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oversight and monitor supportive
services provided to participants.
2. Grantees will be required to enter
data into a Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS) web-based
software application. These data will
consist of information on the
participants served and types of
supportive services provided by
grantees. Grantees must treat the data,
for activities funded by the SSVF
Program separate from that of activities
funded by other programs. Grantees will
be required to work with their HMIS
Administrators to export client-level
data for activities funded by the SSVF
Program to VA on at least a monthly
basis.
3. VA will complete annual
monitoring evaluations of each grantee.
Monitoring will also include the
submittal of quarterly and annual
financial and performance reports by
the grantee. The grantee will be
expected to demonstrate adherence to
the grantee’s proposed program concept,
as described in the grantee’s
application. All grantees are subject to
audits conducted by VA or its
representative.
4. Grantees will be assessed based on
their ability to meet critical performance
measures. In addition to meeting
program requirements defined by the
regulations and applicable NOFA(s),
grantees will be assessed on their ability
to place participants into housing and
the housing retention rates of
participants served. Higher placement
for homeless participants and higher
housing retention rates for at-risk
participants are expected for very-low
income Veteran families when
compared to extremely low-income
Veteran families with incomes below
30% of the area median income.
5. Organizations receiving renewal
awards that have had ongoing SSVF
program operation for at least 1 year (as
measured from the start of initial SSVF
services until February 5, 2021) may be
eligible for a 3-year award. Grantees
meeting outcome goals defined by VA
and in substantial compliance with their
grant agreements (defined by meeting
targets and having no outstanding
corrective action plans) and who, in
addition, receive 3-year accreditation
from CARF in Employment and
Community Services: Rapid Rehousing
and Homeless Prevention standards, a
4-year accreditation from COA
accreditation in Supported Community
Living Services standards, or a 3 year
accreditation in The Joint Commission’s
Behavioral Health Care: Housing
Support Services Standards are eligible
for a 3-year grant renewal subject to
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awards are contingent on funding
availability.) If awarded a multiple year
renewal, grantees may be eligible for
funding increases as defined in NOFAs
that correspond to years 2 and 3 of their
renewal funding.
VII. Other Information
A. VA Goals and Objectives for Funds
Awarded Under this NOFA: In
accordance with 38 CFR 62.24(c), VA
will evaluate an applicant’s compliance
with VA goals and requirements for the
SSVF Program. VA goals and
requirements include the provision of
supportive services designed to enhance
the housing stability and independent
living skills of very low-income Veteran
families occupying permanent housing
across geographic regions and program
administration in accordance with all
applicable laws, regulations and
guidelines. For purposes of this NOFA,
VA goals and requirements also include
the provision of supportive services
designed to rapidly re-house or prevent
homelessness among people in the
following target populations who also
meet all requirements for being part of
a very low-income veteran family
occupying permanent housing:
1. Veteran families earning less than
30% of area median income, as most
recently published by HUD for programs
under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f)
(http://www.huduser.org).
2. Veterans with at least one
dependent family member.
3. Veterans returning from Operation
Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi
Freedom or Operation New Dawn.
4. Veteran families located in a
community, as defined by HUD’s CoC,
or a county not currently served by an
SSVF grantee.
5. Veteran families located in a
community, as defined by HUD’s CoC,
where the current level of SSVF services
is not sufficient to meet the demand of
Category 2 and 3 (currently homeless)
Veteran families.
6. Veteran families located in a rural
area.
7. Veteran families located on Indian
Tribal Property.
B. Payments of Supportive Services
Grant Funds: Grantees will receive
payments electronically through the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services Payment Management System.
Grantees will have the ability to request
payments as frequently as they choose,
subject to the following limitations:
1. During the first quarter of the
grantee’s supportive services annualized
grant award period, the grantee’s
cumulative requests for supportive
services grant funds may not exceed

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35% of the total supportive services
grant award without written approval by
VA.
2. By the end of the second quarter of
the grantee’s supportive services
annualized grant award period, the
grantee’s cumulative requests for
supportive services grant funds may not
exceed 60% of the total supportive
services grant award without written
approval by VA.
3. By the end of the third quarter of
the grantee’s supportive services
annualized grant award period, the
grantee’s cumulative requests for
supportive services grant funds may not
exceed 80% of the total supportive
services grant award without written
approval by VA.
4. By the end of the fourth quarter of
the grantee’s supportive services
annualized grant award period, the
grantee’s cumulative requests for
supportive services grant funds may not
exceed 100% of the total supportive
services grant award.
Signing Authority
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or
designee, approved this document and
authorized the undersigned to sign and
submit the document to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication
electronically as an official document of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Brooks D. Tucker, Assistant Secretary
for Congressional and Legislative
Affairs, Performing the Delegable Duties
of the Chief of Staff, Department of
Veterans Affairs, approved this
document on November 12, 2020, for
publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator, Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of the Secretary, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0205]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Title 38
Positions—Applications and
Appraisals for Employment
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Health Administration,

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Department of Veterans Affairs, will
submit the collection of information
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The PRA
submission describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
cost and burden, and it includes the
actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control
No. 2900–0205.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Danny S. Green, Office of Quality,
Performance and Risk (OQPR),
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 421–1354 or email
[email protected] Please refer to
‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0205’’ in any
correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521.
Title: Title 38 Positions—Applications
and Appraisals for Employment (VA
Forms 10–2850, 10–2850a, 10–2850c,
FL 10–341(a)).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0205.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: The collection of this
information is authorized by Title 38,
United States Code (U.S.C.) 7403,
(Veterans’ Benefits), which provides
that appointments of Title 38 employees
will be made only after qualifications
have been satisfactorily verified in
accordance with regulations prescribed
by the Secretary. Occupations listed in
38 U.S.C. 7401(1) and 7401(3)
(Appointments in Veterans Health
Administration), are appointed at a
grade and step rate or an assignment
based on careful evaluation of their
education and experience.
VA Forms 10–2850, 10–2850a, and
10–2850c are applications designed

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specifically to elicit appropriate
information about each candidate’s
qualifications for employment with
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as
well as educational and experience. To
assure that a full evaluation of each
candidate’s credentials can be made
prior to employment, the forms require
disclosure of details about all licenses
ever held, Drug Enforcement
Administration certification, board
certification, clinical privileges, revoked
certification or registration, liability
insurance history, and involvement in
malpractice proceedings.
VA Form Letter 10–341a is the preemployment reference form used to
elicit information concerning the prior
education and/or performance of the
Title 38 applicant. This collection of
information is necessary to determine
eligibility for employment and the
appropriate grade and step rate or
assignment.
a. VA Form 10–2850, Application for
Physicians, Dentists, Podiatrists,
Optometrists, and Chiropractors, will
collect information used to determine
eligibility for appointment to VHA.
b. VA Form 10–2850a, Application for
Nurses and Nurse Anesthetists, will
collect information used to determine
eligibility for appointment to VHA.
c. VA Form 10–2850c, Application for
Associated Health Occupations, will
collect information used to determine
eligibility for appointment to VHA.
d. VA Form Letter 10–341(a),
Appraisal of Applicant, will collect
information used to determine if
applicant meets the requirements for
employment.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 85 FR
73 on April 15, 2020, page 21071.
VA Form 10–2850
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.

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Estimated Annual Burden: 8,064
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16,128.
VA Form 10–2850a
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 32,256
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
64,511.
VA Form 10–2850c
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 10,752
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
21,504.
VA Form Letter 10–341(a)
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 25,410
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once
annually.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50,820.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
VA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality,
Performance and Risk (OQPR), Department
of Veterans Affairs.
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