Released funds for year four of the grant program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded Black Veterans For Social Justice Inc. $750,000 under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) on October 1, 2025, for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

The award funds community-based suicide prevention outreach and mental health counseling services for veterans and their families. Black Veterans For Social Justice Inc., a Brooklyn, New York-based minority-owned and veteran-owned nonprofit, delivers employment services, housing support, and suicide prevention programs to homeless and at-risk veterans in the New York City area. Work is performed in Brooklyn with service geography centered on New York City, coordinated through partnerships with American Job Centers, VA resources, community mental health providers, and the New York State Department of Veterans Services.

The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program provides resources toward community-based suicide prevention efforts to meet the needs of veterans and their families through outreach, suicide prevention services, and connection to VA and community resources. Eligible individuals include veterans at risk of suicide and certain family members and dependents as defined under 38 U.S.C. sections 1720I(b) and 1712A(a)(1)(C).