NOTE: This weekly update is
targeted towards the SSVF
Grantees and shared with valuable partners for
awareness.
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REMINDER: Request for Success Stories for Upcoming SSVF Annual Report
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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: Food Security Resources
REMINDER: 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.
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: Food Security Resources
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