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Request for Applications: 2020-21 General Assistance Grant

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The Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA or “Fund”) was created in the 79^th Legislature, and codified in the Texas Government Code § 434.017, Fund for Veterans’ Assistance and the Texas Administrative Code § 460, Fund for Veterans’ Assistance Program. The Fund is composed of money deposited under Government Code §§ 466.027 and 466.408 for proceeds from a Texas Lottery Commission Veterans’ Assistance game, Texas Transportation Code ...

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AUG
2019

2020-2021 Requests for Applications, FVA News

2020-2021 Request for Applications, General Assistance Grants

2020-2021 Fund for Veterans Assistance Grant Programs: Request For Applications Webinar

The 2020‐2021 Grant Application webinar will cover basic information about the 2020-2021 Fund for Veterans’ Assistance Request for Applications in General Assistance, Housing 4 Texas Heroes, Veterans Mental Health, Veterans Treatment Courts, and the 5% set-aside in funding for Veterans County Service Officers.grgr

Staff will highlight changes from previous years’ RFAs and discuss the new web-based application process in the TVC GovGrants portal.

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2019

2020-2021 Grants, 2020-2021 Request for Applications, General Assistance Grants, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants

Grant Management FAQ: 2019-2020 Reporting Schedule

As a condition of FVA funding, Grantee organizations are required to provide information regarding grant performance along with expense documentation on a regular schedule. The dates for these reports (either due from Grantee, or initiated by Grant Officer) are listed here:

Standard 2019-2020 Grant Reporting Schedule

August 15, 2019

First Payment Reimbursement Request due

September 15, 2019

Second Payment Reimbursement Request due

October 15, 2019

Third Payment Reimbursement Request due
First Quarterly Progress Report due

November 15, 2019

Fourth Payment Reimbursement Request due

December 15, 2019

Fifth Payment Reimbursement Request due

January 15, 2020

Sixth Payment Reimbursement Request due
Second Quarterly Progress ...

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JUL
2019

Grant Management

Closeout Report, General Assistance Grants, Grant Management, Grant Reports, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Monthly, Payment Reimbursement Request, Progress Report, Quarterly, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants

Webinar: Payment Reimbursement Request (PRR) Webinar

Fund for Veterans’ Assistance staff has prepared a webinar to train grantees on how to report data back to TVC in your organization’s monthly Payment Reimbursement Request.

With FVA’s transition to the GovGrants system, returning grantees will learn about important updates to FVA’s procedures. New grantees will learn the nuts and bolts of how to submit the Payment Reimbursement Request report in GovGrants, and how to work with the PRR spreadsheet customized by your Grant Officer.

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JUL
2019

Grantee Training, Grantees, Grants

General Assistance Grants, Grant Payments, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants, Webinar

Webinar: 2019-20 Newly Awarded Grantee Training & GovGrants Walkthrough

New Fund for Veterans’ Assistance grantees across the Lone Star State geared up to start their awarded projects with staff’s July 11th tutorial. This training provides more basic information about working with the FVA staff, and the mechanics of managing a grant funded by the Texas Veterans Commission.

Click here to register and view a recording of the Newly Awarded Grantee webinar. This training covers:

Working With Your Grant ...

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JUL
2019

Grantee Training, Grantees, Grants

General Assistance Grants, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants, Webinar

2019 Grant Policies Published (Application & Award, and Expenditure Supporting Documents)

The Fund for Veterans’ Assistance staff has published Grant Application and Award Policies (“Policies”) and the Expenditure Supporting Document Policy (“SDP”) to support awarded grantees in the 2019-2020 grant year. The Tables of Contents for both documents are reproduced below.

Click on the name of the document you wish to view below, and the PDF will open in a new browser window.

Grant Application and Award Policies (GA&AP)

Application Phase
1. Application Timeline
2. GovGrants
  1. One Account
  2. Registration
  3. Password ...

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JUL
2019

Award Process, FVA News, Grant Management

2019-2020 Request For Applications, Application Questions, Award Acknowledgment, Award Process, Fund For Veterans Assistance, General Assistance Grants, Grants Management, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants

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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JUN
2019

Application Questions, Negotiations

Application Questions, General Assistance Grants, Grant Contract Negotiation, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants

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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JUN
2019

Grantee Training, Grantees, Grants

General Assistance Grants, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants, Webinar

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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JUN
2019

2019-2020 Requests for Applications

2019-2020 Request For Applications, Funding Opportunities, General Assistance Grants, Grants Management, Housing For Texas Heroes Grants, Veterans County Service Officer Funding, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Court Grants

2019-2020 FVA General Assistance Grant Awards Announced

The Texas Veterans Commission today is pleased to announce the names of organizations awarded grants by Commissioners in the 2019-2020 funding cycle.

Awarded Organizations

Awards to the following 37 organizations will cover the grant period July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020. More details on these awards will be released in June:

Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star
Bring Everyone In The Zone, Inc.
Burnet County
Caritas of Waco
Catholic Charities of Central Texas
Center Point Inc.
Central Texas Opportunities, Inc.
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MAY
2019

FVA News

Award Process, General Assistance Grants

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Standard 2019-2020 Grant Reporting Schedule

August 15, 2019

September 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

November 15, 2019

December 15, 2019

January 15, 2020

Awarded Organizations