VA Grants Aim to Connect Veterans Before Crisis Strikes
Published Date: 5/15/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering grants to community groups to help prevent Veteran suicide by providing support and connecting Veterans and their families to resources. These grants focus on non-medical help like outreach, improving mental health, and boosting social and financial support. Applications must be submitted by July 18, 2025, so groups ready to make a difference should act fast!
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2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Veterans Get Non-Clinical Suicide Support
Veterans and their families can receive primarily non-clinical suicide prevention help funded by these grants, including outreach and help linking to VA and community services. The program aims to reduce Veteran suicide risk by improving mental health, well-being, financial stability, and social support for eligible individuals and their families.
Grants Available to Community Groups
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering grant funding through the Staff Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to community-based organizations. These grants pay for groups to provide or coordinate primarily non-clinical suicide prevention services, such as outreach and connecting Veterans and their families to VA and community resources.
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