Federal grant programs / Department of Veterans Affairs

VA Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program (64.033)

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$3.9 billion
• Grant awards2,112
• Typical award$1.0 million
• Awarded in FY 2025$842 million
• Size rank109 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding rose from $743 million in fiscal 2021 to $842 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 109th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 36% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 53 states and territories.

What the program funds

Supportive services grants are awarded to selected private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives that will assist very low-income Veteran families residing in or transitioning to permanent housing. Grantees will provide a range of supportive services to eligible Veteran families that are designed to promote housing stability. SSVF provides case management and supportive services to prevent the imminent loss of a Veteran's home or identify a new, more suitable housing situation for the individual and his or her family; or to rapidly re-house Veterans and their families who are homeless and might remain homeless without this assistance.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Under 38 U.S.C. 2044(f) eligible entity means a private nonprofit organization or a consumer cooperative. The term "consumer cooperative" has the meaning given such term under 12 U.S.C. 1701q. Only eligible entities, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 2044(f), can apply in response to this NOFO.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Section 604 of the Veterans Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-387) established VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program. The SSVF Program provides grants to private non-profit organizations and consumer cooperatives that will coordinate or provide supportive services to Veterans and their families who have less than 80% area median income and (i) are residing in permanent housing, (ii) are homeless and scheduled to become residents of permanent housing within a specified time period, or (iii) after exiting permanent housing within a specified time period, are seeking other housing that is responsive to such very low-income Veteran family’s needs and preferences. Grantees are responsible for providing outreach, case management, linkages to VA benefits, and linkages to other public benefits with the supportive services grant funds. Grantees may choose to provide temporary financial assistance on behalf of the Veteran family for certain costs. Limitations on the use of supportive services grant funds, including time and amount limitations, are described in 38 CFR Part 62.

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Annual range and average of grant awards have varied over funding rounds, ranging from $118,000 to $6,800,000 and averaging $1.1 million per award.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

By state

Each state below has its own page for this program, with its recipients and yearly totals.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.