# Community Residential Care Program
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2009-12-03 · Effective 2010-01-04 · 74 FR 63307
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-28757
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 63307
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2009-12-03
- **Effective date:** 2010-01-04
## Abstract

This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Residential Care regulations to update the standards for VA approval of facilities, including standards for fire safety and heating and cooling systems. This rule also establishes a 12-month duration for VA approvals and would authorize provisional approval of certain facilities. Finally, this rule eliminates the statement of needed care requirement and clarifies that it is the care providers at the facility that determine the services needed by a particular veteran.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/12/03/E9-28757/community-residential-care-program)
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