Released funds for year four of the grant program

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration awarded $613,911 to Western Tidewater Community Services Board on October 1, 2025, under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) for year four of a multi-year grant. Performance is scheduled through September 30, 2026, in Virginia.

Western Tidewater Community Services Board delivers community-based suicide prevention services for veterans and their families, including outreach activities, mental health screening, suicide prevention counseling, and resource navigation to connect eligible individuals to VA and community-based services. The organization implements evidence-based clinical strategies combined with public health approaches to improve mental health status, financial stability, and social support networks for service recipients.

The organization is a tax-exempt nonprofit headquartered in Suffolk, Virginia, that has received four consecutive years of federal funding through this program totaling approximately $3.4 million across fiscal years 2022 through 2026. The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program provides resources toward community-based suicide prevention efforts to reduce veteran suicide by expanding prevention programs through eligible entities serving veterans and their families in areas experiencing high suicide rates, including rural communities, tribal lands, medically underserved areas, and areas with high concentrations of minority or women veterans.