/22
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REMINDER: Supplemental NOFA Communities Monthly Report Due in UDPaaS
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REGISTER: Changed Date for Monthly Data Office Hours – December 9, 2022
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RESOURCE: SSVF NOFA for FY24 Publication
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RESOURCE: SSVF FY23 Performance Metrics
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RESOURCE: SSVF Office Hours: SSVF and HUD-VASH Supplemental Award: December 2, 2022 at 12:00PM EST
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RESOURCE: SSVF National Webinar Series: Customer Satisfaction FY22 Review:
December 8, 2022 at 2:00PM EST
NEW: Food Security Resources
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promotion if they are not registered. This promotion is valid until March 31,
2023, on one qualifying order of $35 or more (excl. tax, tips, regulatory or
delivery fees). Restrictions apply, see amazon.com/EBT20Fresh for details.
NEW: Request for Success Stories for Upcoming
SSVF Annual Report (see 3 attachments)
The SSVF Program Office is seeking success
stories to publish in the upcoming SSVF Annual Report, which is shared with
Congress and other stakeholders. Attached you will find a guide to
provide information necessary to publish a Success Story on behalf of the SSVF
Program. Please send your signed consent forms (2 total) and story
to: ssvf@va.gov and Mark_Silverbush@abtassoc.com.
REMINDER: Voluntary Return Activity due in
UDPaaS 11/23/22.
A mandatory activity has been published in
UDPaaS under “My Tasks” titled “SSVF Voluntary Return”, due 11/23/22.
You must complete this activity regardless of whether you wish to return
funds.
The SSVF Program Office is implementing
a national strategy to redistribute FY22 funds where needed. We are working to
identify grantees who do not anticipate being able to spend their FY 2022
funding by March 31, 2023, and need to make a non-punitive, voluntary return of
funds.
This action does NOT impact ARP funds for
Health Care Navigation and Legal Services, Shallow Subsidy, or Supplemental
NOFA.
Grantees are required to review current FY22
spending projections and alert the Program Office of the amount they are able to return in order to complete spending by
March 31, 2023.
If you are unsure of your current amount drawn
down (may not reflect actual spending) from your FY2022 funds, please reach out
to your Regional Coordinator.
REMINDER: Supplemental NOFA Communities
Monthly Report Due in UDPaaS
All grantee recipients of the FY22
Supplemental NOFA funds are required to complete a monthly report activity in
UDPaaS. The October report is due 11/30/22 and should include any data from
10-2/22 through 10/31/22. Reach out to your Regional Coordinator if you have
any questions.
REGISTER: Changed Date for Monthly Data Office
Hours – December 9, 2022
The SSVF Program Office will host monthly SSVF
Data Office Hours for SSVF Grantees and their community partners every
month. For the month of December, Office Hours is changing to December 9,
2022, at 12 p.m. EST.
The Office Hours are an opportunity to discuss
the 38,000 goal and SSVF, to do a “deep dive” into local data to better
understand how to address known data quality issues, and to ask data-related
questions of the SSVF Program Office and TA
staff.
Please register using the following
link:
RESOURCE: SSVF NOFA for FY24 Publication
The SSVF Program Office and VA are pleased to
announce the newest Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) published in the
Federal Register. This NOFA for supportive services grants provides
funding opportunities to new and existing applicants nationwide.
This NOFA is competitive, and applicants are urged to closely review the NOFA
and associated training available on the SSVF website News
and Events. Please share this information with
interested partners.
Applicants are required to apply online via
SSVF's grants management system, UDPaaS . VA will use the application scoring criteria as described in
38 CFR 62.21, 62.22, and 62.24 and 62.25 for renewal applicants. Awards
are for services to begin October 1, 2023.
Applications are due no later than February
10, 2023 at 4 pm EST. Please contact SSVF@va.gov if you have
questions.
Those SSVF programs with multi-year awards
(Priority 1) whose project periods do not end by September 30, 2023 are not required to submit a renewal application this
year. However, those grantees are required to submit a Letter of Intent Form
(LOI) within the grants management system, UDPaaS, indicating the grantee’s
desire to continue program operations in FY 2024. These multi-year
Grantees will receive separate notification from the SSVF Program Office on how
to submit confirmation of their intent to continue SSVF operations in the
upcoming Fiscal Year. All grants are eligible to be renewed subject to
scoring and availability of funding.
RESOURCE: SSVF FY23 Performance Metrics
Did you know that in FY 2023, VA implemented
two SSVF performance metrics? The attached quick guide provides
information on the metrics. Contact your Regional Coordinator if you have
any questions.
RESOURCE: SSVF Office Hours: SSVF and HUD-VASH
Supplemental Award: December 2, 2022 at 12:00PM EST
The SSVF and HUD-VASH program offices will
host a joint office hours session to offer emerging considerations and
practices for planning and implementation of the SSVF Supplemental Award, and
to answer questions from SSVF grantees and HUD-VASH staff. All SSVF grantees and
HUD-VASH leads/staff in communities that were funded with the SSVF Supplemental
Awards are strongly encouraged to attend.
Representatives from SSVF, HUD-VASH and the
technical assistance teams will present and answer questions during this office
hour.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U0YF3wLoS1KPZWctz4cB4A
After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
RESOURCE: SSVF National Webinar Series -
Customer Satisfaction FY22 Review: December 8, 2022 at
2:00PM EST
This webinar will provide a review of the FY22
Customer Satisfaction end of year reporting and next steps for each SSVF
Grantee to address any areas in need of improvement. The webinar will include a
review of results and next steps for grantees to complete a corrective action
plan for each underperforming area.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_86JJpO1DRMqVtKoR64HuvQ
After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The
slides will be distributed after the webinar.