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State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program: MAX.gov

VA State Home Construction Grant Program

This document provides information on how to navigate the Department of

Veterans Affairs (VA) State Home Construction Grant Program MAX.gov website.

Link to VA State Home Construction Grants Page: https://community.max.gov/x/sYB3Og

I. MAX.gov enrollment

MAX.gov provides VA and states improved management of grant applications with access to view and

manage grant documents. Upon enrollment, state staff can access and upload grant application

documents, view checklist status and receive notifications. MAX.gov has enrollee limitations – All states

should identify ONE primary user and ONE secondary user for enrollment. States will have permissions

to view applications for their state only. All documents submitted by the state must be in PDF format.

MAX.gov will record the date of any activity for an uploaded file.

II. Navigation and Uploading Documents

In order to access the State Home Construction Grant Program website, state staff will need to have

a MAX.gov account. To register for an account, email your request to [email protected].

Once VA grant staff receive your request, you will receive an email containing a link to accept the

MAX.gov user agreement with further instructions on how to activate the user account and log-in to

the State Homes MAX.gov page .

1. State Home Construction Grant Program homepage

a. This page includes SHCG program announcements, program staff contact information,

and recent priority lists. You can also review your contact information in the State Rep

Contact Sheet under the Announcements section.

b. To view state grant status and checklists, and to upload documentation, click on the

View grant status and submit documents link on the right side of the page.

https://community.max.gov/x/sYB3Og

mailto:[email protected]

https://community.max.gov/x/sYB3Og


2. FY16 Grant Status subpage

a. This page lists all grants that are actively submitting documentation. The table at the

bottom of the page lists all projects that have received funding for the current fiscal

year. To view the state project status, select your state from the list at the top of the

page. State staff will only have access to grant applications for their state.


3. State subpage

a. This page lists all state projects that have state funding for the current fiscal year. To

view the PDF project checklist, select from the list in the top left corner. The date listed

in the title of the checklist is the date it was last updated by VA program staff. A

snapshot of the remaining project documentation on the grant checklist is located under

the Project Application Status section.

b. Note: Both the project checklists and items in the Project Application Status section are

updated by VA program staff. States will not be able to make changes to these items.

If an item is missing from the checklist, make sure it has been submitted in the project

documentation repository and follow up with SHCG staff via email.


4. Project subpage

a. To upload documents, select the Add Attachment(s) button in the top left corner of

the page. States may upload a single document, or upload multiple files by selecting

Bulk Upload. Please do not combine documents into a single PDF.

b. Make sure to name your file in the following format: FAI# _ LOCATION _ DOCUMENT

NAME AND CHECKLIST ITEM # _ DATE. For examples of how to name your file,

reference this document or email the SHCG program staff.

Step 1


Step 2

III. Receiving Email Notifications

a. If you would like to receive email notifications on updates to the state’s page and subpages, you

can select the Watch This Page Family option from the Watchers dropdown menu. You may also

select the option to opt out of receiving updates by selecting Stop Watching This Page Family.

b. To receive notifications on any updates to the State Home Construction Grant homepage or

FY16 Grant Status subpage, navigate to those pages and select Watch This Page. To view/edit all

pages you’re watching, select Manage My Watch Lists.

If you would like to include a short

note about your file, insert here. If

there are more detailed comments

or information, please email SHCG

staff.


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