Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program Funding Opportunity

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: VA is announcing the availability of funds for suicide

prevention grants under the Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program

(SSG Fox SPGP). The SSG Fox SPGP directs efforts to reduce Veteran suicide by

awarding grants to community-based organizations to provide or coordinate the

provision of primarily non-clinical suicide prevention services, including outreach and

linkage to VA and community resources, to eligible individuals and their families.

The SSG Fox SPGP furthers VA's public health approach to suicide prevention

by combining community-based efforts with linkage to clinical care to prevent Veteran

suicide for those inside and outside of VA health care. The goal of these grants is to

reduce Veteran suicide risk by improving mental health status, well-being, financial

stability, and social support for eligible individuals and their families.

Eligible applicants are organizations that meet the definition of an eligible entity in

section 201(q)(3) of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care

Improvement Act of 2019 (Hannon Act), codified at 38 U.S.C. 1720F note. These may

include incorporated private institutions or foundations for which no part of the net

earnings incur to the benefit of any individual and that have a governing board

responsible for the operation of the suicide prevention services provided under the SSG

Fox SPGP; corporations wholly owned by incorporated private institutions or

foundations meeting the requirements listed above; Indian tribes; community-based

organizations that can effectively network with local civic organizations, regional health

systems, and other settings where eligible individuals and their families are likely to

have contact; and state or local governments.

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) assumes that Congress will extend

the authority and appropriate funds consistent with section 201 of the Hannon Act as

currently written. The NOFO contains information concerning the SSG Fox SPGP; the

renewal and new suicide prevention grant application processes; and the amount of

funding available. Awards made for suicide prevention grants will fund operationsPage 3 of 15

beginning on September 30, 2025, if the authority granted by section 201 of the Hannon

Act is extended and funds are appropriated. This is a one-year award with the option to

renew for an additional year, pending availability of funds and grantee performance. For

detailed program information and requirements, see part 78 of title 38, Code of Federal

Regulations (38 CFR part 78).