{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-21.443","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 21.443","heading":"Permissible uses of VEPFS grant funds.","body":"(a) VEPFS grant funds may be used only to fund outcomes payments if an intervention achieves outcomes at a pre-set target level that has been agreed to in a PFS agreement before service delivery begins for a PFS project with a goal to improve employment outcomes for Veterans with service-connected disabilities.\n(b) To pay for the indirect costs of administering a grant, regardless of whether an intervention achieves outcomes at a pre-set target level, a recipient may:\n(1) Use a Federally approved indirect cost rate (a rate already negotiated with the Federal Government);\n(2) Use a 10% de minimis rate of modified total direct costs;\n(3) Negotiate an indirect cost rate for the first time; or\n(4) Claim certain costs directly following 2 CFR 200.413.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 21—VETERAN READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION","Subpart A—Veteran Readiness and Employment"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"e45b0529465dba724d1b8b9b60bc1dadb1de9d1f6cb7f13b109f2d8c6a3b65f4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-21.442","next":"us/38-cfr-21.444"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}