From:                                         SSVF

Sent:                                           Friday, May 21, 2021 7:01 AM

Subject:                                     SSVF Program Update Friday May 21, 2021

 

TOPICS:

NEW: Program Manager Academy- Additional Compliance Sessions Added June 21, 2021 - June 23, 2021

ACTION NEEDED: SmartSimple Grant Contact Review & Updates

REMINDER: SAVE LIVES Act Regarding Vaccination Eligibility

REGISTER: SSVF 2021 Virtual Program Manager Academy Registration Runs June 1, 2021 - June 23, 2021

 

 

 

NEW: Program Manager Academy- Additional Compliance Sessions Added

The SSVF Program Office is pleased to announce the latest content addition to the SSVF 2021 Virtual Program Manager Academy. Three additional Compliance sessions have been added which will run

June 21, 2021 -June 23, 2021.  All SSVF Program Managers and Fiscal Staff are strongly encouraged to attend the Program Manager Academy sessions. 

 

If you have any questions about this year's Program Manager Academy format or how to register for specific sessions, please contact your SSVF Regional Coordinator directly.  Please follow links within the table below to register for each event.

 

Date

Time

Full Session (Register by clicking link below)

6/21/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

General SSVF Program Compliance/Oversight Overview

6/22/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Fiscal Review and Operational Considerations

6/23/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

General SSVF FOFA Program Overview

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACTION NEEDED: SmartSimple Grant Contact Review & Updates

In order for Grantees to receive communications from the SSVF Program Office, contacts will need to be added to at least the FY2021 approved grant award in SmartSimple.  Please take time to review the pre-recorded webinar titled: “SmartSimple Grants Management System: Adding Contacts to Grant Awards” which explains how to add contacts to your current grant awards.

 

Note:  Contacts are added in the Grant file NOT the Organization file.  Grant account owners will need to first add themselves as a Grant Contact and then may send invitations to others, with designated roles.    Access to the webinar:“SmartSimple Grants Management System: Adding Contacts to Grant Awards” is found here: https://youtu.be/oeCt3TuABgY.  If you have any questions, please contact your Regional Coordinator. 

 

 

 

REMINDER: SAVE LIVES Act Regarding Vaccination Eligibility

The Department of Veterans Affairs is pleased to announce the SAVE LIVES Act was signed into law on March 24, 2021.  This law provides the VA Medical Centers legal authority to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all Veterans, regardless of their VA health care enrollment status, as well as Veteran spouses, caregivers, and some beneficiaries.  Please follow the link below to read more about this law and the allowances this action provides.

 

SAVE LIVES Act allows VA to soon provide COVID-19 vaccinations to all Veterans, their spouses and caregivers

 

 

REGISTER: SSVF 2021 Virtual Program Manager Academy Registration Runs June 1, 2021 to June 23, 2021

All SSVF Program Managers are strongly encouraged to attend the Program Manager Academy sessions taking place throughout the month of June, per the schedule below.  We would like to draw your attention specifically to the June 1st Opening Plenary Session where you will hear from the SSVF National Director, John Kuhn about the trajectory of the SSVF Program nationally, and the June 4th Customer Service that will discuss service provisions from initial contact to close out contacts.  In addition, all SSVF Program Managers and Fiscal Staff are strongly encouraged to attend the Compliance sessions taking place June 21, 2021 - June 23, 2021.

 

Please note: New Program Managers, who have been specifically identified by their SSVF Regional Coordinator, will also be invited to participate in a post-session workgroup discussion based on the topic(s) discussed in the larger broadcast sessions. These specific Program Managers will receive a separate invitation for the smaller group discussions taking place each afternoon during the Program Manager Academy. The Program Office will also send additional information that contains pre-reading and content in the Housing Skills Practice Center that new Program Managers will be asked to complete prior to or throughout June.

If you have any questions about this year's Program Manager Academy format or how to register for specific sessions, please contact your SSVF Regional Coordinator directly.  Please follow links within the table below to register for each event.

 

 

Date

Time

Full Session (Register by clicking link below)

New PM Discussion Session

6/1/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Program Manager Academy Opening Plenary

 Not applicable

6/2/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Promoting Excellence in SSVF

3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/4/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Customer Service: Access, Triage, Response

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/7/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Rooting Equity in Program Design

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/9/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Coordination with VA Homeless Programs

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/11/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

CoC and Community Coordination

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/14/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Supervision, Self-Care and Leadership

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/16/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Health Care Navigation: Embedding For the Long Term

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

6/18/2021

1:00-2:30pm EST

Data Quality and Implementation

 3:00-4:00pm EST; Invite coming separately

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

SSVF Program Office