Audit of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program

摘要

In December 2010, VA established the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program to rapidly re-house homeless veteran families and prevent homelessness for those at imminent risk due to a housing crisis. For fiscal years (FYs) 2012 and 2013, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) awarded about $60 million and $100 million in SSVF grants, respectively, and has increased awards to nearly $300 million for FY 2014. Based on an FY 2013 request of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health, we conducted this audit to determine if the VHA's SSVF program grantees appropriately expended program funds. VHA's SSVF program has adequate financial controls in place that are working as intended to provide reasonable assurance that funds are appropriately expended by grantees. We determined program staff were reviewing grantee timecards, invoices for temporary financial assistance, subcontractor costs, and they conducted annual inspections.