Grantee year three funding for suicide prevention grants provided by SSG FOX spgp

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration provides $100,000.00 in funding for the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055). The grant supports community-based suicide prevention efforts targeting veterans and their families through outreach, provision of suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources. The award period runs from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The recipient, United States Veterans Initiative (U.S.VETS), is a non-profit organization that specializes in delivering emergency housing, transitional housing, case management, and supportive services to homeless and at-risk veterans. This funding will enable U.S.VETS to implement a public health approach that combines community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies to address veteran suicide risk, as outlined in the VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide.

Suicide prevention grants are awarded to eligible entities to meet the needs of eligible individuals and their families through outreach, provision or coordination of suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources as described in 38 CFR part 78