Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National Cemetery, 88330-88331 [2016-29273]
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3. VA shall 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 the VA or its
representative. Grantees will be required
to provide each participant with a
satisfaction survey which can be
submitted by the participant directly to
VA within 30 days of such participant’s
pending exit from the grantee’s program.
5. 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
percent of the area median income.
6. Organizations receiving renewal
awards and that have had ongoing SSVF
program operation for at least 1 year (as
measured from the start of initial SSVF
services until December 5, 2016) 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 the Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) in
Employment and Community Services:
Rapid Rehousing and Homeless
Prevention standards or a 4-year
accreditation from the Council on
Accreditation’s (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 funding availability
(NOTE: Multi-year 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.
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VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: John
Kuhn, National Director, SSVF at the
following email address: SSVF@va.gov.
VIII. 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 percent 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) (https://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 a
SSVF grantee.
5. Veteran families located in a
community, as defined by HUD’s CoC,
where current level of SSVF services is
not sufficient to meet 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 35
percent of the total supportive services
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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 percent 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 percent 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 percent 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. Gina
S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on December 1,
2016, for publication.
Michael Shores,
Acting Director, Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016–29269 Filed 12–2–16; 11:15 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Allowance for Private Purchase of an
Outer Burial Receptacle in Lieu of a
Government-Furnished Graveliner for
a Grave in a VA National Cemetery
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) is updating the monetary
allowance payable for qualifying
interments that occur during calendar
year 2017, which applies toward the
private purchase of an outer burial
receptacle (or ‘‘graveliner’’) for use in a
VA national cemetery. The allowance is
equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners less any
administrative costs to VA. The purpose
of this Notice is to notify interested
SUMMARY:
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parties of the average cost of
Government-furnished graveliners,
administrative costs that relate to
processing and paying the allowance
and the amount of the allowance
payable for qualifying interments that
occur during calendar year 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Carter, Budget Operations and
Field Support Division, National
Cemetery Administration, Department
of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Telephone: (202) 461–9764 (this is not
a toll-free number).
Section
2306(e)(3) and (4) of title 38, United
States Code (U.S.C.) authorizes VA to
provide a monetary allowance for the
private purchase of an outer burial
receptacle for use in a VA national
cemetery where its use is authorized.
The allowance for qualified interments
that occur during calendar year 2017 is
the average cost of Government-
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furnished graveliners in fiscal year
2016, less the administrative costs
incurred by VA in processing and
paying the allowance in lieu of the
Government-furnished graveliner.
The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by
taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal
year for single-depth graveliners that
were procured for placement at the time
of interment and dividing it by the total
number of such graveliners procured by
VA during that fiscal year. The
calculation excludes both graveliners
procured and pre-placed in gravesites as
part of cemetery gravesite development
projects and all double-depth
graveliners. Using this method of
computation, the average cost was
determined to be $351.00 for fiscal year
2016.
The administrative costs incurred by
VA consist of those costs that relate to
processing and paying an allowance in
lieu of the Government-furnished
graveliner. These costs have been
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determined to be $9.00 for calendar year
2017.
The allowance payable for qualifying
interments occurring during calendar
year 2017, therefore, is $342.00.
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. Gina
S. Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on December 1,
2016, for publication.
Dated: December 1, 2016.
Michael Shores,
Acting Director, Regulation Policy &
Management, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016–29273 Filed 12–6–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Allowance for Private Purchase of an Outer Burial Receptacle in
Lieu of a Government-Furnished Graveliner for a Grave in a VA National
Cemetery
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is updating the
monetary allowance payable for qualifying interments that occur during
calendar year 2017, which applies toward the private purchase of an
outer burial receptacle (or ``graveliner'') for use in a VA national
cemetery. The allowance is equal to the average cost of Government-
furnished graveliners less any administrative costs to VA. The purpose
of this Notice is to notify interested
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parties of the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners,
administrative costs that relate to processing and paying the allowance
and the amount of the allowance payable for qualifying interments that
occur during calendar year 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Carter, Budget Operations and
Field Support Division, National Cemetery Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420.
Telephone: (202) 461-9764 (this is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2306(e)(3) and (4) of title 38,
United States Code (U.S.C.) authorizes VA to provide a monetary
allowance for the private purchase of an outer burial receptacle for
use in a VA national cemetery where its use is authorized. The
allowance for qualified interments that occur during calendar year 2017
is the average cost of Government-furnished graveliners in fiscal year
2016, less the administrative costs incurred by VA in processing and
paying the allowance in lieu of the Government-furnished graveliner.
The average cost of Government-furnished graveliners is determined
by taking VA's total cost during a fiscal year for single-depth
graveliners that were procured for placement at the time of interment
and dividing it by the total number of such graveliners procured by VA
during that fiscal year. The calculation excludes both graveliners
procured and pre-placed in gravesites as part of cemetery gravesite
development projects and all double-depth graveliners. Using this
method of computation, the average cost was determined to be $351.00
for fiscal year 2016.
The administrative costs incurred by VA consist of those costs that
relate to processing and paying an allowance in lieu of the Government-
furnished graveliner. These costs have been determined to be $9.00 for
calendar year 2017.
The allowance payable for qualifying interments occurring during
calendar year 2017, therefore, is $342.00.
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. Gina S.
Farrisee, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on December 1, 2016, for publication.
Dated: December 1, 2016.
Michael Shores,
Acting Director, Regulation Policy & Management, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2016-29273 Filed 12-6-16; 8:45 am]
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