From: SSVF
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 7:27 AM
To: SSVF
Subject: SSVF Program Update Friday, June 19th, 2020
Topics:
1.
REGISTER NOW: SSVF Office Hours – Homelessness Prevention June 26 @ 12:00 pm to
1:00 pm EST
2.
ATTENTION: SSVF Grantee COVID019 Resource Toolkit
3.
RESOURCE: Nationwide Eviction Resource Page
4.
AVAILABLE NOW: Recorded Webinar, Great SSVF Staffing Strategies and
Samples
REGISTER NOW: SSVF
Office Hours – Homelessness Prevention June 26 @ 12:00 EST
The COVID-19
public health crisis, resulting regulatory relief and funding increases for the
VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program provide an
opportunity to expand homelessness prevention services for Veterans at risk of
becoming literally homeless. The SSVF Program also strongly encourages
SSVF Grantees to be proactive in homelessness prevention outreach as the
economic impact of COVID-19 begins leading to potential losses of housing for
Veterans. This webinar will review strategies and best practices for
providing homelessness prevention services to Veterans.
Grantees may
register using the link below:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/rt/3469520343026026509
ATTENTION: SSVF
Grantee COVID-19 Resource Toolkit
As the SSVF
Program Office continues to support Grantees serving Veterans during COVID-19,
we want to ensure we are sharing the newest and best information
possible. With our TA providers' efforts, the SSVF Program Office will
continue to share information learned from Grantees in a collection of
documents intended to create a Grantee Resource Toolkit to support service
provisions during this time. TA has developed three documents to date,
for Grantees to review.
•
SSVF and Homeless Prevention Considerations During COVID-19
•
SSVF Staffing Considerations During COVID-19
•
SSVF Income Use Considerations During COVID-19
While our TA
providers will continue to develop information for Grantees to review and
utilize, these documents can be found on the SSVF website, under SSVF Response
to COVID 19 Guidance section, at the link below:
https://www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf/index.asp
RESOURCE:
Nationwide Eviction Resource Page
The SSVF Program
Office would like to share a link to nationwide resources related to eviction
protections, moratoriums, and legal aid resources. The Primary website is
called, Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, and is a collection of links to information
Grantees might find useful and informative. By sharing information and
resources that have been suggested to the Program Office, the intention is that
Grantees can access information that might be helpful to efficiently and
effectively serve our homeless Veteran population. Please feel free to
explore this resource further at the link below:
https://www.dontgetkickedout.com/
AVAILABLE
NOW: Recorded Webinar, Great SSVF Staffing Strategies and Samples
The SSVF Program
Office, with the support of Technical Assistance, recorded a webinar to
highlight SSVF Grantee staffing strategies and samples from the field.
The webinar, which featured guest speakers from four SSVF Grantee agencies,
provided insight on how they were able to mobilize their teams quickly to
support Veteran households being placed in Emergency Housing, while also
balancing the staff’s workload capacity and morale.
This link takes
you directly to the recorded webinar:
Link is also
available on the SSVF website at:
https://www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf/index.asp
Thank you,
SSVF Program
Office