Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- VA-FOX-SP-FY2024
- Applications due
- Award size
- $1,000 to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
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- State Governments
- County Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- City/Township Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program enables the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide community-based suicide prevention resources for Veterans and their families. Eligible applicants include state and local governments, higher education institutions, and non-profit organizations. Applicants must propose outreach, prevention services, and connection to VA/community resources aligned with VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide. Applications will be evaluated based on meeting the needs of Veterans through said efforts. Applications are due by April 26, 2024.
Award amounts and locations of performance will vary per applicant's proposal. Funded efforts will implement a public health approach blending community and clinical strategies, potentially anywhere in the United States given eligibility of state and local government applicants. Performance is expected to continue VA's mission of meeting Veterans' mental health needs through coordinated community resources.
Synopsis
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Updated Eligible Applicants to reflect full list. Noted that applications are via VA Grants Management System and not via grants.gov -
Note: Applications must be submitted via VA Grants Management System and not grants.gov. To apply go to https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ssgfox-grants/
The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) enables VA to provide 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. In alignment with VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide (2018), this grant program assists in further implementing a public health approach that blends community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies through community efforts. The grant program is part of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, signed into law on October 17, 2020.
Update #1 ·
The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP) enables VA to provide 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. In alignment with VA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide (2018), this grant program assists in further implementing a public health approach that blends community-based prevention with evidence-based clinical strategies through community efforts. The grant program is part of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, signed into law on October 17, 2020.
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