38 CFR § 79.30 - Threshold requirements prior to scoring legal services grant applicants.

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title: "38 CFR § 79.30 - Threshold requirements prior to scoring legal services grant applicants."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "79.30"
section_name: "Threshold requirements prior to scoring legal services grant applicants."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
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part_name: "LEGAL SERVICES FOR HOMELESS VETERANS AND VETERANS AT-RISK FOR HOMELESSNESS GRANT PROGRAM"
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authority: "38 U.S.C. 501, 38 U.S.C. 2022A, and as noted in specific sections."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 33041, June 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 79.30 Threshold requirements prior to scoring legal services grant applicants.

VA will only score applicants that meet the following threshold requirements:

(a) The application is filed within the time period established in the NOFO, and any additional information or documentation requested by VA under § 79.25(c) is provided within the time frame established by VA;

(b) The application is completed in all parts;

(c) The activities for which the legal services grant is requested are eligible for funding under this part;

(d) The applicant's prospective participants are eligible to receive legal services under this part;

(e) The applicant agrees to comply with the requirements of this part;

(f) The applicant does not have an outstanding obligation to the Federal Government that is in arrears and does not have an overdue or unsatisfactory response to an audit; and

(g) The applicant is not in default by failing to meet the requirements for any previous Federal assistance.