64.033: VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program

64.033

Inactive

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) [VA]

Sept. 7, 2020

Sept. 7, 2020

To provide supportive services grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives who will coordinate or provide supportive services to very low-income Veteran families who: (i) are residing in permanent housing, (ii) are homeless and scheduled to become residents of permanent housing within a specified time period, or (iii) after exiting permanent housing within a specified time period, are seeking other housing that is responsive to such very low-income Veteran family’s needs and preferences.

B - Project Grants

Applicants eligible for grants must be either a private non-profit organization or a consumer cooperative. The SSVF Program defines a private non-profit organization as: 1. An incorporated private institution or foundation that (a) has no part of the net earnings that inure to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; (b) has a governing board that is responsible for the operation of the supportive services; and (c) is approved by VA as to financial responsibility; 2. A for-profit limited partnership, the sole general partner of which is an organization that (a) has no part of the net earnings that inure to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; (b) has a governing board that is responsible for the operation of the supportive services; and (c) is approved by VA as to financial responsibility; 3. A corporation wholly owned and controlled by an organization that (a) has no part of the net earnings that inure to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; (b) has a governing board that is responsible for the operation of the supportive services; and (c) is approved by VA as to financial responsibility; or 4. A tribally designated housing entity (as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)). The SSVF Program defines a consumer cooperative as having the meaning given such term in section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q).

Veteran families, meaning families in which the head of household or the spouse of the head of household served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable. Eligible Veteran families must be very-low income, meaning their annual income, as determined in accordance with 24 CFR 5.609, does not exceed 50 percent of the median income for an area or community. Eligible Veteran families must also fall within one of the following categories: (i) residing in permanent housing; (ii) homeless and scheduled to become a resident of permanent housing within 90 days pending the location or development of housing suitable for permanent housing; or (iii) exited permanent housing within the previous 90 days to seek other housing that is responsive to the very low-income Veteran family’s needs and preferences.

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