Funding provided through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded $111.9 million in grants to 191 community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to veterans across the country.
The funds are made available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and will become available at the start of fiscal 2027. Grants are accessible to nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, federally recognized tribes and other community-based organizations that have demonstrated a capacity to serve veterans.
Suicide prevention is VA’s top clinical priority, and all VA healthcare facilities provide veterans same-day emergency mental health care access if they need it. Reaching veterans in need of help, however, can be a challenge. For instance, 61 percent of veterans who died by suicide in 2023 — the most recent year for which data is available – were not receiving VA healthcare in the last year of their life. Fox grants can help bridge this gap by directing funding to community-based organizations.
“Community organizations are critical to reaching veterans who may not otherwise connect with VA care,” said VA Secretary Doug Collins. “VA’s Fox grant program often serves as a bridge between vital federal resources and vulnerable veterans in need of help.”
View the complete list of grant awardees.
For details about eligibility, priorities and application requirements for these annual grants, visit the SSG Fox SPGP website.
If you’re a veteran in crisis or concerned about one, contact the Veterans Crisis Line to receive 24/7, confidential support. You don’t have to be enrolled in VA benefits or healthcare to connect. To reach responders, Dial 988 then Press 1, chat online at VeteransCrisisLine.net/Chat, or text 838255.
Reporters covering this issue can download VA’s Safe Messaging Best Practices fact sheet or visit ReportingOnSuicide.org for important guidance on how to communicate about suicide.
- Veterans Healthcare