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

June 30, 2023   

ANNOUNCEMENT: VA 2023 Permanent Housing Conference – Call for Presenters!

DUE: Supplemental NOFA Communities Monthly Report Due in UDPaaS June 30, 2023  

DUE: SSVF Quarter 3 Certification due in UDPaaS July 20, 2023

NEW: SSVF and HUD-VASH Permanent Housing Conference All Call for Proposals

REGISTER: SSVF National Webinar Series: VA CY2023 Goals and SSVF Implications Jul 13, 2023, 02:00 PM Eastern Time

REMINDER: Office Hours – CY 2023 Homelessness Goals: July 6, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT: VA 2023 Permanent Housing Conference – Call for Presenters!

The SSVF Program Office, in partnership with the VA Homeless Program Office and national HUD-VASH office, is excited to bring together practitioners from across the country for the 2023 VA Permanent Housing Conference – One Team Approach: Collaborating to End Homelessness Among Veterans. The tentative dates for these conferences include:

· West Coast November 14-15, 2023

· East Coast December 5-6, 2023

For 2023, VA is committed to highlighting innovative practices happening in the field and to giving SSVF Grantees and their partners more opportunity to share their successes in effectively serving Veterans experiencing or at-risk of homelessness locally. With that, we are asking Grantees to share with us your innovative practices related to the topics of the conference so we can feature local highlights, panels, and presentations throughout the two-day event. This year’s conference is organized around lessons learned in pursuing VA’s 2023 Housing Goals. We are requesting Grantees review the attached outline of topic areas for possible presentation topics. Attached to this email is a general description of the topic areas we are planning to include at the conference. In addition, if you or your community are doing innovative work in ending Veteran homelessness that does NOT fit into the topics below, we welcome ideas for other topics or highlights to be added to the conference.

If your organization is interested in presenting your local practices or innovations related to any of the topics in the attached document or other practices that are working well locally, please submit an abstract with a brief summary of your presentation or panel ideas using the following link. If you are submitting for multiple topics, you will need to fill out the survey once for each presentation idea being submitted: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SB93C9H

Presentation proposals are due by 5pm PST on Friday July 14, 2023

Thank you in advance for your interest in contributing to the expertise offered at this important event. We hope to hear from many of you soon!

DUE: Supplemental NOFA Communities Monthly Report Due in UDPaaS June 30, 2023  

All grant recipients of the FY22 Supplemental NOFA funds are required to complete a monthly report activity in UDPaaS. The May data report is due June 30, 2023, and should include any data from May 1, 2023, through May 31, 2023. If you have any questions regarding this report, please reach out to your Regional Coordinator for assistance.       

DUE: SSVF Quarter 3 Certification due in UDPaaS July 20, 2023

The SSVF Program Office is requiring all grantees to complete a Quarterly Certification in UDPaaS.  This process is defined in your signed Memorandum of Agreement for your grant and is a requirement of all grantees.  The Quarter 3 (April 1-June 30) Certification is now available in UDPaaS for completion.  Please ensure accuracy of submission as the Program Office will compare all data provided through Repository uploads from Quarter 3 of FY23.  Please refer to the Companion Guide for detailed instructions on completing the certification available here Quarterly Cert Companion Guide.  

REGISTER: SSVF National Webinar Series: VA CY2023 Goals and SSVF Implications Jul 13, 2023, 02:00 PM Eastern Time

This webinar will review VA’s 2023 National Housing goals and offer insights in the specific areas where those goals intersect with SSVF services and coordination efforts. The webinar will also review further guidance on elevating SSVF services and more deliberate implementation of Shallow Subsidy to stabilize tenancies, including coordination with other temporary VA homeless programs. All SSVF staff are encouraged to attend this webinar.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mvf1Rv6cRZ-0pnc-wq22Hw

REMINDER: Office Hours – CY 2023 Homelessness Goals: July 6, 2023

The next Calendar Year (CY) 2023 Homelessness Goals Office Hours call will be on Thursday, July 6, 2023. This call will provide guidance on strategies to supplement case management services to keep Veterans in housing.

These calls are held at 3:00 p.m. Eastern / 12:00 p.m. Pacific.

This call series is intended to provide broad technical assistance and support, so SSVF grantees are strongly encouraged to participate.

Please forward this reminder as appropriate.

If you need the ongoing invitation, please email VHA11HPO38kGoalSupport@va.gov.

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