Released funds for year four of the grant program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded Operation Stand Down Tennessee $746,200 under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) on October 1, 2025, for the program year ending September 30, 2026. This is year four funding for the grant program.

Operation Stand Down Tennessee, a Nashville-based nonprofit, delivers community-based suicide prevention services and outreach to veterans and their families in Tennessee, connecting eligible individuals to VA and community mental health resources to reduce veteran suicide risk. The organization serves as a community-based entity coordinating suicide prevention services across local civic organizations, regional health systems, and other settings where eligible veterans and families have contact.

The assistance type is a project grant, with the full obligated amount of $746,200 for the single-year funding cycle. Place of performance is Tennessee. Under the program's purpose, VA awards suicide prevention services grants to eligible entities to provide or coordinate services addressing the mental health status, wellbeing, and suicide risk of eligible veterans and their families. Eligible individuals include veterans as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101, individuals described in 38 U.S.C. 1720I(b), and individuals described in 38 U.S.C. 1712A(a)(1)(C)(i) through (iv). Operation Stand Down Tennessee must spend all funds within the one-year grant period and maintain records for seven years.