Released funds for year four of the grant program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded $593,425 to Maumee Valley Guidance Center Inc. on October 1, 2025, under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055).

Maumee Valley Guidance Center Inc., a non-profit organization located in Defiance, Ohio, delivers suicide prevention services to veterans and their families in Ohio. The organization provides outreach, case management, and assistance connecting eligible individuals and their families to VA and community resources. Services address mental health status, wellbeing, and suicide risk reduction for eligible veterans and their dependents.

The award represents year four funding under the multi-year grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026. The grant obligates $593,425 for this performance period.

The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program funds community-based suicide prevention efforts to reduce veteran suicide through expanded prevention services. Eligible recipients include incorporated private institutions or foundations, Indian tribes, community-based organizations, and state or local governments. The program prioritizes geographic distribution across high-suicide-rate areas, rural communities, tribal lands, medically underserved areas, and communities with high concentrations of minority veterans, women veterans, or Veterans Crisis Line callers.