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Room 4E.400, Washington, DC. The 

sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. each 

day. On Tuesday, April 14 the session 

ends at 4:30 p.m., and ends at 1:00 p.m. 

on Wednesday, April 15. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary, through the 

Executive Director, My VA Task Force 

Office, regarding the My VA initiative 

and VA’s ability to rebuild trust with 

Veterans and other stakeholders, 

improve service delivery with a focus 

on Veteran outcomes, and set the course 

for longer-term excellence and reform of 

the VA. 

On April 14, agenda topics will 

include: An overview of VA, the 

Committee’s charge, and the MyVA 

work conducted to date. Information 

with be provided on the five key MyVA 

work streams—Veteran Experience 

(explaining the research conducted to 

understand the Veteran’s experience 

and needs), People and Culture, Support 

Services Excellence (such as 

information technology and human 

resources), Performance Improvement 

(projects undertaken to date and those 

upcoming), and VA Strategic 

Partnerships. An ethics briefing for the 

Committee will also be provided. 

On April 15, the Committee will 

discuss its charge, a prioritization of 

Committee activities and discuss the 

need for convening subcommittees. No 

time will be allocated at this meeting for 

receiving oral presentations from the 

public. However, the public may submit 

written statements for the Committee’s 

review to Sharon Gilles, Designated 

Federal Officer, MyVA Program 

Management Office, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Room 430, Washington, DC 20420, 

or email at Sharon.Gilles@VA.gov. 

Because the meeting will be held in a 

Government building, anyone attending 

must be prepared to show a valid photo 

ID. Please allow 15 minutes before the 

meeting begins for this process. Any 

member of the public wishing to attend 

the meeting or seeking additional 

information should contact Ms. Gilles. 

Dated: March 12, 2015. 

Jelessa Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Funding Availability Under Supportive 

Services for Veteran Families Program 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Fund Availability 

(NOFA): Amendment. 

SUMMARY: This amendment to the 

February 3, 2015 NOFA allows grantees 

with existing 3-year, non-renewable 

awards to apply for funding (these 

grants were previously awarded to 

priority 1 applicants under a Supportive 

Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) 

NOFA published on January 10, 2014). 

Under the current February 3, 2015 

NOFA, VA is offering up to $300 

million to current SSVF grantees 

seeking funding for their existing, 

renewable grants. This amendment will 

expand the pool of potential applicants 

to include current SSVF grantees with 

3-year, non-renewable grants. The 

overall level of funding available 

through the amended NOFA remains at 

$300 million. 

Increasing the rate of placement of 

homeless Veteran households may be 

accomplished by accelerating SSVF 

program implementation by funded 

grantees. VA seeks to encourage such 

activity and recognizes that one method 

of enhancing placement activity is to 

shorten grant terms from 3 years to 2 

years, utilizing the grantee’s total 3-year 

award in a shorter, 2-year period. 

Announcement Type: Amendment. 

Funding Opportunity Number: VA– 

SSVF–021015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 64.033, VA 

Supportive Services for Veteran 

Families Program. 

DATES: Applications made in response 

to this amendment are due April 10, 

2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Kuhn, Supportive Services for 

Veteran Families Program Office, 

National Center on Homelessness 

Among Veterans, 4100 Chester Avenue, 

Suite 201, Philadelphia, PA 19104; (877) 

737–0111 (this is a toll-free number); 

SSVF@va.gov. 

For a Copy of the Application 

Package: Copies of the application can 

be downloaded directly from the SSVF 

Program Web site at: www.va.gov/

homeless/ssvf.asp. Questions should be 

referred to the SSVF Program Office via 

phone at (877) 737–0111 (toll-free 

number) or via email at SSVF@va.gov. 

For detailed SSVF Program information 

and requirements, see Part 62 of Title 

38, Code of Federal Regulations (38 CFR 

part 62). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding 

Existing 3-year, non-renewable 

grantees are eligible for funding equal to 

33 percent of their total current award. 

These awards would replace funds used 

to accelerate the placement of homeless 

Veteran households in years 1 and 2 of 

the current 3-year, non-renewable grant 

term. These funds would be made 

available to grantees who compressed 

their 3-year award into 2-years, allowing 

them to operate in the third year of their 

grant term as planned. Awards made to 

applicants responding to the NOFA and 

the amended NOFA will be scored 

competitively with each group of 

applicants given equal priority. 

II. Allocation of Funds 

Funding will be awarded under this 

NOFA to existing grantees for a 1-year 

grant term, to be implemented in the 

final year of the 3-year grant term that 

currently exists, in order to replace 

funding accelerated into years 1 and 2 

of their 3-year grant term. Applicants 

must apply as renewal grantees, using 

the renewal application form. Existing 

grantees interested in applying under 

both the original NOFA and the 

amended NOFA must submit two 

separate applications. Only grantees 

with 3-year, non-renewable grants are 

eligible to apply in response to the 

amended portion of this NOFA. 

Supportive services grants awarded 

under the amended portion of this 

NOFA must also meet the following 

criteria: 

(1) Each funding request cannot 

exceed 33 percent of the existing 3-year, 

non-renewable award. 

(2) Applicants must have spent no 

less 46 percent of their total grant award 

no later than August 30, 2015. 

(3) Applicants must exit no less than 

46 percent or more of their total 

household target (indicated in their 

grant agreement) by August 30, 2015. 

(4) 85 percent or more of all exits will 

be the rapid re-housing of Category 2 

and 3 (literally homeless) Veteran 

households. Category 1 exits cannot 

exceed 15 percent of placement activity. 

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. 

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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. Jose 

D. Riojas, Chief of Staff, approved this 

document on February 25, 2015 for 

publication. 

Approved: March 5, 2015. 

Dated: March 11, 2015. 

Rebecca Schiller, 

Advisory Committee Management Officer. 

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