Executive Summary: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem (GPD) National Program Office anticipates awarding renewal grants to community-based organizations to provide case management services to improve Veteran housing retention. Awards are expected to be for 3 years starting on or around October 1, 2025. The target audience for this funding is current GPD case management grantees. VA targets these organizations to provide case management services to improve housing retention by Veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless or who were previously homeless and are transitioning to permanent housing from programs such as the GPD program or the VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Contracted Residential Services (CRS) program. Renewal grants will defray the operational costs of facilitating housing stability for vulnerable Veterans. Only the 90 current GPD case management grantees are eligible to apply. No other applicants are eligible to apply. For program information and requirements, see 38 C.F.R. part 61.

Funding Details: Approximately $15 million per year for 3 years is available for renewal grants under the NOFO. Renewal grants are expected to be approximately $75,000 to $300,000 per year depending on factors such as the number of case managers. VA anticipates awarding approximately 90 case management renewal grants for approximately 120 full-time equivalent (FTE) case manager positions. Awards may not exceed $150,000 in total costs per FTE case manager position per year. Applicants for renewal funding may request the number of case managers needed for the proposed project. Applicants must request at least 0.5 FTE positions (at least 20 hours on average per week) per application. Applicants must not request more than the approved number of FTE in the current grant (start date October 1, 2023). Applicants must fully demonstrate the need for the request in the application.

Key Dates: Applications for grants must be received by 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, February 26, 2025. In the interest of fairness to all applicants, the date and time of this deadline is firm. VA will treat as ineligible any application received after the deadline. Applicants should submit materials early to avoid the risk of ineligibility, unanticipated delays, computer service outages, or other submission-related problems. On time submission requires an Entity Identification Number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the System for Award Management (SAM), and an active registration in SAM.

Submission Instructions: Applicants must submit applications electronically following instructions on the GPD website. Applicants must not submit by email, mail, facsimile (fax), or any other way. Applications must arrive as a complete package. Materials arriving separately will not be included in the application package for consideration and may result in a rejected application.