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Hill Watch: Congress Passes Veterans Bill with Homelessness Provisions Bill heads to the President's desk for signature  On Friday the U.S. Senate passed, by unanimous consent, H.R. 6416, the “Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016”. This bill contained several provisions related to veteran homelessness, some of the highlights of which included: Permanently authorizing the use of VA homeless programs by veterans with “Other Than Honorable” discharges, An update to the VA’s definition of homelessness, to include the McKinney-Vento updates which allow individuals fleeing domestic violence to be considered homeless, An authorization of a higher Per Diem rate to be paid to Transition in Place programs, The creation a program to allow for follow-up case management for veterans who have successfully...

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Hi Team, This is the latest SSVF Program Update. Please review the information in detail. Thanks so much! -----Original Message----- From: SSVF Program Office [mailto: mail@grantapplication. com ] Sent: Friday, December 09, 2016 10:09 PM To: wiwatson@cssalaska.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] SSVF Program Update December 9, 2016 Topics: 1.      SSVF NOFA Published in the Federal Register 2.      Important Reminder: FINAL FY16 HHS Account Transfer 3.      Register Now: SSVF National Webinar on December 15, 2016  at 2PM EST 4.      FY 2017 SSVF SOAR and Legal Survey:  Due by December 21, 2016 5.      HUD-VASH and SSVF Referral Packet (RRH Only) 6.      Notice: New URL for Payment Management Services SSVF NOFA Published in the Federal Register A new SSVF NOFA has been published in the Federal Register. This NOFA provides funding opportunities for all existing grantees, includ...

Thank you for making the 2016 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress reporting cycle a success! Your data contributes to the nation’s understanding of homelessness in America and informs federal policy to prevent and end it. Please remember that the deadline for confirming your community’s final AHAR data for All Persons and Veterans is today , December 12, 2016 at 11:59 PM PST . The community’s Continuum of Care (CoC) Primary should go into the Homelessness Data Exchange (HDX) and confirm their data submission by this date. If they do not, the data will be auto-confirmed first thing on December 13, 2016. The Data Liaison is not authorized to assess the usability status of your data unless the data are confirmed. Confirming your data means that someone from the CoC who has a broad perspective of your community’s homeless population (e.g. CoC Primary) has reviewed and approved your community’s AHAR submission. Clicking the confirmation button in HDX provides ...