NOTE: This weekly update is targeted
towards the SSVF Grantees and shared with valuable partners for
awareness.
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VETERANS DAY MESSAGE
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NEW: SSVF
Guidance on Internet Costs
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REMINDER: SSVF
NOFA for FY24 Publication
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REMINDER: Supplemental NOFA – Income Eligibility Expansion and Incentives
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REMINDER: Office Hours Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) National Challenge to
House 38,000 Veterans: 2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month
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RESOURCE: Notice
of Funding Opportunity for Veterans Justice Programs: Legal Services for
Homeless Veterans Grants
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RESOURCE: Notice of Funding Opportunities for Grant and Per Diem
VETERANS
DAY MESSAGE
As we approach Veteran’s Day, the SSVF Program Office would like to acknowledge every Veteran who works with us at SSVF. Thank you for your service to our nation and for your contributions to end and prevent Veteran homelessness. To help celebrate Veterans and their families, VA has offered a list of Veteran’s Day freebies and discounts that may be found here. There are more than 5 free Veterans Day events across the country as well that can be found here.
NEW:
SSVF Guidance on Internet Costs
As
of November 1, 2022, SSVF Program will categorize internet costs as a utility
and charges will follow the utility payment assistance guidelines and
restrictions in the SSVF Program Guide (page 93). All Grantees are required to pursue the
Affordable Connectivity Program and any other resources to assist the Veteran
household.
Resource
available:
Get Internet - The White House
REMINDER: SSVF
NOFA for FY24 Publication
The
SSVF Program Office and VA are pleased to announce the newest Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) published in the Federal Register. This NOFA for
supportive services grants provides funding opportunities to new and
existing applicants nationwide. This NOFA is competitive, and
applicants are urged to closely review the NOFA and associated training
available on the SSVF website News and Events. Please share
this information with interested partners.
Applicants
are required to apply online via SSVF's grants management system, UDPaaS . VA will use
the application scoring criteria as described in 38 CFR 62.21, 62.22, and 62.24
and 62.25 for renewal applicants. Awards are for services to begin
October 1, 2023.
Applications
are due no later than February 10, 2023 at 4 pm
EST. Please contact SSVF@va.gov if you have questions.
Those
SSVF programs with multi-year awards (Priority 1) whose project periods do not
end by September 30, 2023 are not required to submit a
renewal application this year. However, those grantees are required to submit a
Letter of Intent Form (LOI) within the grants management system, UDPaaS, indicating the grantee’s desire to continue program
operations in FY 2024. These multi-year Grantees will receive separate
notification from the SSVF Program Office on how to submit confirmation of
their intent to continue SSVF operations in the upcoming Fiscal Year. All
grants are eligible to be renewed subject to scoring and availability of
funding.
REMINDER: Supplemental
NOFA – Income Eligibility Expansion and Incentives
Grantees who are not serving Supplemental Notice
of Funding Availability (NOFA) Communities but are interested in expanding income
eligibility up to 80% Area Median Income, may request an interim program change
approval. Please contact your Regional Coordinator for further information.
The SSVF Program office would like to remind
grantees, the newest TFA allowances for landlord and tenant incentives are
restricted to grantees awarded through the recent Supplemental NOFA. These
incentives are only allowed to be utilized by awarded grantees within the VAMC
catchment area identified within the NOFA.
REMINDER: Office Hours
Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans:
2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, the next PHP
National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans Office Hours call will be on
Thursday, November 10, 2022. This call will provide guidance and
recommendations on incorporating Veterans with lived experience into community
planning efforts.
As this call series is intended to provide broad
technical assistance and support that integrates all VA and community partner
programs and services towards accomplishing the goal, SSVF grantees are strongly
encouraged to participate.
These calls are held at 3:00 p.m. Eastern /
12:00 p.m. Pacific.
*Note: SSVF Program Office will be cancelling
the regularly scheduled National Webinar series so grantees can attend this
webinar.
Recordings of
previous calls can be accessed publicly here: https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/38k_National_Housing_Challenge.asp.
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RESOURCE: Notice of
Funding Opportunity for Veterans Justice Programs: Legal Services for Homeless
Veterans Grants
The Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) – Veterans Justice Programs (VJP) published a Notice
of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for more than $11 million in grants for entities
to provide legal services to Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness
as part of its new Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk
for Homelessness Grant Program (LSV-Homeless). The LSV-Homeless grant may be
awarded to both public entities and nonprofit private entities. VA will award
up to $150,000 in grant funding to up to 75 organizations to provide legal
services to eligible Veterans. The grant application period is open now and
will close on December 30, 2022. You can view the NOFO and the grant
application at www.va.gov/homeless/lsv.asp. If you have
questions or want more information, email LSV@va.gov.
Please note:
This is not a replacement for the required legal services provided by SSVF.
RESOURCE: Notice of Funding Opportunities Grant
and Per Diem
On October 27,
2022, VA Grant and Per Diem (GPD) published two grant funding opportunities, now
available for review on the GPD website:
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Funding opportunity one: “Per Diem Only”
(PDO) grants that fund transitional supportive housing beds and/or service
centers.
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VA anticipates awarding 350 PDO
grants to support approximately 10,500 transitional housing beds and 15 service
centers nationwide.
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PDO grant applications must be
received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, February 6, 2023.
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Funding opportunity two:
“Transition in Place” (TIP) grants that provide Veterans with apartment-style
housing that allows Veterans retain the unit as their permanent housing when
they complete the GPD program.
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VA anticipates awarding
approximately 40 TIP grants to support 600 TIP beds nationwide.
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TIP grant applications must be
received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern on Monday, January 30, 2023.
These
are new nationally competitive awards and both funding opportunities are open
to any eligible entity (i.e., not just current VA GPD grantees). More
information—including prerecorded technical assistance webinars and FAQs—is
available on the GPD website, https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/GPD.asp.