---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 78.20"
title: "38"
number: "78.20"
heading: "Threshold requirements prior to scoring suicide prevention services grant applicants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/78.20"
---

# §78.20. Threshold requirements prior to scoring suicide prevention services grant applicants.


VA will only score applicants who 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 [§ 78.15(c)](/cfr/38/78.15.md?p=c) is provided within the time frame established by VA;
- (b) The application is completed in all parts;
- (c) The activities for which the suicide prevention services grant is requested are eligible for funding under this part;
- (d) The applicant's proposed participants are eligible to receive suicide prevention 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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501, 38 U.S.C. 1720F (note), sec. 201, Pub. L. 116-171, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 13835, Mar. 10, 2022, unless otherwise noted.