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Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program Overview LIVE WEBCAST September 30, 2010

Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program Overview LIVE WEBCAST September 30, 2010 . Agenda. Ending Veteran Homelessness Overview of SSVF Program Background Operations Participant Eligibility Supportive Services Application Process & Scoring Next Steps

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Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program Overview LIVE WEBCAST September 30, 2010

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  1. Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program Overview LIVE WEBCAST September 30, 2010

  2. Agenda • Ending Veteran Homelessness • Overview of SSVF Program • Background • Operations • Participant Eligibility • Supportive Services • Application Process & Scoring • Next Steps • Questions & Answers • For More Information

  3. I. Ending Veteran Homelessness • Expand existing programs and develop new initiatives to prevent Veterans from becoming homeless and assist those who are currently homeless • Increase the number and variety of housing options, including safe havens, transitional, permanent, contracted, VA- and community-operated • Provide more supportive services through partnerships to prevent homelessness, improve employability, and increase independent living for Veterans • Improve access to VA and community-based mental health, substance abuse and support services • Program enhancements will provide housing, VA health care and benefits, employment, and residential stability to more than 500,000 Veterans

  4. I. Ending Veteran Homelessness (cont’d) Federal Strategic Plan VA Five-Year Plan • Built upon 6 strategic pillars: • Outreach/Education • Treatment • Prevention • Housing/Supportive Services • Income/ Employment/ Benefits • Community Partnerships

  5. II. Overview of SSVF Program • Goal of SSVF Program • Provide housing stability to homeless and at-risk Veterans and their families • Process • VA will award grants to grantees (private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives) • Grantees will provide supportive services to very low-income Veterans and their families who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness

  6. II. Overview of SSVF Program (cont’d) • How SSVF Complements Other Programs • SSVF grant funds can be used as: • A services “bridge”/enhancement to permanent supportive housing (e.g. in conjunction with the HUD-VASH Program) • A stand-alone, short-term, intensive case management model (e.g. in conjunction with a program using a critical time intervention model) • A homelessness, eviction, or housing crisis prevention program (e.g. in conjunction with a program such as HUD’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP))

  7. II. Overview of SSVF Program (cont’d) • How SSVF Differs from Other VA Programs • Grantees will be community-based organizations • Grantees will serve Veterans and their families • Homelessness prevention and rapid re-housing focus • Temporary financial assistance payments may be provided to third parties on behalf of participants

  8. III. Background • Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2044 / Section 604 of the Veterans’ Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 (the Act) / Public Law 110-387 • Purpose: To provide grants to eligible entities to facilitate the provision of supportive services to very low-income Veteran families who are “occupying permanent housing” • Status: • Proposed Rule published in Federal Register on May 5, 2010 (http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10372.pdf) • Final Rule under review by OMB

  9. IV. Operations VA Award Supportive Services Grants Eligible Entities(private nonprofit organizations or consumer cooperatives) Provide Supportive Services Participants (very low-income Veteran families “occupying permanent housing”)

  10. V. Participant Eligibility • Veteran Family: • Veteran who is a single person,or • Family in which the head of household, or the spouse of the head of household, is a Veteran • Very Low-Income: <50% area median income • “Occupying Permanent Housing”: • Category (1): Currently residing in permanent housing • Category (2): Currently homeless, scheduled to become resident of permanent housing within 90 days pending the location or development of suitable permanent housing • Category (3): Exited permanent housing within the previous 90 days in order to seek housing more responsive to needs and preferences

  11. VI. Supportive Services Required Supportive Services: • Outreach services • Case management services • Assist participants to obtain VA benefits • Assist participants to obtain and coordinate the provision of other public benefits provided by Federal, State, or local agencies, or any eligible entity in the area or community served by the grantee (provided directly or through referral to partner agencies)

  12. VI. Supportive Services (cont’d) Optional Supportive Services: Temporary financial assistance payments • Payments must help participants remain in or obtain permanent housing and can be for the following purposes • Payments are subject to the restrictions in the Final Rule and the Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA), including time/amount limitations, development of housing stability plan, payments only to third parties

  13. VII. Application Process & Scoring NOFA Issued Applications Submitted VA Performs Threshold Review & Scores Applications That Pass Threshold Review VA Groups Applicants within Funding Priorities (if applicable) & Ranks Applicants within Funding Priority Groups (if any) Review of Additional Considerations* Applicants Selected Grant Award Letters Issued Grant Agreements Executed *1. Preference given to applicants who serve Veteran families transitioning from homelessness 2. Equitable geographic distribution of grant funds, as practicable

  14. VII. Application Process & Scoring (cont’d) Application • Application package will be posted to SSVF website (http://www1.va.gov/homeless/SSVF.asp) and also available on http://www.grants.gov • Corporation for Supportive Housing will be providing technical assistance to applicants • Application content will include:

  15. VII. Application Process & Scoring (cont’d) Threshold requirements: • Application is submitted on time and is complete • Applicant is a non-profit organization or consumer cooperative • Proposed activities are eligible for funding • Proposed participants are eligible to receive supportive services • Applicant agrees to comply with the requirements in the Final Rule • Applicant does not have an outstanding obligation to the Federal government that is in arrears and does not have an overdue or unsatisfactory response to an audit • Applicant is not in default by failing to meet the requirements for any previous Federal assistance

  16. VII. Application Process & Scoring (cont’d) Scoring Criteria:

  17. VII. Application Process & Scoring (cont’d) Scoring Criteria (cont’d)

  18. VIII. Next Steps

  19. IX. Questions & Answers Questions & Answers

  20. X. For More Information Thank you for joining us today. For more information about the SSVF Program, please visit: http://www1.va.gov/homeless/SSVF.asp or call: 1-877-737-0111

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