The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a $112 million grant funding opportunity for organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans nationwide.

The funding is available through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and is open to nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, federally recognized tribes, and other community-based groups that have a proven ability to serve Veterans. Applications for this round of funding are due by June 12, 2026.

VA Secretary Doug Collins said the grants are designed to strengthen community-based support systems that are often in the best position to identify when Veterans, service members, or their family members may be struggling.

According to the VA, these grants help connect Veterans — especially those who are not already receiving care through the Department of Veterans Affairs — with suicide prevention services, mental health resources, and other support aimed at lowering risk and improving overall well-being.

The impact of the program has continued to grow. In 2025, Fox grant recipients supported more than 17,000 Veterans, service members, and family members, marking a 31 percent increase from 2024. That total included nearly 9,000 Veterans identified as having an elevated risk for suicide. Of those Veterans, 91.8 percent reported a decrease in suicide risk factors after receiving assistance through grant-supported services.

The grants have also played a major role in bringing more Veterans into the VA health care system. In 2025, more than 2,500 Veterans enrolled in VA health care for the first time after connecting with Fox grant recipients, a 43.7 percent increase from the previous year.

Since the program launched in 2022, the VA says it has awarded $210 million to 111 organizations across 46 states, U.S. territories, and tribal lands. Officials say the effort is especially important because many Veterans who die by suicide have not recently been connected to VA health care. According to the department, 60 percent of Veterans who die by suicide were not in Veterans Health Administration care at any point during the two years before their death.

So far in 2026, the VA says it has enrolled more than 76,000 Veterans into VA health care. The department says that outreach effort is part of a broader push to expand services and improve access for former service members across the country.

The announcement also highlighted several other VA milestones during the second Trump Administration, including the opening of 33 new VA health care facilities, a 63 percent reduction in the backlog of Veterans waiting for benefits since January 20, 2025, and more than 82 million direct care appointments completed in fiscal year 2025. The department also reported more than 2.2 million appointments offered outside normal business hours and the permanent housing of 51,936 homeless Veterans in fiscal year 2025, the highest total in seven years.

More information about eligibility, priorities, and application requirements for the Fox grant awards is available through Grants.gov, while technical assistance, webinars, and guidance materials are available through the VA’s mental health grant resources.