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VA RIN: 2900-AQ15 Publication ID: Spring 2019 
Title: Case Management Services Grant Program 
Abstract:

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations that govern programs benefiting homeless veterans to conform to new statutory requirements. VA is establishing a new grant program that will provide case management services to improve the retention of housing by veterans who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing and to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless. This final rule is an essential part of VA’s goal to eliminate homelessness among the veteran population. This rule implements the mandates of sections 712 of Public Law 114-315, which provides a deadline of December 16, 2017.

 
Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs(VA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 38 CFR 61.90    38 CFR 61.92    38 CFR 61.94    38 CFR 61.96   
Legal Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501    38 U.S.C. 2001    38 U.S.C. 2002    38 U.S.C. 2011    38 U.S.C. 2012    38 U.S.C. 2013    38 U.S.C. 2061    38 U.S.C. 2064    Pub. L. 114-315, sec. 712   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Regulation by 12/16/2017  12/16/2017 

Overall Description of Deadline: Congress has required VA to expand its benefits for homeless veterans by establishing a new grant program to provide funds to organizations within communities that will provide case management services to improve the retention of housing by veterans who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing and to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless. See Public Law 114-315, section 712 (December 16, 2016).

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  06/05/2018  83 FR 25915   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  08/06/2018 
Final Action  07/00/2019 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jeffery Quarles
Director, Grant and Per Diem Program (10NC1HM)
Department of Veterans Affairs
VA National Grant and Per Diem Program Office, 10770 N. 46th Street, Suite C-200,
Tampa, FL 33617
Phone:877 332-0334
Email: jeffrey.quarles@va.gov