Summary of Federal Project Grant Award

U.S.VETS - Arizona received $750,000 in Year Four funding from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The organization delivers comprehensive, community-based suicide prevention services targeting veterans and their families, including outreach activities, mental health screening, suicide prevention counseling, and coordination with VA and community resources. The program operates within the VHA's broader initiative to reduce veteran suicide by expanding prevention services across all U.S. states, territories, and tribal lands through approximately 80 project grant awards totaling over $33 million in fiscal year 2026.

As a recurring grantee since fiscal year 2022, U.S.VETS - Arizona has demonstrated sustained capability in administering suicide prevention programming. In addition to direct prevention services, the organization operates an integrated service model that includes transitional housing and rapid re-housing assistance for chronically homeless veterans, managing at least 18 transitional housing units with 47 beds in Prescott, Arizona, and providing rapid re-housing support to at least 16 veteran households. This combined approach addresses both mental health intervention and housing stability as complementary factors in reducing suicide risk among vulnerable veteran populations.