Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) awarded Western Tidewater Community Services Board $613,911 under the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (CFDA 64.055) for the performance period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This represents Year Four funding for the organization's ongoing community-based suicide prevention initiative serving veterans and their families in Virginia. The grant supports comprehensive suicide prevention services including outreach activities, mental health screening, suicide prevention counseling, and resource navigation to connect eligible veterans and their families to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community-based mental health services.

Western Tidewater Community Services Board implements evidence-based clinical strategies combined with public health approaches to reduce veteran suicide and improve mental health status, financial stability, and social support networks for service recipients. The organization also operates a sub-grant component through the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, in which two licensed clinicians deliver cognitive behavioral intervention for trauma and functional family therapy to at-risk youth aged 5 to 18. Across four consecutive years of VHA funding (fiscal years 2022–2026), the organization has received approximately $3.4 million to sustain and expand its suicide prevention programming for vulnerable populations including veterans and at-risk youth impacted by trauma and family disengagement.