Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Federal agency — verify in official opportunity
Opportunity number: VA-GRANTS-112508-002
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: Forecast or rolling; controlling deadline requires official review
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 275,000,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); State governments
Federal synopsis
Improving Oversight of Federal GrantmakingVA is required to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders when evaluating and awarding grants. In accordance with Executive Order 14332, Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking, aside from the evaluation criteria published in this announcement, VA has discretion to remove from consideration any applicant VA deems does not clearly advance the President's or VA's priorities. VA will not fund activities that use racial preference for eligibility criteria or promote gender ideology. VA will not fund activities that promote or facilitate violations of immigration laws or are sources of waste, fraud, or abuse. VA will not tolerate activity or conduct by grant recipients that constitute acts of moral turpitude, are scandalous, or bring the recipient, the project funded by this grant, or VA into public disrepute, contempt, or ridicule. These grants support the President's priority to increase the excellence of and options for care, benefits, and services for veterans, as demonstrated in Executive Order 14332. Program is subject to Public Law 117-58 Build America, Buy America Act. Recipients of an award of Federal financial assistance from a program for infrastructure are hereby notified that none of the funds provided under this award may be used for a project for infrastructure unless:(1) all iron and steel used in the project are produced in the United States–this means all manufacturing processes, from the initial melting stage …
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.