This weekly
update is targeted towards the SSVF Grantees and shared with valuable
partners for awareness.
October 20,
2023
NEW: Ending Veteran Homelessness Podcast:
On Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing through Supportive Services for
Veteran Families
DUE: FY24 Resolution and FY24 Budget
Revisions due November 13, 2023
DUE: FY22/ARP
Financial End of Year Closeout Due November 14, 2023
DUE:
Supplemental
Award Monthly Report (September report)
REGISTER: 2023 VA Permanent
Housing Conference – One Team Approach: Collaborating to End Homelessness Among
Veterans.
RESOURCE:
Hiring
and Retention Practices for SSVF Grantees
On this
month’s Ending Veteran Homelessness podcast, host Shawn Liu is joined by
Nikki Barfield, deputy director VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families.
Ms. Barfield talks about what the program is, how SSVF’s Shallow Subsidy
service helps Veterans who are falling behind on their rent, and how Veterans
in need can get connected for help. Listen to the episode.
DUE: FY24 Resolution and FY24
Budget Revisions due November 13, 2023
The SSVF Program Office has
published the FY24 Resolution and Budget Revisions activities. All
awarded grantees are required to complete these activities in the UDPaaS system. Instructions for completion are within
the UDPaaS system. Contact your SSVF Regional
Coordinator should you have questions.
Please note that your FY24
Resolution should reflect additional households able to be served given the
increased funding in FY24. FY24 Budgets should run from 04/01/2024
through 12/31/2024 and will encompass all services previously funded through
additional funding streams to include Shallow Subsidy, Healthcare Navigation,
Legal Services, and landlord and tenant incentives.
DUE: FY22/ARP Financial End of
Year Closeout Due November 14, 2023
The FY22/ARP Financial End of
Year Closeout Activity is due in the grant management system, UDPaaS, by 11/14/23. Please review the End of
Year Closeout Webinar with detailed instructions for completion.
DUE:
Supplemental Award Monthly Report (September report) For grantees
with Supplemental Funding awards, the request for September data is due October
27, 2023. This will be the final report for this information. Please
reach out to your Regional Coordinator if you have any questions.
REGISTER: 2023 VA
Permanent Housing Conference – One Team Approach: Collaborating to End
Homelessness Among Veterans.
The SSVF Program
Office, in partnership with the VA Homeless Program Office and national
HUD-VASH office, is excited to bring together practitioners from across the
country for the 2023 VA Permanent Housing Conference – One Team Approach:
Collaborating to End Homelessness Among Veterans.
All Grantees should
have received an invite and registration link to attend one of the PHC
locations: Dallas,
TX November 14 & 15 or Atlanta, GA December 5 & 6
This intensive, 2-day
conference event will focus on various topics and solutions to collectively end
homelessness among Veterans. The conference will include multiple plenary
sessions, planning discussions and over 20 breakout topics for attendees to
choose from.
Each SSVF grantee is
allotted two (2) staff members to this event.
Registration ends on November 1, 2023
Please ensure you register for the event and book your hotel (link for hotel
information will come via email after you register for the event)
Please contact your
SSVF Regional Coordinator if you have questions.
RESOURCE: Hiring and Retention
Practices for SSVF Grantees
As grantees prepare for the increase
of funding in FY24, the SSVF Program Office would like to remind you of a
previous webinar about hiring and retention for SSVF Grantees and their
community partners on Thursday, December 16, 2021. This provides uses of SSVF
funds to support hiring and retention with examples of how to attract and
retain talent while creating a diverse workforce. The webinar also
provides examples of what has worked for SSVF grantees to hire and retain
staff.
va.gov/HOMELESS/ssvf/docs/Hiring_and_Retention.pdf