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Grant Application FAQ: Define a veteran

Grant Application FAQ: Define a veteran

As part of the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) application process, you will have to define a veteran. This exercise is a practical one, rather than philosophical.

Requests for Application from the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance all include definitions of surviving spouse and disabled veteran because these terms are set by our governing statutes. But some organizations have a specific population or experience in mind when designing their grant programs, so FVA asks applicants for their own definition of a veteran ...

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Application Questions, Negotiations

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Guide: Grant Contract Negotiation in GovGrants

Guide: Grant Contract Negotiation in GovGrants

FVA Staff has prepared a guide to help you complete contract negotiations in the GovGrants portal.

Negotiations are required to ensure the costs and services in your application are allowable, and to make any minor changes to the approved project that you have considered since the submission of the application.

The Grant Officer with FVA will Send Request for Negotiation to the grantee. Once initiated, the applicant will be ...

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Grantee Training

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Webinar: 2019-20 Awarded Grantee Training

Webinar: 2019-20 Awarded Grantee Training

Awards for the 2019-2020 grant year are about to begin. Do you know how to work with the Fund for Veterans’ Assistance? FVA staff conducted an Awarded Grantee webinar on Thursday, June 6th to introduce 2019-2020 grantees to their FVA grant awards.

This training covers:

  • FVA Staff (1:29)
  • Expectations (3:20)
  • Introduction To Your New FVA Grant (5:26)
  • Maintaining Your FVA Grant (10:15)
  • Compliance (14:05)
  • Communications (19:48)
  • GovGrants (30:56)
  • Next Trainings (42:02)
  • Questions (42:49)
  • Contact Information (1:00:40)

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FVA Grant Program Requirements & Terms and Conditions

FVA Grant Program Requirements & Terms and Conditions

Revised May 23, 2019

 

The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) is firmly committed to the principal of fair and equal employment opportunities and the provision of services without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, physical disability, or genetic information.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

I.      Grant Memorialized in Notice of Grant Award.

II.      Order of Precedence.

III.       Conflicting RFA Language.

IV.       Notice

V.        Change of Principal Participants.

VI.    ...

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Requests for Application

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June 2019 Deadlines For FVA Grantees

June 2019 Deadlines For FVA Grantees

June 15

  • All Grantees: Monthly reimbursement request due in GovGrants
  • Grantees not meeting benchmarks*: Monthly progress report due in GovGrants

*All grantees are expected to spend 70% of their award funds and serve 70% of their veterans by the end of the third quarter grant period. Grantees not meeting benchmarks were notified of these compliance issues by hard copy letter in mid-February 2019.

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May 2019 Deadlines For FVA Grantees

May 2019 Deadlines For FVA Grantees

May 15

  • All Grantees: Monthly reimbursement request due in GovGrants
  • Grantees not meeting benchmarks*: Monthly progress report due in GovGrants

*All grantees are expected to spend 70% of their award funds and serve 70% of their veterans by the end of the third quarter grant period.

Grantees not meeting benchmarks were notified of these compliance issues by hard copy letter in mid-February 2019.

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Grant Management FAQ: Expectations for Grantees and Applicants

Grant Management FAQ: Expectations for Grantees and Applicants

Q: What does the Fund for Veterans Assistance expect of me as an applicant or grantee? What is FVA’s responsibility to me?

A: FVA expects applicants and grantees will:

  • Know and follow the rules and regulations of the relevant RFA, and of the Texas Veterans Commission:
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Grant Management FAQ: What is a reimbursement grant?

Grant Management FAQ: What is a reimbursement grant?

All Requests for Application (RFAs) from the Fund for Veterans Assistance include a definition of reimbursement grant:

Reimbursement Grant. The Grantee is required to finance its operations with its own working capital.  Grant payments will be made to reimburse the Grantee for actual expenditures made supported by adequate documentation.

Source:

  • 2018-2019 Request for Applications: Section II, “Definitions of Key Terms” All grants.
  • 2019-2020 Request for Applications: Section III, “Definitions of Key Terms” All grants.

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April 2019 FVA Deadlines For Grantees

April 2019 FVA Deadlines For Grantees

April 15

  • All Grantees: Reimbursement requests for the month ending March 31, 2019 are due in GovGrants. All GovGrants users in the organization can view this Pending Task under Tasks > My Tasks > Pending.
  • All Grantees: Quarterly progress reports for January 1, 2019 – March 31, 2019 due in GovGrants. All GovGrants users in the organization can view this Pending Task under Tasks > My Tasks > Pending.
  • Amendments: Any grantee wishing to make changes to their current grant (scope, ...
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2018-2019 Housing 4 Texas Heroes Grant Request For Applications

2018-2019 Housing 4 Texas Heroes Grant Request For Applications

Featured Photo Source: U.S. Army Europe, “Orientating the Map” on Flickr. Public Domain.

Published: August 21, 2017
Application Deadline: November 2, 2017, 5:00 PM

The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) is firmly committed to the principal of fair and equal employment opportunities and the provision of services without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, physical disability, or genetic information.

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I. Purpose and ...

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