FOA-VETS-20-01 Amendment Two.pdf

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Veterans’ Employment and Training Service

Funding Opportunity Announcement

FOA-VETS-20-01

Amendment Two

Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program

AGENCY: Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor

ACTION: Amendment to FOA-VETS-20-01

SUMMARY: The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service announced on March 27, 2020, the availability of funds and the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program grants to be awarded through a competitive process. This amendment to the FOA removes the requirement of letters from a State Workforce Agency or a local American Job Center and a HUD Continuum of Care and amends language in Section IV.B.4.a)(1) Abstract.

The document is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION III.C.1 Application Screening Criteria

Section III.C.1 deletes the following:

SECTION IV.B.4 Attachments to the Project Narrative

Section IV.B.4.a)(1) is amended as follows:

(1) Abstract You must submit an up to two-page abstract summarizing the proposed project including, but not limited to, the scope of the project, the total amount of funding for the three-year period of performance (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2023), and first-year proposed outcomes. Omission of the abstract will result in your application being disqualified; further, the lack of required information

A letter of support from a State Workforce Agency (SWA) or a local American Job Center (AJC) This letter must be included as an attachment.

Section

IV.B.3

A letter of support from a HUD Continuum of Care (CoC).6 If serving multiple CoCs, only one letter is required, regardless of the number of CoCs identified as the service delivery area.

Section

IV.B.3

in the abstract may impact scoring. See III.C.1 for a list of items that will result in the disqualification of your application. The abstract must include:

• The applicant’s name;

• Project Category (HVRP, HFVVWF, IVTP);

• Identification of the service delivery area(s);

• Number of participants to be served annually;

• Total funding for the three-year period of performance (July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2023);

• Opportunity Zone identification for applicants that propose services in a qualified Opportunity Zone; and

• For previously funded grantees, a grant number for the completed HVRP, HFVVWF, or IVTP grant in the last three program years (July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2019).

Section IV.B.4.a)(2) deletes the following:

(2) Required Letters of Support

• State Workforce Agency (SWA) or Local American Job Center (AJC); and

• HUD Continuum of Care (CoC). If serving multiple CoCs, only one letter is required regardless of the number of CoCs identified as the service delivery area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Ne’kia Davis, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Grants Management, at davis.nekia.j@dol.gov.

Signed April 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C. by:

Kia Mason Grant Officer, Employment and Training Administration mailto:davis.nekia.j@dol.gov