NOTE: This
weekly update is targeted towards the SSVF Grantees and shared with
valuable partners for
awareness.
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NEW: Supplemental Funding Update
for Awarded Grantees
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REGISTER: SSVF National Webinar: Compliance, October 13, 2022 at 2:00pm EST (Target
Audience: Fiscal Staff and Program Management)
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REMINDER: FY22 Request to Extend Funds: UDPaaS Activity Due October 13, 2022
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REMINDER: SSVF Monthly Repository Upload Change
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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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REMINDER:
Update Grantee Intake
Information
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RESOURCE: VA Benefits in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ian
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RESOURCE: SSVF Shared Housing Toolkit
NEW: Supplemental Funding Update for Awarded Grantees
For those SSVF grantees who were awarded funding under the
recent Special NOFA; all accounts and funds are activated and available in the
Payment Management System. Should you
have any questions please contact your Regional Coordinator.
REGISTER: SSVF
National Webinar: Compliance, October 13, 2022 at 2:00pm
EST (Target
Audience: Fiscal Staff and Program Management)
The SSVF Program Office is hosting this webinar for Fiscal
and Administrative staff on materials that are presented at this year’s Program
Manager Academy.
This webinar event is primarily for
fiscal, accounting or administrative staff working
with SSVF grants. The webinar will
contain components and information provided for fiscal staff members related to
compliance, auditing and fiscal management of your SSVF
grants.
When: October
13, 2022, 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in
advance for this webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aoqiicU7SW6LeKPKfACOTg
After
registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the webinar.
REMINDER: FY22 Request to Extend Funds: UDPaaS
Activity Due October13, 2022
The SSVF Program Office has published an extension activity for
completion. Grantees spending FY22 funding past September 30, 2022 are expected to complete the activity to extend
utilization of FY22 funds up to March 31, 2023.
SSVF grantees will see an activity in UDPaaS
to request this extension to allow utilization not to exceed March 31, 2023.
All grantees are required to request this extension via UDPaaS. Please go into UDPaaS,
locate the activity under “My SSVF Tasks” and indicate “Yes” on the request to
extend FY22 spending. This task is due October 13 2022.
Please reach out to your Regional
Coordinator if you have any questions.
REMINDER: SSVF Monthly Repository Upload Change
The SSVF Program Office would like to remind
grantees the monthly repository upload deadline was changed from the 9th day of
the month to the 7th day of the month. Grantees should ensure uploads are
attempted within the first two days of the month, allowing for modifications or
corrections to be made up to the 7th day.
October 2022 Upload periods:
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First upload due Monday, October 3rd
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Final upload due Friday,
October 7th
Should you have any questions or concerns about
your October upload, please contact your SSVF Regional Coordinator and/or SSVFHMIS@abtassoc.com.
REMINDER: Office Hours
Permanent Housing Placement (PHP) National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans:
2nd and 4th Fridays of the Month
The next PHP National Challenge to House 38,000 Veterans
Office Hours call will be on Friday, October 14, 2022. This call will provide
guidance and recommendations on conducting housing surges.
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 will be held on the 2nd and 4th
Fridays of the Month at 3pm EST/12pm
PT. As this goal will be a major
focus of homeless program operations for the remainder of CY 2022.
Recordings to previous calls can be accessed
publicly here: https://www.va.gov/HOMELESS/38k_National_Housing_Challenge.asp
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REMINDER: Update Grantee Intake Information
It is required that all SSVF grantees ensure
their intake contact information is up to date at all times.
As you have changes in that information, ensure you update this in UDPaaS. This is done
by selecting your fiscal year grant page, then the request activity tab, and
finally by completing the “SSVF Intake Information” activity.
RESOURCE: VA Benefits in the Aftermath of
Hurricane Ian
SSVF Program Office would
like to share information about VA benefits related to Hurricane Ian. See the link below for further information.
What you need to know about VA benefits in the
aftermath of Hurricanes Fiona and Ian - VA News
RESOURCE: SSVF
Shared Housing Toolkit
The SSVF Program Office has
released an updated version of the Shared Housing Toolkit. This toolkit is
intended to address questions and implementation concerns related to Shared
Housing and increased utilization. Given
the current housing market, Shared Housing should be considered an effective tool
to address housing needs. The toolkit
can be found on our website and at the link below:
Shared_Housing_Toolkit_FINAL.pdf
(va.gov)