NOTE: This weekly update is targeted towards the SSVF Grantees and shared with valuable partners for awareness.             

    

• REGISTER: FINAL SESSIONS: 2022 Virtual VA Permanent Housing Conference “Putting It All Together: Enhanced Partnerships to Serve those who Served!”   
• UPDATE: SSVF Data Guidance Update for VAMC Station Code HMIS Data Entries, Effective June 17, 2022 
• REGISTER: SSVF End of Year Closeout for CARES 2.0/CARES 3.0/FY21 Webinar June 24, 2022, at 12pm EST 
• ACTION REQUIRED: Homeless Prevention Threshold Score Update Request Due June 30, 2022, in UDPaaS 
• NEW RESOURCE: Financial Literacy Community of Practice Opportunity with VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans 
• REGISTER: SSVF Office Hour Webinar Series: 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) Goal and the SSVF Response: SSVF Data Office Hours  
• UPDATE: Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans Office Hours: 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month: 3pm EST  

 

 

 

REGISTER: FINAL SESSIONS: 2022 Virtual VA Permanent Housing Conference “Putting It All Together: Enhanced Partnerships to Serve those who Served!”           

    

The final sessions of the 2022 Virtual VA Permanent Housing Conference will be held on June 17, 2022, 12:30pm- 2pm EST and 3pm- 4pm EST 

    

Please use the Zoom registration links below to register for each individual session.   

         

You may direct any questions regarding registration to: SSVF@tacinc.org.  

  

June 17th	12:30 - 2:00PM ET	Special Populations and Considerations	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mKUefa1tSeyWd3BiZ7DyLw
June 17th	3:00 - 430PM ET	Preventing Returns to Homelessness: Shallow Subsidy and Long-Term Housing Stability	https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T7glbrjNT9C8wPHaZEGRvQ

 

 

 

UPDATE: SSVF Data Guidance Update for VAMC Station Code HMIS Data Entries, Effective June 17, 2022 

  

V6 VAMC Station Number: 

SSVF Grantees will enter the VA Medical Center (VAMC) Station Number associated with the CoC where the Veteran is being enrolled for services, within the local HMIS system.  In situations where SSVF providers are serving more than one VAMC in their catchment area, Grantees should select the VAMC where the Veteran receives majority of their healthcare services.  The list of VAMC Station Numbers can be found on the HMIS CSV Specifications document located on the Homelessness Data Exchange. 

 

EXAMPLE:   

A Veteran is working with an SSVF Grantee that provides services to VAMC 1 and VAMC 2.  The Veteran chooses a permanent housing placement near VAMC 1. The Grantee will determine what CoC the Veteran will be enrolled in and select the VAMC associated with that CoC.  If the Veteran is receiving services from both VAMC 1 and VAMC 2, the Grantee will work with a VAMC SSVF POC to determine which VAMC provides majority of the services and select that VAMC’s Station Code for HMIS recording purposes.  

 

 

 

REGISTER: SSVF End of Year Closeout for CARES 2.0/CARES 3.0/FY21 Webinar June 24, 2022, at 12pm EST  

 

In this Webinar, the SSVF Program Office will discuss Shallow Subsidy, review anticipated budget cycle dates, and assist Grantees in understanding and completing the FY2021 End of Year grant reporting and closeout requirements. The Webinar will also provide Grantees with an overview of how to complete the Federal Financial Report (FFR) in the HHS Payment Management System. 
 
Topics Covered: 
Shallow Subsidy Spending 
SSVF Financial Overview 
SSVF End of Year Closeout 
Review of Federal Financial Report in the HHS Payment Management System 
 
Target Audience: Fiscal Staff 

 

Please register using the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LF4Bfmw_S_2CVur3yOLM0Q 

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. 

 

 

 

ACTION REQUIRED: Homeless Prevention Threshold Score Update Request Due June 30, 2022, in UDPaaS 

 

The SSVF Program Office is requesting all SSVF Grantees to update their Homeless Prevention Threshold Screener scores in UDPaaS no later than June 30, 2022.  Please go in and update this score even if it has not changed since the submission of your FY22 resolution.  Moving forward, you will use this button in UDPaaS to update the score as needed.  

 

As a reminder, you are required to alert the Program Office of changes to the Homeless Prevention Screener score in any of the CoC’s you serve via this activity.   

 

Please follow these steps to complete this activity:  

Go into your FY22 Grant account in UDPaaS 

Click on the “Request Activity” tab 

Click on “Create SSVF Homeless Prevention Threshold Update” 

Complete information 

Click Submit” 

 

Please reach out to your Regional Coordinator if you have any questions.  

 

 

 

NEW RESOURCE: Financial Literacy Community of Practice Opportunity with VA National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans

 

We understand there is great interest in helping Veterans with financial literacy and managing their money, especially in these times of high inflation. To that end, our partners at the VA National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and their subject matter experts would like to setup a Community of Practice for SSVF Grantees to learn and share practices around helping Veterans with money management. The Community of Practice would be a voluntary virtual group that meets every 2 weeks to share knowledge and learn by interacting regularly, and it will be led by subject matter experts at the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and Yale University.  

 

Our Community of Practice will cover topics like VA fiduciary services, voluntary rep payee programs, digital tools, supported banking, budgeting, avoiding predatory lending and scams, and financial literacy resources. Additional topics can also be considered upon request.

 

If you are interested, we welcome you to join us and ask that you send an email to: Jeffrey.Gluff@a.gov. We plan to start our Community of Practice calls in August.

 

 

 

REGISTER: SSVF Office Hour Webinar Series: 38,000 Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) Goal and the SSVF Response: SSVF Data Office Hours

  

The SSVF Program Office will host monthly SSVF Data Office Hours for SSVF Grantees and their community partners every 3^rd Friday of the month at 12pm EST restarting in July (after the SSVF Permanent Housing Conference). 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 and TA staff. 

  

Please register using the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KiQeFglgT_yOLTj0IRkbQQ

 

 

 

UPDATE: Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans Office Hours: 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month: 3pm EST

 

The next PHP National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans Office Hours call will be: Friday, June 24, 2022.

 

Recordings to previous calls can be accessed publicly here: https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/38k_National_Housing_Challenge.asp 

 

 

With Regards,

SSVF Program Office

 

Website: www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf

 

National Call Center for Homeless Veterans: 1-877-424-3838

Veterans Crisis Hotline: 1-800-273-8255