Empact-Suicide Prevention Center

Empact-Suicide Prevention Center, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Tempe, Arizona, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering crisis intervention, post-crisis follow-up, and behavioral health awareness training services to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and state criminal-justice agencies. The organization functions as both a prime grant recipient (27% of recent awards) and as a sub-recipient under state-administered federal grants (73% of awards), with no federal contracting footprint.

Empact-SPC's core capability centers on 988 Lifeline crisis response and post-crisis continuity of care. As a 988 Lifeline-certified crisis call center, the organization operates four national backup subnetworks—National Backup Voice, National Backup Chat/Text, Spanish Chat, and Spanish Phone—handling approximately 10,000 crisis contacts monthly across all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The organization's primary prime grant, awarded by SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services on September 30, 2026, carries $250,000 over three years (through September 29, 2029) under CFDA 93.00R (988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Services Programs) to deliver systematic post-crisis follow-up and continuity-of-care services. The project targets approximately 1,300 at-risk 988 callers nationwide with 24-hour structured follow-up lasting up to 90 days per contact, using bilingual counselors, risk assessment protocols, and a national referral network. A second-track enhancement provides callers originating in Maricopa County, Arizona—approximately 5 percent of national backup contacts—direct warm referrals into Empact-SPC's mobile crisis, outpatient, and residential treatment services plus peer navigation support. A second prime grant from SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services, awarded September 30, 2022, funds the Arizona Mental Health Awareness Training Program over five years (through September 29, 2027) to develop Mental Health First Aid instructors with specialty modules in public safety, veteran support, and youth mental health, targeting training of 4,000 individuals statewide with anticipated referral of 15,125 individuals into services.

Empact-SPC's sub-recipient activity concentrates with Arizona state agencies. The organization receives approximately 9 sub-awards from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime Program and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, flowing through the Executive Office of the State of Arizona and the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Sub-awards include Trauma Healing Services delivery (hotline, therapy, and advocacy components) and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Access to Prevention and Treatment (SASP) subgrantee programming, with renewals spanning 2023 through 2026. Work is performed at Tempe, Arizona. Only one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.