Released funds for year four of the grant program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded $438,019 to Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055), a Project Grant providing resources for community-based suicide prevention efforts serving veterans and their families in Massachusetts through September 30, 2026.

MVOC delivers suicide prevention services including outreach, suicide prevention counseling, and connections to VA and community resources to veterans and their families at risk of suicide. The award represents year four funding in the grant program, with $30,000 in increased year four funds obligated under account 132-26-1-4696-0127.

The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program supports eligible entities—incorporated private institutions or foundations, Indian tribes, community-based organizations, and state or local governments—to reduce veteran suicide by expanding suicide prevention programs and services. Funding covers services addressing the mental health status, wellbeing, and suicide risk reduction of eligible veterans and their families. Each grant year requires renewal applications; the VA grant review committee scores applications against standardized criteria and ranks applicants, with priority consideration for entities serving rural communities, tribal lands, U.S. territories, medically underserved areas, and areas with high concentrations of minority veterans, women veterans, or Veterans Crisis Line calls. Recipients undergo audit by the Office of Business Oversight at least once over a three-year period, and grant records are maintained for seven years.