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Estimated Annual Burden: 235,584
total hours.
Customer Satisfaction Surveys:
73,334.
Focus Groups: 33,000.
Customer Comment Cards: 5,500.
Small Discussion Groups: 2,750.
Cognitive Laboratory Studies: 33,000.
Qualitative Customer Satisfaction
Surveys: 41,250.
In-Person Observation Testing: 5,500.
Patient Surveys: 41,250.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent:
Customer Satisfaction Surveys: 40
minutes.
Focus Groups: 60 minutes.
Customer Comment Cards: 30
minutes.
Small Discussion Groups: 30 minutes.
Cognitive Laboratory Studies: 60
minutes.
Qualitative Customer Satisfaction
Surveys: 30 minutes.
In-Person Observation Testing: 30
minutes.
Patient Surveys: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
368,500.
Customer Satisfaction Surveys:
110,000.
Focus Groups: 33,000.
Customer Comment Cards: 11,000.
Small Discussion Groups: 5,500.
Cognitive Laboratory Studies: 33,000.
Qualitative Customer Satisfaction
Surveys: 82,500.
In-Person Observation Testing:
11,000.
Patient Surveys: 82,500.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
Interim VA Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Performance and Risk (OQPR),
Department of Veterans Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020–21314 Filed 9–25–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Rental and Utility Assistance for
Certain Low-Income Veteran Families
AGENCY:
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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ACTION:
Notice.
The Supportive Services for
Veteran Families (SSVF) Program has
enabled grantees to augment available
housing options for homeless Veterans
in high-rent burden communities by
increasing the rental assistance for up to
2 years before recertification. This
notice will establish locations where the
SSVF grantees can place Veterans in
housing with this rental subsidy.
DATES: SSVF grantees can place
Veterans in housing with the rental
subsidy described in title 38 CFR
62.34(a)(8) effective October 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Kuhn, Homeless Program Office,
Supportive Services for Veteran
Families Program Office, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420,
202–632–8596. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
SUMMARY:
In a
document published in the Federal
Register on August 28, 2019, the
Department of Veterans Affairs
published a final rule, which revised its
regulations that govern the SSVF
Program, which is authorized under 38
U.S.C 2044. 84 FR 45074. This rule,
which amended 38 CFR 62.34(a)(6) and
(8), extends the ability of SSVF grantees
to provide rental assistance in certain
areas where the limited availability of
affordable housing makes it difficult to
reduce a community’s population of
homeless Veterans. Through the
provision of these subsidies, the pool of
available housing can be expanded as
program participants have access to a
broader rental market. Section
62.34(a)(8) states that extremely lowincome Veteran families and very lowincome Veteran families who meet the
criteria of 38 CFR 62.11 may be eligible
to receive a rental subsidy for a 2-year
period without recertification. Section
62.34(a)(8) further states that the
applicable counties will be published
annually in the Federal Register. As
stated in the notice, a family must live
in one of these applicable counties to be
eligible for this subsidy. The counties
will be chosen based on the cost and
availability of affordable housing for
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both individuals and families within
that county.
On February 12, 2020, VA published
a list of eligible counties for Fiscal Year
2020. SSVF seeks to expand the that list
to include some adjacent counties
frequently used as housing options for
Veteran families. On July 20, 2020, VHA
issued a memorandum consistent with
42 U.S.C. 5141, which waived the
limitation in section 62.34(a)(8) on the
publication of eligible counties to once
annually. Accordingly, SSVF may now
publish applicable counties for the
rental subsidy in section 62.34(a)(8)
more than once annually in the Federal
Register during the period indicated in
the July 20, 2020, memorandum. This
notice identifies additional counties
designated for purposes of the shallow
subsidy under the SSVF program.
Locations: In addition to the counties
listed in 85 FR 8098, this rental subsidy
will be available in the following
counties:
California: Sacramento, Kings, Tulare,
Ventura, Solano, Santa Cruz, Amador
and San Joaquin;
Maryland: Prince Georges and
Montgomery;
Virginia: Fairfax and Prince William;
Washington: Pierce and Snohomish;
Hawaii: Kauai, Maui and Hawaii; and
New York: Nassau, Westchester,
Rockland, Putnam, Ulster, Sullivan and
Suffolk.
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, Acting Chief of Staff,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
approved this document on September
21, 2020 for publication.
Luvenia Potts,
Regulation Development Coordinator,Office
of Regulation Policy & Management, Office
of the Secretary, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2020–21352 Filed 9–25–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Rental and Utility Assistance for Certain Low-Income Veteran
Families
AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program
has enabled grantees to augment available housing options for homeless
Veterans in high-rent burden communities by increasing the rental
assistance for up to 2 years before recertification. This notice will
establish locations where the SSVF grantees can place Veterans in
housing with this rental subsidy.
DATES: SSVF grantees can place Veterans in housing with the rental
subsidy described in title 38 CFR 62.34(a)(8) effective October 1,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Kuhn, Homeless Program Office,
Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program Office, 810 Vermont
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20420, 202-632-8596. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a document published in the Federal
Register on August 28, 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs
published a final rule, which revised its regulations that govern the
SSVF Program, which is authorized under 38 U.S.C 2044. 84 FR 45074.
This rule, which amended 38 CFR 62.34(a)(6) and (8), extends the
ability of SSVF grantees to provide rental assistance in certain areas
where the limited availability of affordable housing makes it difficult
to reduce a community's population of homeless Veterans. Through the
provision of these subsidies, the pool of available housing can be
expanded as program participants have access to a broader rental
market. Section 62.34(a)(8) states that extremely low-income Veteran
families and very low-income Veteran families who meet the criteria of
38 CFR 62.11 may be eligible to receive a rental subsidy for a 2-year
period without recertification. Section 62.34(a)(8) further states that
the applicable counties will be published annually in the Federal
Register. As stated in the notice, a family must live in one of these
applicable counties to be eligible for this subsidy. The counties will
be chosen based on the cost and availability of affordable housing for
both individuals and families within that county.
On February 12, 2020, VA published a list of eligible counties for
Fiscal Year 2020. SSVF seeks to expand the that list to include some
adjacent counties frequently used as housing options for Veteran
families. On July 20, 2020, VHA issued a memorandum consistent with 42
U.S.C. 5141, which waived the limitation in section 62.34(a)(8) on the
publication of eligible counties to once annually. Accordingly, SSVF
may now publish applicable counties for the rental subsidy in section
62.34(a)(8) more than once annually in the Federal Register during the
period indicated in the July 20, 2020, memorandum. This notice
identifies additional counties designated for purposes of the shallow
subsidy under the SSVF program.
Locations: In addition to the counties listed in 85 FR 8098, this
rental subsidy will be available in the following counties:
California: Sacramento, Kings, Tulare, Ventura, Solano, Santa Cruz,
Amador and San Joaquin;
Maryland: Prince Georges and Montgomery;
Virginia: Fairfax and Prince William;
Washington: Pierce and Snohomish;
Hawaii: Kauai, Maui and Hawaii; and
New York: Nassau, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Ulster, Sullivan
and Suffolk.
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, Acting Chief of Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, approved
this document on September 21, 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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