From: SSVF
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 10:34 AM
To: SSVF
Subject: SSVF Program Update Friday July 19, 2019
Topics:
1.
Reminder: Quarterly Certifications Due July 22, 2019
2.
Register Now: Rapid Resolution Office Hours July 31, 2019, at 12:00 EST
3.
Save the Date: National Webinar August 8, 2019, at 2:00 EST
4.
New: USICH Documents Describe and Define Terms: Prevention, Diversion, and
Rapid Exit
5.
Save the Date: Federal Partners Housing Conferences
6.
Reminder: SSVF Rapid Resolution Training
Reminder:
Quarterly Certification Due July 22, 2019
The Quarterly
Certifications are now available in GIFTS. This certification will cover
the third quarter period of 04/01/2019 through 6/30/2019. The
certification covers multiple SSVF program requirements, including compliance
with the Final Rule, Grant Agreement, Data Quality, Participant Satisfaction
Surveys, Trainings/Webinars, and Expenditures. Submissions are due no later
than July 22, 2019, via the GIFTS grants management system.
Grantees are
reminded that the SSVF Program Office requests information on Veteran
households that have received Rapid Resolution conversations and enrollments in
SSVF Rapid Resolution services. Grantees will report these numbers
in their Quarterly Certifications under the Rapid Resolution Conversations and Enrollments
section the Quarterly Certification requirement in GIFTS.
The updated SSVF
Companion Guide to Quarterly Certifications is available on the SSVF Website
at:
https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/ssvf/docs/SSVF_Companion_Guide_to_Quarterly_Cert.pdf
Register Now:
Rapid Resolution Office Hours July 31, 2019, at 12:00 EST
The SSVF Program
Office will continue to support grantees in their efforts to implement Rapid
Resolution in their communities by holding Office Hours calls. SSVF Program
Office staff and Technical Assistance Providers will be available to answer
questions and provide guidance during this time. The next SSVF Rapid Resolution
Office Hours call will take place on July 31 at 12 pm EST.
After registering,
you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar.
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4999275261192293378
Save the Date:
SSVF National Webinar August 8, 2019, at 2:00 EST
The VA is
dedicated to providing services to all Veterans, including lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Veterans. This webinar will describe the
essential services available to LGBT Veterans through the VA; the presenters
will also explain how Veterans can access these resources.
A registration
link will be sent when available.
New: USICH
Documents Describe and Define Terms: Prevention, Diversion, and Rapid Exit
US Interagency
Council on Homelessness (USICH) in collaboration with HUD and the VA have
developed two documents that define the terms prevention, diversion, and rapid
exit services. The documents also describe when these interventions
should be provided to prevent homelessness or help households exit homelessness
quickly. The SSVF Program Office encourages grantees to review these at
the links below:
https://www.usich.gov/tools-for-action/prevention-diversion-and-rapid-exit
Save the
Date: Federal Partners Housing Conference
The SSVF Program
Office, with the support of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), the US Interagency Council on Homelessness and other federal and
national partners, is pleased to announce a Save the Date for the upcoming 2019
Federal Permanent Housing Conferences. The events are targeted to SSVF
Grantees, HUD-VASH representatives, and CoC Partners.
While the site
locations are still being confirmed, we anticipate the following schedule:
•
East Coast (Charlotte, NC): October 22-23, 2019
•
Mid-Region (Dallas, TX): November 5-6, 2019
•
West Coast (San Diego, CA): November 19-20, 2019
We will continue
to provide information as registration and travel logistics come into focus. In
the meantime, questions related to these events can be sent to the SSVF
program’s technical assistance address at ssvf@tacinc.org.
Announcement: SSVF
Rapid Resolution Training
The SSVF Program
Office will soon release a document intended to help SSVF Grantees identify
critical training needs for successful Rapid Resolution interventions. This
will include a basic self-assessment of training needs as well as a standard
form for requesting to use SSVF grant dollars to pay for local Rapid Resolution
training partners. Further, the Program Office intends to provide a series of
Rapid Resolution direct practice trainings in the fall and winter of 2019 to
grantees who fall below certain grant size threshold and who may not otherwise
have the capacity to hire or secure outside training support. Grantees are strongly
encouraged to wait until this guidance is released before hiring any new
training entities for your organization or community. The Program Office will
also release a standard Training Request form that will be submitted through
GIFTS for approval before spending additional SSVF grant resources on outside
trainers. Grantees will be notified soon as to whether they have been selected
to attend once of the VA-sponsored Rapid Resolution direct practice trainings
later this year.
Thank you,
SSVF Program
Office