Suicide Mortality Review Cooperative Agreement

Background
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing the availability of funds for Cooperative Agreements (CA) establishing Suicide Mortality Review (SMR) processes and SMR committees (SMRC). This opportunity supports States, territories, and Tribal entities in establishing, coordinating, and managing SMRCs to identify and characterize suicide deaths. It also aims to support the capacity to develop and implement data-informed strategies to prevent suicide, including suicide among veterans.

Grant Details
This NOFO supports a national approach to collecting and sharing data on suicide deaths to facilitate an understanding of the risk factors of suicide. It also aims to determine interventions at individual, provider, facility, system, and community levels that will have the most impact and implement initiatives in the right places for families and communities who need them most. The SMR-CA aims to establish and increase the capacity of States, territories, and Tribes to collect high-quality uniform suicide death data, expand suicide death reviews, and ultimately translate data into suicide prevention actions at community, State, territorial, Tribal, and national levels.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants must be American Indian or Alaskan Native Tribal governments or a State or territory. States, territories, and Tribes may identify key counties, cities, municipalities, or other political subdivisions within their own jurisdiction with whom they wish to coordinate for local SMRC development and implementation.

Period of Performance
Awards made for SMR-CA are anticipated to be funded by September 30, 2024. This is anticipated to be a one-year award with an optional one-year extension possible.

Grant Value
Approximately $10,000,000 is available for cooperative agreement awards under this NOFO during year one of the initiative. The maximum allowable funding amount per eligible entity is $300,000 under Focus Area 1 and $575,000 under Focus Area 2.