diff --git a/terraform/README.md b/terraform/README.md
index 0d9a02f..e72c7ce 100644
--- a/terraform/README.md
+++ b/terraform/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 | Name | Type |
 |------|------|
 | [aws_cloudwatch_log_group.database](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cloudwatch_log_group) | resource |
+| [aws_cognito_user_pool.shared](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cognito_user_pool) | resource |
+| [aws_cognito_user_pool_domain.shared](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cognito_user_pool_domain) | resource |
 | [aws_db_instance.default](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/db_instance) | resource |
 | [aws_db_parameter_group.postgres15](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/db_parameter_group) | resource |
 | [aws_db_subnet_group.incubator_prod](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/db_subnet_group) | resource |
diff --git a/terraform/cognito.tf b/terraform/cognito.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9774d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/cognito.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# The shared Cognito user pool, for Hack for LA apps whose users are HfLA volunteers
+# rather than each app's own external users. Projects get access to it through
+# modules/shared-user-pool-access, which gives each one its own app clients and,
+# optionally, admin rights for its task role. See hackforla/incubator#17.
+#
+# Adopted in place from the pool that was created by hand in 2022 as `vrms-dev`. Despite
+# the name it is not specific to VRMS: three of its four app clients belong to
+# people-depot, which is also the only project whose running container points at it.
+# The name stays because renaming a Cognito user pool replaces it, which would destroy
+# its user accounts.
+#
+# Deliberately carries no `project` tag. It belongs to no single project, and the
+# container module grants Cognito admin rights on pools tagged with a project's name, so
+# a tag here would hand that project admin rights over every other project's users.
+# Access is granted explicitly by modules/shared-user-pool-access instead.
+#
+# Every value below is written to match live AWS, so that the plan after the imports in
+# import.tf reports no changes apart from the provider's default tags.
+resource "aws_cognito_user_pool" "shared" {
+  name = "vrms-dev"
+
+  // The pool predates Cognito's tier feature and is on LITE. The provider defaults this
+  // attribute to ESSENTIALS, so omitting it would plan a billing upgrade.
+  user_pool_tier = "LITE"
+
+  mfa_configuration        = "OFF"
+  username_attributes      = ["email"]
+  auto_verified_attributes = ["email"]
+  deletion_protection      = "INACTIVE"
+
+  account_recovery_setting {
+    recovery_mechanism {
+      name     = "verified_email"
+      priority = 1
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Cognito's default wording, but it is stored on the pool and the provider does not
+  // fill it in when the attribute is omitted, so leaving these out plans to clear them.
+  sms_authentication_message = "Your authentication code is {####}. "
+
+  admin_create_user_config {
+    allow_admin_create_user_only = false
+
+    invite_message_template {
+      email_message = "Your username is {username} and temporary password is {####}. "
+      email_subject = "Your temporary password"
+      sms_message   = "Your username is {username} and temporary password is {####}. "
+    }
+  }
+
+  email_configuration {
+    email_sending_account = "COGNITO_DEFAULT"
+  }
+
+  password_policy {
+    minimum_length                   = 8
+    require_lowercase                = true
+    require_numbers                  = true
+    require_symbols                  = true
+    require_uppercase                = true
+    temporary_password_validity_days = 7
+  }
+
+  username_configuration {
+    case_sensitive = false
+  }
+
+  verification_message_template {
+    default_email_option = "CONFIRM_WITH_CODE"
+  }
+
+  // Destroying this pool destroys every user account in it, which recreating it cannot
+  // bring back.
+  lifecycle {
+    prevent_destroy = true
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_cognito_user_pool_domain" "shared" {
+  domain       = "hackforla-vrms-dev"
+  user_pool_id = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared.id
+}
diff --git a/terraform/import.tf b/terraform/import.tf
index 216cae1..e4558ec 100644
--- a/terraform/import.tf
+++ b/terraform/import.tf
@@ -582,3 +582,31 @@ import {
   to       = module.home-unite-us.aws_cloudwatch_log_group.lambda[each.key]
   id       = "/aws/lambda/home-unite-us-${each.key}"
 }
+
+# Adopts the shared Cognito user pool -- created by hand in 2022 as `vrms-dev` -- its
+# domain, and its four app clients: three people-depot's, one VRMS's. See
+# hackforla/incubator#17.
+import {
+  to = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared
+  id = "us-west-2_Fn4rkZpuB"
+}
+
+import {
+  to = aws_cognito_user_pool_domain.shared
+  id = "hackforla-vrms-dev"
+}
+
+import {
+  for_each = {
+    peopledepot = "52n88hbq9kn00utcjk2hg0e8nl"
+    pd-2        = "2pn3qa717ae8lq8u801v8t9hps"
+    backend     = "3e3bi1ct2ks9rcktrde8v60v3u"
+  }
+  to = module.people-depot.module.shared_user_pool_access.aws_cognito_user_pool_client.this[each.key]
+  id = "us-west-2_Fn4rkZpuB/${each.value}"
+}
+
+import {
+  to = module.vrms.module.shared_user_pool_access.aws_cognito_user_pool_client.this["vrms"]
+  id = "us-west-2_Fn4rkZpuB/5u7s2nj55mp9v5qmt9scja4hnr"
+}
diff --git a/terraform/main.tf b/terraform/main.tf
index cdd25e0..53693f1 100644
--- a/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/main.tf
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ module "people-depot" {
 
     // peopledepot-dev.vrms.io sits in a zone the vrms project owns.
     vrms_zone_id = module.vrms.zone_id
+
+    shared_user_pool_id  = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared.id
+    shared_user_pool_arn = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared.arn
 }
 
 module "civic-tech-jobs" {
@@ -21,6 +24,9 @@ module "home-unite-us" {
 
 module "vrms" {
     source = "./projects/vrms"
+
+    shared_user_pool_id  = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared.id
+    shared_user_pool_arn = aws_cognito_user_pool.shared.arn
 }
 
 module "civic-tech-index" {
diff --git a/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/README.md b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78943a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<!-- BEGIN_TF_DOCS -->
+# shared-user-pool-access
+
+Gives one project access to the shared Cognito user pool declared in
+`terraform/cognito.tf`: the project's own app clients in that pool and, optionally,
+admin rights on the pool for the project's task role. See hackforla/incubator#17.
+
+Every client in the pool shares the pool's users, so a project that wants users of its
+own should declare its own pool instead, as home-unite-us does.
+
+## Admin rights
+
+Set `task_role_name` to grant the role the four Cognito operations that need IAM --
+`AdminGetUser`, `AdminCreateUser`, `AdminAddUserToGroup` and `AdminDeleteUser` -- on the
+shared pool only. These are the same four the container module already grants on pools
+tagged with the project's name; the shared pool carries no `project` tag, so this module
+is the only way a project gets them there. Leave it unset for a project that only signs
+users in: those APIs authorize against the end user's own credentials and need no IAM.
+
+Note that the pool is shared, so these rights cover every project's users in it, not
+just this project's.
+
+## Client secrets
+
+`generate_secret` cannot be read back from the API, so an imported client plans a
+replacement unless it is ignored -- and replacing a client mints a new client id, which
+breaks any application configured with the old one. The module therefore ignores it,
+and prevents destroy so any future replacement fails loudly instead.
+
+## Requirements
+
+No requirements.
+
+## Providers
+
+| Name | Version |
+|------|---------|
+| <a name="provider_aws"></a> [aws](#provider\_aws) | n/a |
+
+## Modules
+
+No modules.
+
+## Resources
+
+| Name | Type |
+|------|------|
+| [aws_cognito_user_pool_client.this](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/cognito_user_pool_client) | resource |
+| [aws_iam_role_policy.admin](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/aws/latest/docs/resources/iam_role_policy) | resource |
+
+## Inputs
+
+| Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
+|------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
+| <a name="input_clients"></a> [clients](#input\_clients) | this project's app clients in the shared pool, keyed by a short stable name. `name` is the client name Cognito shows, which is also what an application sees. | <pre>map(object({<br/>    name                                 = string<br/>    generate_secret                      = optional(bool, false)<br/>    explicit_auth_flows                  = optional(list(string), ["ALLOW_REFRESH_TOKEN_AUTH", "ALLOW_USER_SRP_AUTH"])<br/>    supported_identity_providers         = optional(list(string))<br/>    callback_urls                        = optional(list(string))<br/>    allowed_oauth_flows                  = optional(list(string))<br/>    allowed_oauth_scopes                 = optional(list(string))<br/>    allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = optional(bool, false)<br/>  }))</pre> | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_task_role_name"></a> [task\_role\_name](#input\_task\_role\_name) | name of the project's task role, to grant it Cognito admin operations on the shared pool. Leave unset if the project only signs users in. | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_user_pool_arn"></a> [user\_pool\_arn](#input\_user\_pool\_arn) | ARN of the shared user pool, the resource the admin policy is scoped to | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_user_pool_id"></a> [user\_pool\_id](#input\_user\_pool\_id) | id of the shared user pool, from aws\_cognito\_user\_pool.shared in terraform/cognito.tf | `string` | n/a | yes |
+
+## Outputs
+
+| Name | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| <a name="output_client_ids"></a> [client\_ids](#output\_client\_ids) | app client id for each entry in `clients`, keyed the same way |
+<!-- END_TF_DOCS -->
diff --git a/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/main.tf b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df2e2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/**
+ * # shared-user-pool-access
+ *
+ * Gives one project access to the shared Cognito user pool declared in
+ * `terraform/cognito.tf`: the project's own app clients in that pool and, optionally,
+ * admin rights on the pool for the project's task role. See hackforla/incubator#17.
+ *
+ * Every client in the pool shares the pool's users, so a project that wants users of its
+ * own should declare its own pool instead, as home-unite-us does.
+ *
+ * ## Admin rights
+ *
+ * Set `task_role_name` to grant the role the four Cognito operations that need IAM --
+ * `AdminGetUser`, `AdminCreateUser`, `AdminAddUserToGroup` and `AdminDeleteUser` -- on the
+ * shared pool only. These are the same four the container module already grants on pools
+ * tagged with the project's name; the shared pool carries no `project` tag, so this module
+ * is the only way a project gets them there. Leave it unset for a project that only signs
+ * users in: those APIs authorize against the end user's own credentials and need no IAM.
+ *
+ * Note that the pool is shared, so these rights cover every project's users in it, not
+ * just this project's.
+ *
+ * ## Client secrets
+ *
+ * `generate_secret` cannot be read back from the API, so an imported client plans a
+ * replacement unless it is ignored -- and replacing a client mints a new client id, which
+ * breaks any application configured with the old one. The module therefore ignores it,
+ * and prevents destroy so any future replacement fails loudly instead.
+ */
+
+locals {
+  // Every client in the pool reads and writes the full set of standard attributes, bar
+  // the two verification flags, which are read-only.
+  write_attributes = [
+    "address",
+    "birthdate",
+    "email",
+    "family_name",
+    "gender",
+    "given_name",
+    "locale",
+    "middle_name",
+    "name",
+    "nickname",
+    "phone_number",
+    "picture",
+    "preferred_username",
+    "profile",
+    "updated_at",
+    "website",
+    "zoneinfo",
+  ]
+  read_attributes = concat(local.write_attributes, ["email_verified", "phone_number_verified"])
+}
+
+resource "aws_cognito_user_pool_client" "this" {
+  for_each = var.clients
+
+  name         = each.value.name
+  user_pool_id = var.user_pool_id
+
+  generate_secret                      = each.value.generate_secret
+  explicit_auth_flows                  = each.value.explicit_auth_flows
+  supported_identity_providers         = each.value.supported_identity_providers
+  callback_urls                        = each.value.callback_urls
+  allowed_oauth_flows                  = each.value.allowed_oauth_flows
+  allowed_oauth_scopes                 = each.value.allowed_oauth_scopes
+  allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = each.value.allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client
+
+  read_attributes  = local.read_attributes
+  write_attributes = local.write_attributes
+
+  access_token_validity  = 60
+  id_token_validity      = 60
+  refresh_token_validity = 30
+  auth_session_validity  = 3
+
+  token_validity_units {
+    access_token  = "minutes"
+    id_token      = "minutes"
+    refresh_token = "days"
+  }
+
+  prevent_user_existence_errors                 = "ENABLED"
+  enable_token_revocation                       = true
+  enable_propagate_additional_user_context_data = false
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes  = [generate_secret]
+    prevent_destroy = true
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_iam_role_policy" "admin" {
+  count = var.task_role_name == null ? 0 : 1
+
+  name = "shared-user-pool-admin"
+  role = var.task_role_name
+
+  policy = jsonencode({
+    Version = "2012-10-17"
+    Statement = [
+      {
+        Sid    = "SharedUserPoolAdmin"
+        Effect = "Allow"
+        Action = [
+          "cognito-idp:AdminGetUser",
+          "cognito-idp:AdminCreateUser",
+          "cognito-idp:AdminAddUserToGroup",
+          "cognito-idp:AdminDeleteUser",
+        ]
+        Resource = var.user_pool_arn
+      },
+    ]
+  })
+}
diff --git a/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/outputs.tf b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7efd05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+output "client_ids" {
+  description = "app client id for each entry in `clients`, keyed the same way"
+  value       = { for k, c in aws_cognito_user_pool_client.this : k => c.id }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/variables.tf b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04ea0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/shared-user-pool-access/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+variable "user_pool_id" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "id of the shared user pool, from aws_cognito_user_pool.shared in terraform/cognito.tf"
+}
+
+variable "user_pool_arn" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "ARN of the shared user pool, the resource the admin policy is scoped to"
+}
+
+variable "clients" {
+  type = map(object({
+    name                                 = string
+    generate_secret                      = optional(bool, false)
+    explicit_auth_flows                  = optional(list(string), ["ALLOW_REFRESH_TOKEN_AUTH", "ALLOW_USER_SRP_AUTH"])
+    supported_identity_providers         = optional(list(string))
+    callback_urls                        = optional(list(string))
+    allowed_oauth_flows                  = optional(list(string))
+    allowed_oauth_scopes                 = optional(list(string))
+    allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = optional(bool, false)
+  }))
+  description = "this project's app clients in the shared pool, keyed by a short stable name. `name` is the client name Cognito shows, which is also what an application sees."
+}
+
+variable "task_role_name" {
+  type        = string
+  default     = null
+  description = "name of the project's task role, to grant it Cognito admin operations on the shared pool. Leave unset if the project only signs users in."
+}
diff --git a/terraform/projects/people-depot/README.md b/terraform/projects/people-depot/README.md
index 0c4bbe9..a4d3777 100644
--- a/terraform/projects/people-depot/README.md
+++ b/terraform/projects/people-depot/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ No requirements.
 | <a name="module_dev_dns_entry"></a> [dev\_dns\_entry](#module\_dev\_dns\_entry) | ../../modules/dns-entry | n/a |
 | <a name="module_people_depot_cicd"></a> [people\_depot\_cicd](#module\_people\_depot\_cicd) | ../../modules/cicd_integration | n/a |
 | <a name="module_people_depot_ecr_backend"></a> [people\_depot\_ecr\_backend](#module\_people\_depot\_ecr\_backend) | ../../modules/ecr | n/a |
+| <a name="module_shared_user_pool_access"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_access](#module\_shared\_user\_pool\_access) | ../../modules/shared-user-pool-access | n/a |
 
 ## Resources
 
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ No requirements.
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
+| <a name="input_shared_user_pool_arn"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_arn](#input\_shared\_user\_pool\_arn) | ARN of the shared Cognito user pool | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_shared_user_pool_id"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_id](#input\_shared\_user\_pool\_id) | id of the shared Cognito user pool | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_vrms_zone_id"></a> [vrms\_zone\_id](#input\_vrms\_zone\_id) | the vrms.io hosted zone id, owned by the vrms project | `string` | n/a | yes |
 
 ## Outputs
diff --git a/terraform/projects/people-depot/cognito.tf b/terraform/projects/people-depot/cognito.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b90b19a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/projects/people-depot/cognito.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// people-depot's app clients in the shared Cognito user pool, adopted in place. See
+// hackforla/incubator#17.
+//
+// The client names are long descriptions rather than names, and they are kept as-is:
+// they are what Cognito shows, and changing them is a live change for no benefit.
+module "shared_user_pool_access" {
+  source = "../../modules/shared-user-pool-access"
+
+  user_pool_id  = var.shared_user_pool_id
+  user_pool_arn = var.shared_user_pool_arn
+
+  // Grants the dev backend's task role admin operations on the shared pool. Note this
+  // covers every user in the pool, not only people-depot's.
+  task_role_name = module.backend_dev_service.task_role_name
+
+  clients = {
+    peopledepot = {
+      name                                 = "PEOPLEDEPOT is a backend app client that contains a secret"
+      generate_secret                      = true
+      supported_identity_providers         = ["COGNITO"]
+      callback_urls                        = ["http://localhost:8000/accounts/amazon-cognito/login/callback/", "http://localhost:8000/admin/"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows                  = ["code"]
+      allowed_oauth_scopes                 = ["email", "openid", "profile"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = true
+    }
+    pd-2 = {
+      name                                 = "pd-2 is a secret-less app client which should be used with a frontend and NOT with a backend"
+      supported_identity_providers         = ["COGNITO"]
+      callback_urls                        = ["http://localhost:8000/accounts/amazon-cognito/login/callback/", "http://localhost:8000/admin/"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows                  = ["code"]
+      allowed_oauth_scopes                 = ["email", "openid", "profile"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = true
+    }
+    backend = {
+      name                                 = "backend is the old app client used by PD, which returns the auth token in the url"
+      generate_secret                      = true
+      explicit_auth_flows                  = ["ALLOW_ADMIN_USER_PASSWORD_AUTH", "ALLOW_REFRESH_TOKEN_AUTH"]
+      supported_identity_providers         = ["COGNITO"]
+      callback_urls                        = ["http://localhost:8000/admin"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows                  = ["implicit"]
+      allowed_oauth_scopes                 = ["openid"]
+      allowed_oauth_flows_user_pool_client = true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/projects/people-depot/environment-dev.tf b/terraform/projects/people-depot/environment-dev.tf
index eadee58..1fe53be 100644
--- a/terraform/projects/people-depot/environment-dev.tf
+++ b/terraform/projects/people-depot/environment-dev.tf
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module "backend_dev_service" {
       { "name": "SQL_PORT", "value": module.dev_database.port},
       { "name": "COGNITO_DOMAIN", "value": "peopledepot"},
       { "name": "COGNITO_AWS_REGION", "value": "us-west-2"},
-      { "name": "COGNITO_USER_POOL", "value": "us-west-2_Fn4rkZpuB"},
+      { "name": "COGNITO_USER_POOL", "value": var.shared_user_pool_id},
    ]
    container_environment_secrets = [
       { "name": "SQL_PASSWORD", "valueFrom": module.dev_database.owner_password_arn},
diff --git a/terraform/projects/people-depot/variables.tf b/terraform/projects/people-depot/variables.tf
index a65b2d8..667f7f7 100644
--- a/terraform/projects/people-depot/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform/projects/people-depot/variables.tf
@@ -4,3 +4,14 @@ variable "vrms_zone_id" {
   type        = string
   description = "the vrms.io hosted zone id, owned by the vrms project"
 }
+
+// The shared Cognito user pool in ../../cognito.tf. See hackforla/incubator#17.
+variable "shared_user_pool_id" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "id of the shared Cognito user pool"
+}
+
+variable "shared_user_pool_arn" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "ARN of the shared Cognito user pool"
+}
diff --git a/terraform/projects/vrms/README.md b/terraform/projects/vrms/README.md
index cf26708..051272d 100644
--- a/terraform/projects/vrms/README.md
+++ b/terraform/projects/vrms/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ No requirements.
 | <a name="module_mailhog_password_secret"></a> [mailhog\_password\_secret](#module\_mailhog\_password\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
 | <a name="module_mailhog_user_secret"></a> [mailhog\_user\_secret](#module\_mailhog\_user\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
 | <a name="module_prod_database_url_secret"></a> [prod\_database\_url\_secret](#module\_prod\_database\_url\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
+| <a name="module_shared_user_pool_access"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_access](#module\_shared\_user\_pool\_access) | ../../modules/shared-user-pool-access | n/a |
 | <a name="module_slack_bot_token_secret"></a> [slack\_bot\_token\_secret](#module\_slack\_bot\_token\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
 | <a name="module_slack_client_secret_secret"></a> [slack\_client\_secret\_secret](#module\_slack\_client\_secret\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
 | <a name="module_slack_oauth_token_secret"></a> [slack\_oauth\_token\_secret](#module\_slack\_oauth\_token\_secret) | ../../modules/secret | n/a |
@@ -45,7 +46,10 @@ No requirements.
 
 ## Inputs
 
-No inputs.
+| Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
+|------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
+| <a name="input_shared_user_pool_arn"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_arn](#input\_shared\_user\_pool\_arn) | ARN of the shared Cognito user pool | `string` | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_shared_user_pool_id"></a> [shared\_user\_pool\_id](#input\_shared\_user\_pool\_id) | id of the shared Cognito user pool | `string` | n/a | yes |
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/terraform/projects/vrms/cognito.tf b/terraform/projects/vrms/cognito.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7820063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/projects/vrms/cognito.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// VRMS's app client in the shared Cognito user pool, adopted in place. See
+// hackforla/incubator#17.
+//
+// No task_role_name: nothing in VRMS's container configuration references Cognito, so
+// it is not granted admin operations on the pool.
+module "shared_user_pool_access" {
+  source = "../../modules/shared-user-pool-access"
+
+  user_pool_id  = var.shared_user_pool_id
+  user_pool_arn = var.shared_user_pool_arn
+
+  clients = {
+    vrms = {
+      name = "VRMS"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/projects/vrms/variables.tf b/terraform/projects/vrms/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32d54b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/projects/vrms/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// The shared Cognito user pool in ../../cognito.tf. See hackforla/incubator#17.
+variable "shared_user_pool_id" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "id of the shared Cognito user pool"
+}
+
+variable "shared_user_pool_arn" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "ARN of the shared Cognito user pool"
+}