Notice of Fund Availability.

§ 17.710 Notice of Fund Availability. When funds are available for grants, VA will publish a Notice of Fund Availability in the Federal Register. The notice will identify: (a) The location for obtaining grant applications; (b) The date, time, and place for submitting completed grant applications; (c) The estimated amount and type of grant funding available; (d) The length of term for the grant award; (e) The minimum number of total points and points per category that an applicant or grantee must receive in order for a supportive grant to be funded; (f) The timeframes and manner for payments under the grant; and (g) Those areas identified by VA to be the “highly rural areas” in which grantees may provide transportation services funded under this rule. (Authority: Sec. 307, Pub. L. 111–163; 38 U.S.C. 501)