[NFBP-Talk] Funds for OVR

[lynnelaineheitz1958 at gmail.com]

Good Afternoon All,

I received the below e-mail from Ryan Hyde, Executive Director of OVR:

Hello Everyone,

 

On 3/11 the House of Representatives passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to
fund the federal government through 9/30/2025. The Senate also passed the
bill as of 3/14 and the president signed it on 3/15. Yesterday afternoon, PA
OVR received its remaining Grant Award Notification (GAN) for FFY25, and we
were pleasantly surprised to find that we received a cost-of-living
adjustment (COLA) for FFY25 in the amount of $16,784,173 bringing our total
federal funds to $161.6M for the 10/1/2024-9/30/2025 period. For the past
year, we have been told to plan for flat funding for the FFY25 after being
flat funded in FFY24. This is great (and unexpected) news for PA OVR and the
people that we serve. Over the coming days and weeks, we will be evaluating
how to utilize these funds in the most efficient way possible to have the
greatest impact on our customers while remaining fiscally conservative as we
wait and see what the proposed FFY26 federal budget (10/1/2025-9/30-2026)
has in store for the national VR program. We continue to closely monitor SSA
Reimbursement earnings and will seek reallocation when it becomes available
in July to hopefully bring in additional federal dollars to our program.

There are many groups continuing to advocate for the VR program on the
national stage, and I will continue to share information as it becomes
available. More to come.  

Take care,

Ryan 

Ryan E. Hyde | Executive Director 

 

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