VA announced $52 million in additional suicide-prevention grant funds (May 2025)

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VA announced that $52 million in grant funds are available under the suicide-prevention grants program.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs released its National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report with data through 2023, reporting 6,398 Veteran suicides in 2023 (down from 6,442 in 2022) and a slight drop in average daily suicides to 17.5. The report notes 61% of Veterans who died by suicide in 2023 were not receiving VA health care in the prior year, small increases in suicide rates per 100,000 for both men and women, and elevated risk among ages 18–34 and those experiencing homelessness, health problems or pain. VA outlined prevention efforts and program metrics, including outreach that enrolled ~33,000 previously unenrolled Veterans, identification of 140,000 at‑risk Veterans through an interoperability pledge, 1.3 million crisis-line contacts in FY2025, and expanded screening and grant programs.

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VA’s official materials show that on May 21, 2025 the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the availability of approximately $52.5 million in grants through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. The SSG Fox program page and the FY26 Notice of Funding Opportunity / application guide (May 2025) hosted by VA and the Federal Register list the available funding as about $52.5 million and provide application details. The statement’s use of “$52 million” is a minor rounding of the official $52.5 million figure. Verdict: True — VA’s press release and program/NOFO documents confirm that in May 2025 VA announced roughly $52.5M in SSG Fox suicide-prevention grant funds; calling it “$52 million” is reasonable rounding.

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Update · Feb 06, 2026, 05:38 AMTrue
VA’s official materials show that on May 21, 2025 the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced the availability of approximately $52.5 million in grants through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. The SSG Fox program page and the FY26 Notice of Funding Opportunity / application guide (May 2025) hosted by VA and the Federal Register list the available funding as about $52.5 million and provide application details. The statement’s use of “$52 million” is a minor rounding of the official $52.5 million figure. Verdict: True — VA’s press release and program/NOFO documents confirm that in May 2025 VA announced roughly $52.5M in SSG Fox suicide-prevention grant funds; calling it “$52 million” is reasonable rounding.
Update · Feb 06, 2026, 04:51 AMClose
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs published a press release on May 21, 2025 announcing the availability of approximately $52.5 million in grants through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. The Federal Register NOFO and the grants.gov/Simpler opportunity listing (both mid‑May 2025) corroborate that VA opened a FY2026 competition for roughly $52.5M in Fox grant funds. The claimant’s figure of $52 million is a reasonable rounding but does not match the official “approximately $52.5 million” wording. Verdict: Close — VA did announce new Fox grant funds in May 2025, but the precise official amount is about $52.5 million, not exactly $52.0 million.
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