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SECTION 1. PILOT PROGRAM ON ASSISTING VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS IN
FACILITATING COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION OF VETERANS.

(a) Program Required.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall
carry out a pilot program to demonstrate and assess the
feasibility and advisability of delivering community
reintegration support and services to veterans by assisting
veterans organizations in developing and promoting peer support
programs for veterans.
(2) Designation.--The pilot program required by paragraph
(1) shall be known as the ''Heroes Helping Heroes Program''.
(b) Duration of Program.--The pilot program shall be carried out
during the three-year period beginning on October 1, 2007.
(c) Selection of Pilot Program Participants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall select not more than
20 eligible entities to participate in the pilot program.
(2) Application.--Each eligible entity seeking to
participate in the pilot program shall submit an application to
the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by
such information as the Secretary shall require.
(3) Selection.--The Secretary shall select participants in
the pilot program from among the applicants under paragraph (1)
that the Secretary determines--
(A)(i) have existing peer support programs that can
be expanded or enhanced, and resources, for the
delivery of community reintegration support and
services to veterans (including mentoring programs,
self-help groups, and Internet and other electronic-
based peer support resources) that are suitable for the
pilot program; or
(ii) have the capacity, including the skill and
resources necessary, to develop and maintain new peer
support programs for the delivery of community
reintegration support and services (including mentoring
programs, self-help groups, and Internet and other
electronic-based peer support resources) that are
suitable for the pilot program; and
(B) have a plan to continue such peer support
programs after the pilot program ends.
(d) Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to pilot
program participants to develop and promote peer support
programs that deliver community reintegration support and
services for veterans.
(2) Amount.--The Secretary shall ensure that the average
amount of the grant awarded under paragraph (1) to a pilot
program participant is not more than $300,000 and not less than
$100,000 per fiscal year.
(3) Matching funds.--A recipient of a grant under paragraph
(1) shall contribute towards the development and promotion of
peer support programs that deliver community reintegration
support and services to veterans an amount equal to not less
than ten percent of the grant awarded to such recipient.
(4) Duration.--The duration of any grant awarded under
paragraph (1) may not exceed three years.
(e) Use of Funds.--A grant awarded to a pilot program participant
pursuant to subsection (d) shall be used by the pilot program
participant for costs and expenses connected with the development and
promotion of peer support programs that deliver community reintegration
support and services to veterans, including costs and expenses of the
following:
(1) Program staff or a coordinator of volunteers, but not
more than 50 percent of such grant award may be used for such
purpose in any fiscal year of such pilot program.
(2) Consultation services, but not more than 20 percent of
such grant award may be used for such purpose in any fiscal
year of such pilot program.
(3) Program operations, including costs and expenses
relating to the following:
(A) Advertising and recruiting.
(B) Printing.
(C) Training of volunteers, veterans, and staff.
(D) Incentives, such as food and awards.
(E) Overhead expenses, but not more than ten
percent of such grant award may be used for such
purposes.
(f) Technical Assistance.--In addition to the award of grants under
subsection (d), the Secretary shall provide technical assistance to
pilot program participants to assist them in developing and promoting
peer support programs that deliver community reintegration support and
services to veterans.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ''eligible entity'' means--
(A) a veterans service organization;
(B) a not-for-profit organization--
(i) the primary mission of which is to
assist veterans;
(ii) that has been in continuous operation
for at least 12 months; and
(iii) is not a veterans service
organization; or
(C) a partnership between an organization described
in subparagraph (A) or (B) and an organization that is
not described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) Pilot program participant.--The term ''pilot program
participant'' means an eligible entity that is selected by the
Secretary, in accordance with subsection (c), to participate in
the pilot program under this section.
(3) Veterans service organization.--The term ''veterans
service organization'' means any organization recognized by the
Secretary for the representation of veterans under section 5902
of title 38, United States Code.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out this
section, $4,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a three-year pilot program on the feasibility and advisability of delivering community reintegration support and services to veterans by assisting veterans organizations in developing and promoting veterans peer support. Designates the pilot program as the "Heroes Helping Heroes Program." Requires the Secretary to select up to 20 program participants, and to award grants to such participants in amounts from $100,000 to $300,000 per fiscal year. Requires grant recipients to contribute at least 10% of the grant funds awarded.