Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program

To provide resources toward community-based suicide prevention efforts to meet the needs of Veterans and their families through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources.

Incorporated private institutions or foundations A corporation wholly owned or controlled by an incorporated private institution or foundation Indian tribes Community-based organizations that can effectively network with local civic organizations, regional health systems, and other settings where eligible individuals and their families are likely to have contact State or local governments

Suicide prevention services grant applications will be scored by a VA grant review committee. The grant review committee will be trained on a scoring rubric and follow uniform guidance on application grant review (pursuant to 2 CFR part 200). VA will utilize the ranked scores of applicants as the primary basis for selection. The applicants will be ranked in order from highest to lowest. However, VA will consider preferences for applicants that have demonstrated the ability to provide or coordinate suicide prevention services or experience administering similar programs to Veterans and their families. VA may prioritize grant awards to eligible entities that serve eligible individuals and their families in rural communities, on tribal lands, in U.S. territories, in medically underserved areas, in areas with a high number or percentage of minority Veterans or women Veterans, and in areas with a high number or percentage of calls to the Veterans Crisis Line. To the extent practicable, VA will ensure that suicide prevention services grants are distributed to: 1) provide services in areas of the United States that have experienced high rates of suicide by eligible individuals 2) applicants that can assist eligible individuals at risk of suicide who are not currently receiving health care furnished by VA; and 3) ensure that suicide prevention services are provided in as many areas as possible. Subject to these considerations, VA will fund the highest-ranked applicants for which...

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Fiscal Year2023: Funded grants provide case management, emergency clinical services, connection to VA healthcare, outreach and education and a variety of other traditional as well as non-traditional/innovative services such as equine therapy, recreation therapy, acupuncture, etc.