Cooperative Agreement 90INNU0055

This $2.9 million Defense Health Agency project grant funds research on suicide prevention among military personnel and veterans. The grant supports a multi-site randomized clinical trial through September 2026 to evaluate the efficacy of Written Exposure Therapy for Suicide Prevention compared to treatment as usual. Researchers at Boston University and partner institutions University of Colorado Denver and University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio aim to reduce suicidal thoughts and...

Summary: The Vanguard SPRIRC Initiative The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. received a $2.89 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) under the Uniformed Services University Medical Research Projects program (CFDA 12.750) on August 20, 2025. The Vanguard SPRIRC Initiative will deliver suicide prevention training and education services over a five-year performance period through August...

Federal Grant Award Summary Strength In Peers Inc. received a $640,000 Project Grant award effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029, under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Health Professionals. The organization will implement a structured six-month internship program designed to train up to 16 Certified Peer Recovery Specialists (CPRSs) annually across two...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded Columbia University's Health Sciences Division a $740,250 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) to adapt and implement the Youth Nominated Support Team (YST) intervention for suicide risk prevention among youth on probation. The three-year project, running from August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028, will develop and evaluate a psychoeducational social support intervention...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Oklahoma received a $20.4 million Project Grant award dated September 30, 2025, from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243). The award funds the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), designated as the nation's only federally-funded center of excellence...

The Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana was awarded a $1.5 million project grant through the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration's Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to provide suicide prevention services to veterans and their families from September 2022 through September 2023. Through outreach and coordination of suicide prevention resources, the grantee will connect at-risk individuals to VA and community support...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded Westcare California, Inc. a $1.5 million project grant under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to provide suicide prevention services and resources to meet the needs of veterans and their families in California from September 2022 through September 2023. Through outreach and the provision or coordination of suicide prevention services, Westcare California will connect...

Federal Grant Award Summary California State University, Sacramento, through its fiscal conduit University Enterprises, Inc., received a $1.2M project grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants program (CFDA 93.732), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029. The Youth Mental Health – Holistic Outreach for Promoting Equity (Y-HOPE) Initiative will recruit, train, and place 69 graduate-level school...

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded a $750,000 Project Grant under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) to Homeward Bound Adirondack, a non-profit organization, to support community-based suicide prevention efforts targeting veterans and their families. The funding will be used to provide outreach, suicide prevention services, and connections to VA and community resources as outlined in 38 CFR Part 78. Key...

This $458,805 Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055). The funding will support community-based suicide prevention efforts delivered by Volunteers of America Michigan, Inc. (VOAMI), a non-profit organization, over the period from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The grant enables VOAMI to provide outreach, suicide prevention...