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Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Vietnam Veterans' Children with Spina Bifida or Other Covered Birth Defects
The Department of Veterans Affairs strives for excellence in patient care and veteran's benefits for its constituents through high quality, prompt and seamless service to United States veterans.
Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21, Subpart M ? Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans and Veterans with Covered Service in Korea ? Spina Bifida and Covered Birth Defects.
Program Accomplishments
Not Applicable.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Program must lead to a vocational goal that it is feasible for the child to achieve.
The child should be able to achieve the vocational goal within 24 months of services and assistance, although an extension of up to 24 months is possible under certain conditions.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
?A child born with spina bifida or other covered birth defects, except spina bifida occulta, who is the natural child of a Vietnam veteran and some Korean veterans, regardless of the age or marital status of the child, conceived after the date on which the veteran first served in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era and in particular areas near the DMZ in the Korean conflict.
VA must also determine that it is feasible for the child to achieve a vocational goal.?.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Children born with spina bifida.
Credentials/Documentation
Birth certificate and military discharge certificate are required. The child must be born with spina bifida and be the natural child of a Vietnam veteran and some Korean veterans. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-87. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circulars No. A-102 and No. A-110. To apply, you can obtain VA Form 21-0304, Application for Benefits for Certain Children With Disabilities Born of Vietnam and Certain Korea Service Veterans, from your nearest VA regional benefits office, or online at www.va.gov. Complete and submit this form to the nearest VA regional benefits office. A written statement from an individual requesting services is also sufficient. To apply, the statement must include the child's full name, address, the veteran parent's name, and the VA claim number.
Award Procedures
Awards are authorized at the Regional Benefits Office.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Authorization
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, Executive Order To provide vocational training and rehabilitation to certain children born with spina bifida or other covered birth defects who are children of Vietnam veterans and some Korean veterans., Public Law 104-204, 38 U.S.C 1804.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Not available at this time.
Appeals
Available through special board. In the event of a denial, claimants are advised of appeal rights and procedures at the time of notification. Average time to process an appeal is 622 days.
Renewals
Not Applicable.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Not available at this time. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: lump sum.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Not Applicable.
Audits
Not Applicable.
Records
None.
Financial Information
Account Identification
36-0102-0-1-701.
Obigations
(Direct Payments with Unrestricted Use) FY 16 Not Available; FY 17 Estimate Not Available; and FY 18 Estimate Not Available
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
No Data Available.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 21, Subpart M ? Vocational Training and Rehabilitation for Certain Children of Vietnam Veterans and Veterans with Covered Service in Korea ? Spina Bifida and Covered Birth Defects.
Headquarters Office
Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420 Phone: 202-461-9600
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Not Applicable.
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