From:                                         SSVF

Sent:                                           Friday, March 15, 2024 8:22 AM

Subject:                                     SSVF Program Update Friday March 15, 2024

 

 

 

 

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

March 15, 2024   

 

 

REMINDER: SSVF Program Change Request Available March 4, 2024 through April 5, 2024 

REMINDER: Veteran Status Interim Guidance

RESOURCE: SSVF Program Office FY2022 Annual Report 

 

 

REMINDER: SSVF Program Change Request Available March 4, 2024 through April 5, 2024 

This SSVF Program Change request is being published by the SSVF Program Office from March 4 through April 5, 2024.  Grantees may request new changes to geography or subcontractor changes during this change period.  Budget modifications will not be available as a program change option at this time as FY24 budgets are still being approved. All pre-approved changes by your Regional Coordinator must still be submitted formally during this time.

 

All requests for program changes must be submitted to the SSVF Program Office by the Grantee via the UDPAAS grants management system. The Program Change request can be found in the Grant management system (UDPaaS) under the Request Activity Tab of your FY24 grant award record. Grantees complete a standardized form for the request and supportive documentation (if required). This Companion Guide provides an overview of this process and submission deadlines, defines the various types of program changes, and provides instructions for completing the online form. The guide can also be found on the SSVF Website under the Grant Management section.     

 

All submissions must be entered by April 5, 2024 

 

 

REMINDER: Veteran Status Interim Guidance

The SSVF Program Office would like to provide further guidance to grantees in regard to Veteran status and eligibly. Recent guidance from the Health Eligibility Office, indicates:  

 

A service member (Active/Guard/Reserve) is NOT eligible for VHA homelessness program services, for themselves or their family, while they are on active-duty service.

 

Our office is seeking further clarification on the definition of “active-duty service” while also understanding the need to ensure grantees have sufficient information to move forward with new and current enrollments. 

 

At this time, if a Veteran has a DD214 with an eligible service and discharge type from the National Guard or Reserves, while still enlisted or has reenlisted, and attending weekend/annual trainings only, may be served.  The household must meet all other eligibly criteria at time of enrollment. 

 

 

RESOURCE: SSVF Program Office FY2022 Annual Report 

This report covers the eleventh grant period for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program, including awards made in 2021 for the FY 2022 period (October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022). The report summarizes the results attained by the 249 SSVF grantees funded for FY 2022. It is intended to inform Congress and the public about the grantees’ important work helping to prevent and end homelessness among our nation’s Veterans. 

 

This report uses data reported by grantees through local Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) and subsequently provided to VA via monthly uploads to the SSVF HMIS data repository. With the FY 2022 Annual Report, the methodology used to analyze HMIS data was changed to increase accuracy and efficiency in the annual reporting process (for more information see Section 2). Additional information was obtained from grantee quarterly reports and surveys of SSVF program participants. 

 

The full report is available on the SSVF website and by following the link: Here.