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

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded a $750,000 Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant (CFDA 64.055) to Black Veterans For Social Justice Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Brooklyn, New York. The grant funding will support the organization's community-based suicide prevention efforts for veterans and their families through outreach, provision of suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources. This project grant aligns with the VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide, implementing a public health approach that combines community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies to address veteran suicide risk. Black Veterans For Social Justice Inc. has a track record of delivering critical support services to veterans, including housing assistance, transitional and permanent housing, suicide prevention counseling, mental health services, employment support, and community outreach. The organization has also received sub-awards from the City of New York Housing Preservation & Development for permanent supportive housing programs.

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