Veterans Transportation Program

 

This program furthers the Departments mission by establishing a program to provide grants to eligible recipients to assist veterans in highly rural areas through innovative transportation services to travel to Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, and to otherwise assist in providing transportation services in connection with the provision of VA medical care to these veterans

Active 64.035 Veterans Health Administration Center, Department of Veterans Affairs B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2019 Increased access to healthcare for over 22,000 Veteran passengers.
Fiscal Year 2022 This grant provided approximately 18,000 trips to highly rural veterans last grant cycle. Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, Public Law 111-163 The Secretary may award the grants to an "eligible entity" which is defined as either a Veterans Service Organization or State Veterans Service Agency, in accordance with paragraphs (a)(2)(A)-(B) of section 307 of PL 111-163. A "participant" would be defined as a veteran receiving Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care that resides in a highly rural area who obtains transportation services from a grantee. Applicants are required to submit a complete grant application package to be considered for an initial grant. The NOFA would specify the initial grant application procedures to be followed. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. The VA will publish, in grants.gov, a notice of fund availability, soliciting applications for the grant program and information on applications for requesting eligibility to receive grant funds. VA will establish scoring and selection categories for the award of grants in accordance with the mandate in paragraph (b)(1) of section 307 of PL 111-163, which requires that VA prescribe regulations to evaluate grant applications. VA will specify the scoring criteria for initial grant applications. These criteria are weighted according to their probability of influencing an applicant's development of a successful program, as well as meeting the requirement for innovation in paragraph (a)(1) of section 307 of PL 111-163. Forms furnished by VA must be used for the program. Applications will only be accepted when received within the timeframe and meeting the requirements described in a notice of fund availability published in the Federal Register. VA will specify in the NOFA, the process VA will use to award initial grants, where VA would score applications using a criteria and rank applications that receive at least the minimum amount of total points and points per category set forth in the NOFA. VA would then award grants for the highest ranked applications for which funding is available. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines From 90 to 120 days. VA will publish, in grants.gov, a notice of fund availability, soliciting applications for the grant program and information on applications for requesting eligibility to receive grant funds. Not applicable. VA would publish in the NOFA renewal grant information. Similarly weighted as those for initial grant applications, but are specific to renewal grant applications to assist VA in evaluating those programs which would already be operating. Accordingly, points would be awarded based on a grantee's program's success, cost effectiveness, and compliance with the grant agreement and other applicable laws and regulations, subject to the availability of funds. Grantees would be required to submit a renewal application within the time frame established in a notice of fund availability Scoring and selection categories for the award of grants in accordance with the mandate in paragraph (b)(1) of section 307 of PL 111-163, which requires that VA prescribe regulations to evaluate grant applications. VA would specify the scoring criteria for initial grant applications. The criteria are weighted according to their probability of influencing an applicant's development of a successful program, as well as meeting the requirement for innovation in paragraph (a)(1) of section 307 of PL 111-163. VA will award grants to “eligible entities” to assist veterans in highly rural areas to travel to VA medical centers, and otherwise assist in providing transportation in connection with the provision of VA medical care of these veterans. A “highly rural area” would be defined as an area consisting of a county or counties having a population of less than seven persons per square mile, consistent with paragraph (c)(1) of section 307 of PL 111-163. VA currently monitors and maintains a specific listing of such highly rural areas, and grants will only be awarded to applicants whose programs will service one or more of these areas, as identified in the application and notice of funding availability. Not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F-Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal Awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal Awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, as noted in 2 CFR 200.503 Records must be retained at least 3 years after the end of the grant period. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Length-of-time limitations are established in the notice of fund availability. Grantees will receive payments electronically through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Financial Management System. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. None/Not specified. HRTG Program Manager
2957 Clairmont Road, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30329 US
HRTG@va.gov
Phone: 877-222-8387 https://www.va.gov/HEALTHBENEFITS/vtp/highly_rural_transportation_grants.asp 36-0160-0-1-700 (Project Grants) FY 22$3,693,000.00; FY 23 est $7,000,000.00; FY 24 est $10,000,000.00; FY 19$2,693,524.00; FY 20 est $3,000,000.00; FY 21 est $3,000,000.00; FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 est $275,000.00; - The grant amounts will be specified in the Notice of Fund Opportunity, but that no single eligible highly rural area will exceed $50,000, to comply with paragraph (a)(4) of section 307 of PL 111-163. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2022 American Legion Stanley Post #20 receives funding to transport highly rural veterans in South Dakota and part of Wyoming. Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs assists highly rural veterans residing in Alaska to their VA-authorized medical appointments.