Cooperative Agreement PASMR308124

This $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under the Suicide Mortality Review Cooperative Agreements (CFDA 64.057) program, supports the Pennsylvania Department of Military & Veterans Affairs in establishing and expanding suicide mortality review processes. The key objectives are to: 1) Establish a Suicide Mortality Review Committee (SMRC) and committee structure, 2) Train SMRC members, 3) Develop processes, procedures, and policies for the SMRC, 4) Identify culturally appropriate learning management system tools and resources for community outreach and training, and 5) Conduct at least one community outreach event and one training event highlighting the importance of suicide mortality review. This one-year award, with a possible one-year extension, aims to improve data collection and analysis of suicide deaths to inform prevention strategies targeting veteran populations in Pennsylvania.