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Legal Services for Veterans: Provider Website

NEW The proposed rule for the VA Legal Services for Veterans – Legal Assistance for Access to VA Programs (LSV-A) Grant Program has been published to the Federal Register. This proposed grant program would fund entities that provide legal assistance to help Veterans and former service members improve their military discharge status or characterization of service, subsequently increasing access VA programs and benefits. VA anticipates a notice of funding opportunity to be available following the publication of the Final Rule.

Proposed Rule: Federal Register :: Legal Services for Veterans-Legal Assistance for Access to VA Programs Grant Program

Press Release: VA proposes new legal services grant program to help Veterans upgrade their military discharge status and increase access to earned benefits - VA News

LSV-H Grant Veterans Survey

Survey flyer available here

Contact LSV Program Staff:

(Please include your project FAIN/Grant ID on all correspondence)
General LSV Program Questions: LSVGrants@va.gov

Regulations, Guides & NOFOs

Regulations & Guides:

LSV-H Grant Recipient Guide

NEW Beneficiary Notice of Religious Protections

Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):

Legal Services for Homeless Veterans (LSV-H) NOFO (published 12/18/2023)
Legal Services for Homeless Veterans (LSV-H) NOFO (published 10/06/2022)

General Terms & Conditions of Award:

Effective August 2023 (LSV-H) (Coming soon)

Fiscal Information

Payment Management System (PMS):

LSV grantees will need to register with the Payment Management System and set up direct deposit:
UPDATED: Payment Management System (PMS) Access Process
Payment Management System
Payment Management System - New User Access Request
Update Banking | HHS Payment Management System
How-to Guide for Registering or updating account information in PMS

SF 425 Resources:

SF 425 Federal Financial Report - For the new current FY24 grants, a Mid-Year SF-425 is due by March 31, 2025, and a Final SF-425 is due by January 28, 2026. For last year's grants FY22, the Final SF-425 is due by November 28, 2024. Grantees will email the completed form with supporting documentation (general ledger) to LSV425@va.gov.

(NOTE: please be sure to open the newest version of the SF-425 on grants.gov. Once you have selected the most current PDF link, you must save the document to your computer first, and then open the document from the saved location and click Enable All Features).

Other Fiscal Resources/Information:

Single Audit Act
Veterans Affairs | Tungsten Network (tungsten-network.com)


Questions? Contact Us

Program Management & Operations

LSV-H Quarterly Report Dates, Caseload Tracker & Rurality Information:

- Quarterly reports are due within 30 days of the end of each quarter:
     Quarter 1: August 1 – October 31, report due by November 30
     Quarter 2: November 1 – January 31, report due by March 1
     Quarter 3: February 1 – April 30, report due by May 30
     Quarter 4: May 1 – September 30, report due by October 30

- Caseload Tracking Tool:
     > NEW FY24 Caseload Tool (starting Aug 1, 2024): FY24 Caseload Tracking Tool

- Rurality Information: 
     > Rural County Lookup Document


SF-424 Information:

Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424)

(NOTE: please be sure to open the newest version of the SF-424 on grants.gov. Once you have selected the most current PDF link, you must save the document to your computer first, and then open the document from the saved location and click Enable All Features).

External Systems (eGMS, SAM & SQUARES)

Electronic Grants Management System (eGMS):

 External Link eGMS Login Webpage

How-to: Register a New Organization in eGMS
How-to: Add or Update Contacts
How-to: Submit a Payment Request
How-to: Submit a Quarterly Report
How-to: Upload a Signed Grant Agreement
How-to: Retrieve Executed Grant Agreements

System for Award Management (SAM):

All grantees are required to maintain an Active status on www.SAM.gov in order to receive payment for all LSV grants.

SQUARES:

SQUARES 3.0 Website To access: from the link, click "I am a VA Business Partner", then click the SQUARES portal. You will then sign in with ID.me
LSV-H Eligibility Decision Tree

National Calls and Webinars

National Monthly Calls:

December 04, 2024 Monthly Call
November 06, 2024 Monthly Call
October 02, 2024 Monthly Call
July 16, 2024 Monthly Call
June 5, 2024 Monthly Call
May 1, 2024 Monthly Call
April 3, 2024 Monthly Call
March 6, 2024 Monthly Call
February 7, 2024 Monthly Call
January 17, 2024 Monthly Call

Webinars:

LSV-H Grantee Kick-Off Call (July 2024) - Password: Homeless1!
LSV-H New Grantee Onboarding Sessions 2024:
     - Onboarding Day 1 (Aug 13, 2024)
     - Onboarding Day 2 (Aug 14, 2024)
     - Onboarding Day 3 (Aug 15, 2024)

LSV-H New Grantee Kick-Off Call (July 2023)
LSV-H New Grantee Onboarding Sessions 2023:
     - Onboarding Day 1 (Sept 26, 2023)
     - Onboarding Day 2 (Sept 27, 2023)
     - Onboarding Day 3 (Sept 28, 2023)

LSV-H Quarterly Reporting Webinar (Nov 1, 2023) - Password: Homeless1!

Resources and FAQs

Resources:

FAQs:

LSV-H FAQs

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