TIPS for LOCCS Drawdown Requests

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• The LOCCS/VRS number is 1- 877-705-7505 (toll free) or (301) 344-0132. You may request a drawdown from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (eastern time) Monday through Friday.
  
  
• LOCCS voucher request is selection number 1.
  
  
• Enter your user ID and password when requested. (ID number will be
  sent to authorized user by LOCCS Security Office, HUD).
  
  
• 080 is the three-digit program number.
  
  
• LOCCS will give the caller a 6-digit voucher number. Please write this number down on the 27053 form. When prompted, entire the entire nine digits (080 plus the 6 numbers generated by the LOCCS system).
  
  
• Enter the 10-digit LOCCS/VRS Number. Grantee will receive this number by mail from HUD. If you do not have this number, grantee should do a query on the LOCCS/VRS system. By specifying a Tax ID number, the last assigned VRS number for the selected program area is given by electronic voice.
• Budget line item number is 4246.
  
  
• Enter 9999 after line item request when prompted by system.
  
  
• Any time that input is requested, one of the following can be used.
  #8 Repeat the last thing spoken
  #9 Return to previous menu selection
  #0 Quit immediately
  #1 Return to initial voice response menu selection
  
  
• Please call your Government Technical Representative (GTR) after your first drawdown request to have the voucher approved. The GTR must ascertain that all special conditions have been satisfied before approval. It is not necessary to call the GTR after the first draw has been approved. The LOCCS System is checked periodically during each day for drawdown requests.
  
  
• If you are requesting 50% or more of the total grant award, a written statement outlining the draw request must be provided to your Government Technical Representative (GTR) to verify immediate disbursement of the requested funds. The statement must be signed by an authorized official. (see Grantee Financial Instruction, page 6, Restrictions on Drawdowns ).
  
  
• No draws will be approved when a semi-annual report is outstanding.
  
  
• No drawdowns will be approved without a release of funds approval from the local HUD office.
  
  
• Funds are usually deposited in your account within 48 - 72 business hours after approval by the (GTR).
  
  
• Detailed instructions concerning LOCCS can be found in the "Grantee
  Financial Instructions" which was included as an attachment in the grant
  award package.