Funder: Department of Veterans Affairs
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $750,000 per entity for a one-year budget period; FY27 funding opportunity totaled up to $112 million
Summary: Supports community-based suicide prevention services for eligible Veterans, service members at risk of suicide, and their families.
Key Information: Primarily non-clinical services only; baseline mental health screening and linkage with local VA care are required.
Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program funds community-based organizations providing or coordinating suicide prevention services for eligible Veterans, service members, and their families. It advances a public health approach linking community prevention with evidence-based clinical care, while addressing economic hardship, social connectedness, and barriers to care.
Supported services include outreach, baseline mental health screening, suicide prevention education, emergency clinical treatment, case management, peer support, benefits assistance, and help with emergent needs. VA also supports approved nontraditional and innovative approaches. Most funded services are non-clinical. Priorities include reaching Veterans not connected to VA health care, serving under-resourced and high-risk communities, and expanding geographic access to suicide prevention services.
