Fund for Veterans Assistance

Fund for Veterans’ Assistance 2018-19 General Assistance, Veterans Mental Health, Housing 4 Texas Heroes, and Veterans Treatment Court Grants Addendum IV – Questions Received as of October 12, 2017 Question Received Answer 1 A. Does TVC assist A. No. As stated in the Marketing and Outreach portion grantees to identify of the Request for Application: “Indicate if your and solicit veterans organization has an outreach and/or marketing plan who might use the to ensure your organization can reach and provide provided services? services to the Estimated Number of Clients to be served as listed in the table for Beneficiaries #3. B. Will governmental or non-governmental TVC will assist veterans who contact TVC directly for agencies that help assistance with a referral to an existing grantee within the veterans make service area where the veteran resides. TVC does not referrals to grantees? directly solicit veterans for grantees.

B. Governmental and non-governmental agencies have access to the TVC website that lists all available grants for the current grant cycle.

2 Can we provide legal services As stated in the RFA under Project Eligibility: to an ex-spouse if the legal “Eligibility to receive services must be verified and matter to the ex-spouse being a documented”. Appendix I, - Application, Project veteran? Eligibility lists the documentation allowable for each If the spouse of a veteran is a category of beneficiary to determine if the client is an victim of domestic violence eligible recipient. and can't obtain documentation normally required of spouse to prove eligibility, can we still represent the spouse?

3 We are interested in applying Applications must choose one of the three categories as for a significant grant with the main emphasis of the grant application. Any other TVC in the area of mental services provided by a grantee can be listed under the health and notice the Proposed Project Services, Need Identified, and in the emphasis on: budget listing all services provided by the grantee.

• Clinical counseling; • Peer delivered services; and • Non-clinical support services. We are interested in a combination of all three. Unfortunately, in the Page 1 of 3 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance 2018-19 General Assistance, Veterans Mental Health, Housing 4 Texas Heroes, and Veterans Treatment Court Grants Addendum IV – Questions Received as of October 12, 2017 application, it’s a forced choice of one of the three, not all three. Is there a way to indicate on the grant application that we are interested in all three aspects? And, if we choose to do all three, will that be an issue with the committee given that we have to make a single decision on the actual application? 4 In the General Assistance As defined by the RFA a principal participant is Grant application, it appears “Project Coordinator and Financial Coordinator, the Project Principal and Executive Director or any other key Participants table and stakeholders in the Proposed Project.” These are qualifications details is for normally personnel who are currently employed currently filled principal by the organization and current resumes will be participants. Where is it best required to be submitted with the application. If to detail new positions to be new positions are anticipated and will be filled if awarded for the reimbursed through the grant, if awarded, those proposed project? personnel should be listed in the budget.

5 We would be seeking All grant applications must fall under one of the funding under General categories as listed in the RFA and Appendix I. Please Assistance for a different refer to the RFA, Section J. Prohibited Uses of Funds, reason, rather than UGMS, and CFR 200 for allowable costs. emergency financial assistance (rent, mortgage, 1) If this is a grant that has not been previously car repair), we would be awarded through FVA, even if it is a project seeking to serve youth and currently provided by an agency, it would be new families through (childcare, rather than continuation. pre/after school programs, 2) Please refer to paragraph above concerning and health and wellness where to determine if costs are allowable. memberships at pools and 3) All applications must choose one category from exercise equipment areas). the pull down menu listed in Appendix I. 1) Can we be under the category of new rather than continuation? 2) Can we serve in all the capacities listed (childcare, pre/after school programs, and health and wellness memberships at

of 3 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance 2018-19 General Assistance, Veterans Mental Health, Housing 4 Texas Heroes, and Veterans Treatment Court Grants Addendum IV – Questions Received as of October 12, 2017 pools and exercise equipment areas)? 3) Do we need to pick only one area, e.g. childcare?