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from certain foreign currency 

transactions under Internal Revenue 

Code (IRC) section 988 and applies to 

taxpayers engaging in such transactions. 

Such gains and losses are characterized 

as ordinary income or loss. However, 

under IRC section 988(a)(1)(B), 

taxpayers may elect to characterize 

exchange gain or loss on certain 

transactions as capital gain or loss. 

Treasury Regulations section 1.988–3(b) 

provides the procedure for making the 

election. Under IRC section 

988(c)(1)(D)(ii), taxpayers may elect to 

have regulated futures contracts and 

certain options (which generally are not 

subject to section 988) treated as section 

988 transactions. Treasury Regulations 

sections 1.988–1(a)(7)(iii) and (iv) 

provide the procedure for making that 

election. Under IRC section 

988(c)(1)(E)(iii), a qualified fund may 

elect out of section 988 with respect to 

certain financial transactions. Treasury 

Regulations section 1.988–1(a)(8)(iv) 

provides the procedure for making that 

election. Under IRC section 988(d), 

taxpayers may receive special treatment 

allowing integration with respect to 

certain borrowings and property if the 

transactions are properly identified. The 

identification rules are in Treasury 

Regulations sections 1.988–5(a)(8), 

1.988–5(b)(3), and 1.988–5(c)(2). 

Treasury Regulations section 1.988– 

2(a)(2)(v) allows an accrual basis 

taxpayer to make an election that 

provides special translation rules 

regarding the purchase and sale of stock 

or securities traded on an established 

securities market. Treasury Regulations 

section 1.988–2(b)(2)(iii)(B) provides an 

election allowing the translation of 

interest income and expense using a 

spot accrual convention. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

the existing collection. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not-for-profit 

institutions, and individuals and 

households. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

5,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 40 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,333. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: April 12, 2022. 

Jon R. Callahan, 

Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08099 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Funding Opportunity: Staff Sergeant 

Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention 

Grant Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is announcing the 

opportunity of funds for suicide 

prevention services grants under the 

Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox 

Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG 

Fox SPGP). The SSG Fox SPGP enables 

the Office of Mental Health and Suicide 

Prevention (OMHSP) within the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

to provide financial assistance through 

a 3-year community-based grant 

program to eligible entities to provide, 

or coordinate the provision of, suicide 

prevention services to eligible Veterans 

and their families. Funding offered 

under this Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO) responds to the 

mounting need to reach Veterans at risk 

for suicide in their communities. This 

Notice contains information concerning 

the SSG Fox SPGP, the application 

process and the amount of funding 

available. Awards made for suicide 

prevention services grants will fund 

operations beginning on or around 

September 1, 2022. 

DATES: Applications for suicide 

prevention services grants under the 

SSG Fox SPGP Program must be 

received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 

June 10, 2022. In the interest of fairness 

to all competing applicants, this 

deadline is firm as to date and hour, and 

VA will treat as ineligible for 

consideration any application that is 

received after the deadline. Applicants 

should take this practice into account 

and make early submission of their 

materials to avoid any risk of loss of 

eligibility brought about by 

unanticipated delays, computer service 

outages, or other submission-related 

problems. 

ADDRESSES: For a Copy of the 

Application Package: Copies of the 

application can be downloaded from the 

SSG Fox SPGP website at https://

www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ssgfox-grants/ 

. Questions should be referred to the 

SSG Fox SPGP at VASSGFoxGrants@

va.gov. For detailed SSG Fox SPGP 

information and requirements, see part 

78 of title 38 CFR part 78). 

Application Submission: Applicants 

must submit applications electronically 

following instructions found at https:// 

www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ssgfox-grants/ 

. Applications may not be mailed or sent 

by facsimile (fax). Applications must be 

received by the SSG Fox SPGP Office no 

later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the application deadline date. 

Applications must arrive as a complete 

package. Materials arriving separately 

will not be included in the application 

package and may result in the 

application being rejected. 

Technical Assistance: Information on 

obtaining technical assistance preparing 

a suicide prevention services grant 

application is available on the SSG Fox 

SPGP website at https://

www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ssgfox-grants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sandra Foley, Director SSG Fox SPGP, 

Office of Mental Health and Suicide 

Prevention, 11MHSP, 202–502–0002 

(this is not a toll-free telephone 

number), or VASSGFoxGrants@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Funding Opportunity Title: SSG Fox 

Suicide Prevention Grant Program. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Funding Opportunity Number: VA– 

FOX–SP–FY2022. 

Assistance Instrument: Grant. 

Assistance Listing: 64.055, VA 

Suicide Prevention Program. 


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I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Purpose 

Section 201 of the Commander John 

Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health 

Care Improvement Act of 2019 (the Act), 

Public Law 116–171 (38 U.S.C. 1720F, 

note), enacted on October 17, 2020, 

created SSG Fox SPGP, a new 

community-based suicide prevention 

services grant program with the purpose 

of reducing Veteran suicide. The SSG 

Fox SPGP aims to build upon VA’s 

public health approach, which 

combines clinical and community-based 

interventions to prevent Veteran suicide 

for those inside and outside of VA 

health care. 

The SSG Fox SPGP is intended to 

provide grants to certain entities that 

will provide or coordinate the provision 

of suicide prevention services to eligible 

individuals and their families for the 

purpose of reducing Veteran suicide. 

This grant program will assist in further 

implementing a public health approach 

through these community efforts. The 

goal of these grants is to reduce Veteran 

suicide risk; improve baseline mental 

health status, well-being and social 

support; and improve financial stability 

for eligible individuals and their 

families. 

B. Background 

VA’s top clinical priority is 

preventing suicide among all Veterans— 

including those who do not, and may 

never, seek care within the VA health 

care system. Guided by VA’s National 

Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide 

(2018), OMHSP is implementing 

Suicide Prevention (SP) 2.0. SP 2.0 

outlines a comprehensive public health 

approach to suicide prevention that 

blends community-based prevention 

and clinically based interventions. SP 

2.0 expands VA’s clinical suicide 

prevention efforts and establishes VA’s 

Community-Based Interventions for 

Suicide Prevention initiative (CBI–SP). 

SP 2.0 clinical efforts build upon VA’s 

foundational approach, which includes 

over 500 suicide prevention 

coordinators to provide enhanced care 

to Veterans at highest risk, local follow 

up to Veterans Crisis Line referrals, 

training, staff consultation and outreach 

in communities. VA has implemented 

universal suicide risk screening at every 

level of care, expanded safety planning 

efforts and increased access to evidencebased psychotherapies for suicide 

prevention. 

On the community side, CBI–SP 

includes expansion of the Governor’s 

Challenge to Prevent Suicide Among 

Service members, Veterans and their 

families; VA’s Community Engagement 

and Partnership Coordinator program; 

and the Together With Veterans model. 

Across all three approaches to CBI–SP, 

there are three overarching focused 

priority areas: (1) Identifying Service 

members, Veterans and their families 

and screening them for suicide risk; (2) 

promoting connectedness and 

improving care transitions; and (3) 

increasing lethal means safety and 

safety planning. The SSG Fox SPGP 

builds upon these initiatives to enhance 

connections to direct services for 

eligible individuals and their families. 

C. Definitions 

The regulations for the SSG Fox 

SPGP, published in the Federal Register 

(see 87 FR 13806, as amended by 87 FR 

16101) as an Interim Final Rule on 

March 10, 2022, and amended on March 

22, 2022, and codified in 38 CFR part 

78, contain all detailed definitions and 

requirements pertaining to this program. 

Definitions of key terms are also 

provided below for ease of reference. 

However, 38 CFR part 78 should be 

consulted for all definitions. 

Eligible Entity: Eligible entity means 

an entity that meets the definition of an 

eligible entity in section 201(q) of the 

Act. Under section 201(q)(3) of the Act, 

an eligible entity must be one of the 

following: (1) An incorporated private 

institution or foundation that (i) has no 

part of the net earnings of which incurs 

to the benefit of any member, founder, 

contributor, or individual, and (ii) has a 

governing board that would be 

responsible for the operation of the 

suicide prevention services provided 

under this section; (2) a corporation 

wholly owned and controlled by an 

organization meeting the requirements 

of clauses (i) and (ii) above; (3) an 

Indian tribe; (4) a community-based 

organization 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; 

or (5) a state or local government. This 

may include, but not be limited to, 

nonprofit and private organizations 

such as those that are part of VASubstance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration’s Governors’ 

and Mayors’ Challenge to prevent 

suicide among Service members, 

Veterans and their families; universities; 

and city, county, state and tribal 

governments. Demonstration of 

eligibility as detailed in the application 

includes submission of documents as 

outlined in Section IV of this notice. 

Eligible Individual: Eligible individual 

means an individual that meets the 

requirements of 38 CFR 78.10(a). This 

means that to be eligible to receive 

suicide prevention services under the 

SSG Fox SPGP, an individual must be 

at risk of suicide and meet the definition 

of eligible individual in section 201(q) 

of the Act. That is, the individual must 

be one of the following: (1) A Veteran 

as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101, (2) an 

individual described in 38 U.S.C. 

1720I(b), or (3) an individual described 

in 38 U.S.C. 1712A(a)(1)(C)(i) through 

(iv). This is consistent with the 

definition of eligible individual in 

section 201(q)(4) of the Act. For 

purposes of eligible individuals, and 

consistent with section 201(q)(8) of the 

Act, risk of suicide means exposure to, 

or the existence of, any of the following 

factors, to any degree, that increase the 

risk of suicidal ideation and/or 

behaviors: (1) Health risk factors, 

including mental health challenges, 

substance use disorder, serious or 

chronic health conditions or pain and 

traumatic brain injury; (2) 

environmental risk factors, including 

prolonged stress, stressful life events, 

unemployment, homelessness, recent 

loss and legal or financial challenges; 

and (3) historical risk factors, including 

previous suicide attempts, family 

history of suicide and history of abuse, 

neglect, or trauma, including military 

sexual trauma. 

Family: Family means, with respect to 

an eligible individual, any of the 

following: A parent, spouse, child, 

sibling, step-family member, extended 

family member and any other individual 

who lives with the eligible individual. 

Grantee: Grantee means an eligible 

entity that is awarded a suicide 

prevention services grant under 38 CFR 

part 78 (that is, a grant under the SSG 

Fox SPGP). 

Indian Tribe: Indian tribe means an 

Indian tribe as defined in 25 U.S.C. 

4103. Section 4103(13)(A) of title 25, 

U.S.C., defines Indian tribe in general to 

mean a tribe that is a federally or a state 

recognized tribe. Section 4103(13)(B) of 

title 25, U.S.C., further defines federally 

recognized tribe to mean any Indian 

tribe, band, Nation, or other organized 

group or community of Indians, 

including any Alaska Native village or 

regional or village corporation as 

defined in or established pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that is recognized 

as eligible for the special programs and 

services provided by the United States 

to Indians because of their status as 

Indians pursuant to the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). 

Section 4103(13)(C) of title 25, U.S.C., 

also defines state recognized tribe to 

mean any tribe, band, Nation, pueblo, 

village, or community—(1) that has been 


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recognized as an Indian tribe by any 

state; and (2) for which an Indian 

Housing Authority has, before the 

effective date under section 705 of 

Public Law 104–330 (110 Stat. 4018, 

4052), entered into a contract with the 

Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development pursuant to the United 

States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

1437 et seq.) for housing for Indian 

families and has received funding 

pursuant to such contract within the 5- 

year period ending upon such effective 

date. This definition also includes 

certain conditions set forth in 25 U.S.C. 

4103(13)(C)(ii). This definition of Indian 

tribe is consistent with section 201(q)(7) 

of the Act. 

Participant: Participant means an 

eligible individual or their family who 

is receiving suicide prevention services 

for which they are eligible from a 

grantee. 

Suicide Prevention Services: Suicide 

prevention services include any of the 

following services provided to address 

the needs of a participant: (1) Outreach; 

(2) baseline mental health screening; (3) 

education; (4) clinical services for 

emergency treatment; (5) case 

management services; (6) peer support 

services; (7) assistance in obtaining VA 

benefits; (8) assistance in obtaining and 

coordinating other public benefits and 

assistance with emergent needs; (9) 

nontraditional and innovative 

approaches and treatment practices; and 

(10) other services. These services are 

further described in 38 CFR 78.45 

through 78.90 and in section I.D of this 

notice, below. 

Veteran: Veteran means a Veteran 

under 38 U.S.C. 101(2), which defines 

Veteran as a person who served in the 

active military, naval, air, or space 

service, and who was discharged or 

released therefrom under conditions 

other than dishonorable. 

D. Approach 

Suicide prevention services are those 

services that address the needs of 

eligible individuals and their families 

and are necessary for improving the 

mental health status and well-being and 

reducing the suicide risk of eligible 

individuals and their families. 

Applicants must include in their 

application how they will provide or 

coordinate the provision of the baseline 

mental health screening to all 

participants. In addition, the application 

must include the proposed suicide 

prevention services to be provided or 

coordinated to be provided and the 

identified need for those services. 

Suicide prevention services include: 

Outreach to identify and engage 

eligible individuals (and their families) 

at highest risk of suicide: Grantees 

providing or coordinating the provision 

of outreach must use their best efforts to 

ensure that eligible individuals, 

including those who are at highest risk 

of suicide or who are not receiving 

health care or other services furnished 

by VA, and their families are identified, 

engaged and provided suicide 

prevention services. Based on the 

suicide risk and eligibility screening 

conducted by grantees, eligible 

individuals that should be considered at 

highest risk of suicide are those with a 

recent suicide attempt, an active plan or 

preparatory behavior for suicide, or a 

recent hospitalization for suicidality. 

VA will provide access to the Columbia 

Suicide Severity Rating Scale to 

determine level of suicide risk. 

Outreach must include active liaison 

with local VA facilities; state, local, or 

tribal government (if any); and private 

agencies and organizations providing 

suicide prevention services to eligible 

individuals and their families in the 

area to be served by the grantee. This 

can include, for example, local mental 

health and emergency or urgent care 

departments in local hospitals or 

clinics. Grantees are required to have a 

presence in the area to meet with 

individuals and organizations to create 

referral processes to the grantee and 

other community resources. VA requires 

that grantees coordinate with VA with 

respect to the provision of health care 

and other services to eligible 

individuals. VA expects that grantees 

will work with local VA facilities on a 

regular basis to coordinate care when 

needed for eligible individuals. 

Baseline mental health screening: 

Grantees must provide or coordinate the 

provision of baseline mental health 

screenings to all participants they serve 

at the time those services begin. This 

baseline mental health screening 

ensures that the participant’s mental 

health needs can be properly 

determined and that suicide prevention 

services can be further tailored to meet 

the individual’s needs. The baseline 

mental health screening must be 

provided using validated screening tools 

that assess suicide risk and mental and 

behavioral health conditions. VA will 

provide access to the Patient Health 

Questionnaire, Generalized Self-Efficacy 

Scale, Interpersonal Support Evaluation 

List, Socio Economic Status and the 

Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being 

Scale to grantees providing or 

coordinating the provision of baseline 

mental health screenings. 

If an eligible individual is at risk of 

suicide or other mental or behavioral 

health condition pursuant to the 

baseline mental health screening, the 

grantee must refer such individual to 

VA for care. If the eligible individual 

refuses the grantee’s referral to VA, any 

ongoing clinical services provided to the 

eligible individual by the grantee is at 

the expense of the grantee. It is 

important to note that this is only 

required for eligible individuals and not 

the family of eligible individuals. 

If a participant other than an eligible 

individual is at risk of suicide or other 

mental or behavioral health condition 

pursuant to the baseline mental health 

screening, the grantee must refer such 

participant to appropriate health care 

services in the area. To the extent that 

the grantee is able to furnish such 

appropriate health care services on an 

ongoing basis and has available funding 

separate from funds provided under this 

grant program to do so, they would be 

able to furnish such services using those 

non-VA funds without being required to 

refer such participants to other services. 

As noted above, any ongoing clinical 

services provided to the participant by 

the grantee is at the expense of the 

grantee. 

When such referrals are made by 

grantees to VA, to the extent practicable, 

those referrals are required to be a 

‘‘warm hand-off’’ to ensure that the 

eligible individual receives necessary 

care. This ‘‘warm hand-off’’ may include 

providing any necessary transportation 

to the nearest VA facility, assisting the 

eligible individual with scheduling an 

appointment with VA and any other 

similar activities that may be necessary 

to ensure the eligible individual 

receives necessary care in a timely 

manner. 

Education: Suicide prevention 

education programs may be provided 

and coordinated to be provided to 

educate communities, Veterans and 

families on how to identify those at risk 

of suicide, how and when to make 

referrals for care and the types of 

suicide prevention resources available 

within the area. Education can include 

gatekeeper training, lethal means safety 

training, or specific education programs 

that assist with identification, 

assessment, or prevention of suicide. 

Gatekeeper training generally refers to 

programs that seek to develop 

individuals’ knowledge, attitudes and 

skills to prevent suicide. Gatekeeper 

training is an educational course 

designed to teach clinical and nonclinical professionals or gatekeepers the 

warning signs of a suicide crisis and 

how to respond and refer individuals for 

care. Education is important because 

learning the signs of suicide risk, how 

to reduce access to lethal means and to 

connect those at risk of suicide to care 


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can improve understanding of suicide 

and has the potential to reduce suicide. 

Clinical services for emergency 

treatment: Clinical services may be 

provided or coordinated to be provided 

for emergency treatment of a 

participant. Emergency treatment means 

medical services, professional services, 

ambulance services, ancillary care and 

medication (including a short course of 

medication related to and necessary for 

the treatment of the emergency 

condition that is provided directly to or 

prescribed for the patient for use after 

the emergency condition is stabilized 

and the patient is discharged) was 

rendered in a medical emergency of 

such nature that a prudent layperson 

would have reasonably expected that 

delay in seeking immediate medical 

attention would have been hazardous to 

life or health. This standard is met by 

an emergency medical condition 

manifesting itself by acute symptoms of 

sufficient severity (including severe 

pain) that a prudent layperson who 

possesses an average knowledge of 

health and medicine could reasonably 

expect the absence of the immediate 

medical assistance to result in placing 

the health of the individual in serious 

jeopardy, serious impairment to bodily 

functions, or serious dysfunction of any 

bodily organ or part. It is important to 

note that emergency medical conditions 

include emergency mental health 

conditions. 

If an eligible individual is furnished 

clinical services for emergency 

treatment and the grantee determines 

that the eligible individual requires 

ongoing services, the grantee must refer 

the eligible individual to VA for 

additional care. If the eligible individual 

refuses the grantee’s referral to VA, any 

ongoing clinical services provided to the 

eligible individual by the grantee is at 

the expense of the grantee. 

If a participant other than an eligible 

individual is furnished clinical services 

for emergency treatment and the grantee 

determines that the participant requires 

ongoing services, the grantee must refer 

the participant to appropriate health 

care services in the area for additional 

care. Except in instances in which a 

participant other than an eligible 

individual is furnished clinical services 

for emergency treatment, funds 

provided under this grant program may 

not be used to provide ongoing clinical 

services to such participants and any 

ongoing clinical services provided to the 

participant by the grantee is at the 

expense of the grantee. 

Case management services: Case 

management services are focused on 

suicide prevention to effectively assist 

participants at risk of suicide. Grantees 

providing or coordinating the provision 

of case management services must 

provide or coordinate the provision of 

such services that include, at a 

minimum: (a) Performing a careful 

assessment of participants, and 

developing and monitoring case plans 

in coordination with a formal 

assessment of suicide prevention 

services needed, including necessary 

follow-up activities, to ensure that the 

participant’s needs are adequately 

addressed; (b) establishing linkages with 

appropriate agencies and service 

providers in the area to help 

participants obtain needed suicide 

prevention services; (c) providing 

referrals to participants and related 

activities (such as scheduling 

appointments for participants) to help 

participants obtain needed suicide 

prevention services, such as medical, 

social and educational assistance or 

other suicide prevention services to 

address participants’ identified needs 

and goals; (d) deciding how resources 

and services are allocated to 

participants on the basis of need; (e) 

educating participants on issues, 

including, but not limited to, suicide 

prevention services availability and 

participant rights; and, (f) other 

activities, as approved by VA, to serve 

the comprehensive needs of participants 

for the purpose of reducing suicide risk. 

Peer support services: The provision 

or coordination of the provision of peer 

support services by the grantee must be 

to help participants understand what 

resources and supports are available in 

their area for suicide prevention. Peer 

support services must be provided by 

Veterans trained in peer support with 

similar lived experiences related to 

suicide or mental health. Peer support 

specialists serve as role models and a 

resource to assist participants with their 

mental health recovery. Peer support 

specialists function as interdisciplinary 

team members, assisting physicians and 

other professional and non-professional 

personnel in a rehabilitation treatment 

program. Each grantee providing or 

coordinating the provision of peer 

support services must ensure that 

Veterans providing such services to 

participants meet the requirements of 38 

U.S.C. 7402(b)(13) and meet 

qualification standards for appointment; 

or have completed peer support 

training, are pursuing credentials to 

meet the minimum qualification 

standards for appointment and are 

under the supervision of an individual 

who meets the necessary requirements 

of 38 U.S.C. 7402(b)(13). Qualification 

standards include that the individual is 

(1) a Veteran who has recovered or is 

recovering from a mental health 

condition, and (2) certified by (i) a notfor-profit entity engaged in peer support 

specialist training as having met such 

criteria as the Secretary shall establish 

for a peer support specialist position, or 

(ii) a state as having satisfied relevant 

state requirements for a peer support 

specialist position. VA has further set 

forth qualifications for its peer support 

specialists in VA Handbook 5005, 

Staffing (last updated July 17, 2012). See 

VA Handbook/Directive 5005. Grant 

funds may be used to provide education 

and training for employees of the 

grantee or the community partner who 

provide peer support services based on 

the terms set forth in the grant 

agreement. 

Assistance in obtaining VA benefits: 

The provision of this assistance will 

provide grantees with additional means 

by which VA can notify participants of 

available VA benefits. Grantees assisting 

participants in obtaining VA benefits are 

required to aid participants in obtaining 

any benefits from VA for which the 

participants are eligible. Such benefits 

include but are not limited to: (1) 

Vocational and rehabilitation 

counseling; (2) supportive services for 

homeless Veterans; (3) employment and 

training services; (4) educational 

assistance; and (5) health care services. 

Grantees are not permitted to represent 

participants before VA with respect to a 

claim for VA benefits unless they are 

recognized for that purpose pursuant to 

38 U.S.C. 5902. Employees and 

members of grantees are not permitted 

to provide such representation unless 

the individual providing representation 

is accredited pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 

chapter 59. 

Assistance in obtaining and 

coordinating other public benefits and 

assistance with emergent needs: 

Grantees assisting participants in 

obtaining and coordinating other public 

benefits or assisting with emergency 

needs are required to assist participants 

in obtaining and coordinating the 

provision of benefits that are being 

provided by Federal, state, local, or 

tribal agencies, or any other grantee in 

the area served by the grantee by 

referring the participant to and 

coordinating with such entity. If a 

public benefit is not being provided by 

Federal, state, local, or tribal agencies, 

or any other grantee in the area, the 

grantee is not required to obtain, 

coordinate, or provide such public 

benefit. Public benefits and assistance 

that a participant may be referred to 

include: Health care services, which 

include (1) health insurance and (2) 

referrals to a governmental entity or 

grantee that provides (i) hospital care, 


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nursing home care, outpatient care, 

mental health care, preventive care, 

habilitative and rehabilitative care, case 

management, respite care and home 

care, (ii) the training of any eligible 

individual’s family in the care of any 

eligible individual and (iii) the 

provision of pharmaceuticals, supplies, 

equipment, devices, appliances and 

assistive technology. Grantees may also 

refer participants, as appropriate, to an 

entity that provides daily living services 

relating to the functions or tasks for selfcare usually performed in the normal 

course of a day. Grantees may refer or 

provide directly personal financial 

planning services; transportation 

services; temporary income support 

services (including, among other 

services, food assistance and housing 

assistance); fiduciary and representative 

payee services; legal services to assist 

eligible individuals with issues that may 

contribute to the risk of suicide; and the 

provision of childcare. For additional 

details on these elements, applicants 

should consult 38 CFR 78.80. 

Nontraditional and innovative 

approaches and treatment practices: 

Grantees may provide or coordinate the 

provision of nontraditional and 

innovative approaches and treatment, 

including but not limited to 

complementary or alternative 

interventions with some evidence for 

effectiveness of improving mental 

health or mitigating a risk factor for 

suicidal thoughts and behavior. 

Applicants may propose nontraditional 

and innovative approaches and 

treatment practices in their suicide 

prevention services grant applications. 

VA is exercising its authority by 

reserving the right to approve or 

disapprove nontraditional and 

innovative approaches and treatment 

practices to be provided or coordinated 

to be provided using funds authorized 

under SSG Fox SPGP. 

Other services: Grantees may provide 

general suicide prevention assistance, 

which may include payment directly to 

a third party (and not to a participant), 

in an amount not to exceed $750 per 

participant during any 1-year period, 

beginning on the date that the grantee 

first submits a payment to a third party. 

Expenses that may be paid include 

expenses associated with gaining or 

keeping employment, such as uniforms, 

tools, certificates and licenses, as well 

as expenses associated with lethal 

means safety and secure storage, such as 

gun locks and locked medication 

storage. 

Applicants may propose additional 

suicide prevention services to be 

provided or coordinated to be provided. 

Examples of other services may include 

but are not limited to adaptive sports; 

equine assisted therapy; in-place or 

outdoor recreational therapy; substance 

use reduction programming; individual, 

group, or family counseling; and 

relationship coaching. VA reserves the 

right to approve or disapprove other 

suicide prevention services to be 

provided or coordinated to be provided 

using funds authorized under SSG Fox 

SPGP. 

E. Authority 

Funding applied for under this Notice 

is authorized by section 201 of the Act. 

VA established and implemented this 

statutory authority for the SSG Fox 

SPGP in 38 CFR part 78. Funds made 

available under this Notice are subject 

to the requirements of § 201 of the Act, 

38 CFR part 78, and other applicable 

laws and regulations. 

F. Guidance for the Use of Suicide 

Prevention Services Funds 

Consistent with § 201(o) of the Act, 

only grantees that are a state or local 

government or an Indian tribe can use 

grant funds to enter into an agreement 

with a community partner under which 

the grantee may provide funds to the 

community partner for the provision of 

suicide prevention services to eligible 

individuals and their families. However, 

grantees may choose to enter into 

contracts for goods or services because 

in some situations, resources may be 

more readily available at a lower cost, 

or they may only be available, from 

another party in the community. 

Grantees may make payments directly 

to a third party on behalf of a 

participant for childcare, transportation 

and general suicide prevention 

assistance. 

Funds can be used to conduct 

outreach, educate and connect with 

eligible individuals who are not engaged 

with VA services. Any outreach and 

education that is funded by SSG Fox 

SPGP should link directly back to a 

referral to the grantee’s program for an 

opportunity to enroll the eligible 

individual in the program. 

Funds must be used to screen for 

eligibility and suicide risk and enroll 

individuals in the program accordingly. 

Note that some individuals who come 

through the referral process may not 

engage in services. Grantees are 

expected to determine what referrals are 

appropriate for these individuals for 

follow-up services. Funds must be used 

to coordinate and provide suicide 

prevention services, by the grantee, 

based on screening and assessment, 

including clinical services for 

emergency treatment. 

Funds must also be used to evaluate 

outcomes and effectiveness related to 

suicide prevention services. Prior to 

providing suicide prevention services, 

grantees must verify, document and 

classify each participant’s eligibility for 

suicide prevention services. Grantees 

must determine and document each 

participant’s degree of risk of suicide 

using tools identified in the suicide 

prevention services grant agreement. 

Prior to services ending, grantees must 

provide or coordinate the provision of a 

mental health screening to all 

participants they serve, when possible. 

This screening must be conducted with 

the same tools used to conduct the 

initial baseline mental health screening. 

Having this screening occur at the 

beginning and prior to services ending 

is important in evaluating the 

effectiveness of the services provided. 

Grantees must document the suicide 

prevention services provided or 

coordinated, how such services are 

provided or coordinated, the duration of 

the services provided or coordinated 

and any goals for the provision or 

coordination of such services. If the 

eligible individual wishes to enroll in 

VA health care, the grantee must inform 

the eligible individual of a VA point of 

contact for assistance in enrollment. 

For each participant, grantees must 

develop and document an 

individualized plan with respect to the 

provision of suicide prevention services 

provided. This plan must be developed 

in consultation with the participant. 

As outlined in 38 CFR 78.105, 

activities for which grantees will not be 

authorized to use suicide prevention 

services grant funds include direct cash 

assistance to participants, those legal 

services prohibited pursuant to 

§ 78.80(g), medical or dental care and 

medicines except for clinical services 

for emergency treatment authorized 

pursuant to § 78.60, any activities 

considered illegal under Federal law 

and any costs identified as unallowable 

per 2 CFR part 200, subpart E. 

II. Award Information 

A. Allocation of Funds 

Approximately $51,750,000 is 

available for suicide prevention grants 

to be funded under this Notice. The 

maximum allowable grant size is 

$750,000 per year per grantee. 

B. Award Period 

Grants awarded will be for a 

minimum of a 1-year period, not to 

exceed 13 months. In accordance with 

38 CFR 78.15(b), subject to the 

availability of VA funds, VA may issue 

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grantees to apply for the renewal of a 

suicide prevention services grant in 

accordance with the terms and 

conditions of such NOFO. 

III. Eligibility Information 

A. Eligible Applicants 

See Section I. Funding Opportunity 

Description, Section C. Definitions of 

this NOFO for a detailed description of 

eligible applicants. 

B. Cost Sharing/Matching 

There is no cost sharing/matching for 

this grant program. 

C. Unique Entity Identifier 

Applicants must be registered in the 

System for Award Management 

(sam.gov) and provide a unique entity 

identifier and continue to maintain an 

active SAM registration with current 

information as per 2 CFR part 200 

(Appendix 1). 

IV. Application and Scoring 

Information 

A. Content and Form of Application 

Applicants must include all required 

documents in their application 

submission. Submission of an incorrect, 

incomplete, inconsistent, unclear, or 

incorrectly formatted application 

package will result in the application 

being rejected. The application is 

organized into the following sections: 

Section A: Background, Qualifications, 

Experience & Past Performance of 

Applicant and Any Identified 

Community Partners (30 Maximum 

Points) 

VA will award points based on the 

background, qualifications, experience 

and past performance of the applicant 

and any community partners identified 

by the applicant in the suicide 

prevention services grant application. 

VA will consider whether the 

applicant’s, and any identified 

community partners’, background and 

organizational history are relevant to the 

program; whether the applicant, and 

any identified community partners, 

maintain organizational structures with 

clear lines of reporting and defined 

responsibilities; and whether the 

applicant, and any identified 

community partners, have a history of 

complying with agreements and not 

defaulting on financial obligations. 

Staff qualifications includes 

determining whether the applicant’s 

staff, and any identified community 

partners’ staff, have experience 

providing services to, or coordinating 

services for, eligible individuals and 

their families as well as experience 

administering programs similar to SSG 

Fox SPGP. 

Organizational qualifications and past 

performance, including experience with 

Veteran services, will be considered. VA 

will score this criterion based on 

whether the applicant, and any 

identified community partners, have 

organizational experience: (i) Providing 

suicide prevention services to, or 

coordinating suicide prevention services 

for, eligible individuals and their 

families; (ii) coordinating such services 

for eligible individuals and their 

families among multiple organizations 

and Federal, state, local, and tribal 

governmental entities; (iii) 

administering a program similar in type 

and scale to SSG Fox SPGP to eligible 

individuals and their families; and (iv) 

working with Veterans and their 

families. 

Section B: Program Concept & Suicide 

Prevention Services Plan (30 Maximum 

Points) 

VA will award points based on the 

applicant’s program, concept and 

suicide prevention services plan, as 

demonstrated by the need for the 

program; outreach and screening plan; 

program concept; program 

implementation timeline; coordination 

with VA; ability to meet VA’s 

requirements, goals and objectives for 

SSG Fox SPGP; and capacity to 

undertake the program. 

The need for the program will be 

scored based on whether the applicant 

has shown a need amongst eligible 

individuals and their families in the 

area where the program will be based 

and whether the applicant demonstrates 

an understanding of the unique needs 

for suicide prevention services of 

eligible individuals and their families. 

The outreach and screening plan will 

be scored based on whether the 

applicant has a feasible plan for 

outreach and referral to identify and 

assist individuals and their families that 

may be eligible for suicide prevention 

services and are most in need of suicide 

prevention services, a feasible plan to 

process and receive participant referrals 

and a feasible plan to assess and 

accommodate the needs of incoming 

participants. 

Program concept will be scored based 

on whether the applicant’s program 

concept, size, scope and staffing plan 

are feasible, as well as whether the 

applicant’s program is designed to meet 

the needs of eligible individuals and 

their families. 

As part of the program concept, VA 

will score applications based on how 

clearly the applicant identifies the 

suicide prevention services the 

applicant intends to provide or 

coordinate to provide and demonstrates 

how the services will be implemented. 

Suicide prevention services include: 

Outreach; baseline mental health 

screening; education; clinical services 

for emergency treatment; case 

management; peer support; assistance in 

obtaining VA benefits; assistance in 

obtaining and coordinating other public 

benefits and assistance with emergent 

needs; nontraditional and innovative 

approaches; and other services. These 

are further defined in VA’s regulations 

at 38 CFR 78.45 through 78.90. 

As part of program concept, for those 

applicants proposing nontraditional and 

innovative approaches, VA will 

consider whether the applicants 

effectively demonstrated: (1) A clear 

description of the program and services 

the participant is intended to receive; 

(2) the goal of the intended services; and 

(3) an effective methodology to measure 

the proposed outcomes and evaluate the 

effectiveness of the services provided. 

VA will consider any submitted 

proposed evaluation methodology if the 

grantee is already providing the 

services. If the grantee is already 

providing such services, any existing 

data included in the application that 

demonstrates the effectiveness of 

services as they relate to the overall SSG 

Fox SPGP program objectives to reduce 

Veteran suicide risk, improve baseline 

mental health status, well-being and 

social support, and financial stability for 

eligible individuals and their families 

will be considered. Existing data may 

include outcomes, participant exit 

interviews, participant self-reports and 

participant satisfaction surveys. 

For those applicants proposing other 

suicide prevention services, VA will 

consider whether those have 

demonstrated evidence-informed 

interventions for improving the mental 

health status and well-being and 

reducing the suicide risk of eligible 

individuals and their families, and 

whether they have effectively 

demonstrated a clear description of the 

program and services the participant is 

intended to receive and the goal of the 

intended services. VA will consider 

whether any provided data shows the 

effectiveness of the services, as it relates 

to the overall SSG Fox SPGP objectives 

to reduce Veteran suicide risk, improve 

baseline mental health status, wellbeing and social support, and financial 

stability for eligible individuals and 

their families. VA will also review and 

determine approval in relation to 

evidence provided for significant 

improvements in pilot data utilizing 

validated instruments that demonstrate 

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This aligns with recommendations from 

National Institutes of Health. Further 

examples of other services with listed 

evidence may be found in the VA/DoD 

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Suicide 

Prevention. It is also important for VA 

to note that any approaches and 

treatment practices approved will need 

to be consistent with applicable Federal 

law. For example, the use of grant funds 

to provide or coordinate the provision of 

marijuana to eligible individuals and 

their families will be prohibited, as 

marijuana is currently illegal under 

Federal law. 

VA will score the program 

implementation timeline based on 

whether the applicant’s program will be 

implemented in a timely manner and 

suicide prevention services will be 

delivered to participants as quickly as 

possible and within a specified 

timeline. VA will also score this based 

on whether there is a feasible staffing 

plan in place to meet the applicant’s 

program timeline or that the applicant 

has existing staff to meet such timeline. 

VA will score applications based on 

whether the applicant has a feasible 

plan to coordinate outreach and services 

with local VA facilities and VA Suicide 

Prevention Coordinators. 

VA will score the applicant’s 

demonstrated ability and commitment 

to meet VA’s requirements, goals and 

objectives for SSG Fox SPGP, which 

will be based on whether the applicant 

demonstrates commitment to ensuring 

that its program meets VA’s 

requirements, goals, and objectives for 

SSG Fox SPGP, which are to reduce 

Veteran suicide through communitybased grants to provide or coordinate 

the provision of suicide prevention 

services to eligible individuals and their 

families, to improve mental health 

status, well-being and reduce the risk of 

eligible individuals and their families. 

VA will score the applicant’s 

capacity, including staff resources, to 

undertake its program. 

Section C: Quality Assurance & 

Evaluation Plan (15 Maximum Points) 

VA will award points based on the 

applicant’s quality assurance and 

evaluation plan, as demonstrated by 

program evaluation, monitoring, 

remediation and management and 

reporting. 

The scoring criterion, program 

evaluation, will be based on whether the 

applicant has created clear, realistic and 

measurable goals that reflect SSG Fox 

SPGP’s aim of reducing and preventing 

suicide among Veterans against which 

the applicant’s program performance 

can be evaluated, as well as whether the 

applicant has a clear plan to continually 

assess the program. 

In scoring the monitoring criterion, 

VA will evaluate if the applicant has 

adequate controls in place to regularly 

monitor the program, including any 

community partners, for compliance 

with all applicable laws, regulations and 

guidelines; whether the applicant has 

adequate financial and operational 

controls in place to ensure the proper 

use of suicide prevention services grant 

funds; and whether the applicant has a 

feasible plan for ensuring that the 

applicant’s staff and any community 

partners are appropriately trained and 

stay informed of SSG Fox SPGP policy, 

evidence-informed suicide prevention 

practices, and the requirements of 38 

CFR part 78. 

In scoring the remediation criterion, 

VA will assess whether the applicant 

has an appropriate plan to establish a 

system to remediate non-compliant 

aspects of the program if and when they 

are identified. 

VA will score the applicant’s 

management and reporting based on 

whether the applicant’s program 

management team has the capability 

and a system in place to provide to VA 

timely and accurate reports at the 

frequency set by VA. 

Section D: Financial Capability & Plan 

(15 Maximum Points) 

VA will score applications on the 

applicant’s financial capability and plan 

based on organizational finances and 

the financial feasibility of program. 

VA will award points on the 

applicant’s organizational finances 

based on whether the applicant, and any 

identified community partners, are 

financially stable. The financial 

feasibility of the program will be 

assessed based on whether the applicant 

has a realistic plan for obtaining all 

funding required to operate the program 

for the time period of the suicide 

prevention services grant, as well as 

whether the applicant’s program is costeffective and can be effectively 

implemented on-budget. 

Section E: Area Linkages and Relations 

(10 Maximum Points) 

VA will award points based on the 

applicant’s area linkages and relations, 

as demonstrated by area linkages, past 

working relationships, local presence 

and knowledge and integration of 

linkages and program concept. 

VA will evaluate an applicant’s area 

linkages based on whether the applicant 

has a feasible plan for developing or 

relying on existing linkages with the 

Federal (including VA), state, local and 

tribal governmental agencies, and 

private entities for the purposes of 

providing additional services to eligible 

individuals within a given geographic 

area. 

VA will assess whether the applicant 

(or staff) and any identified community 

partner (or staff) have fostered similar 

and successful working relationships 

and linkages with public and private 

organizations providing services to 

Veterans or their families in need of 

services. 

VA will evaluate an applicant’s local 

presence and knowledge based on 

whether the applicant has a presence in 

the area to be served by the applicant 

and understands the dynamics of the 

area to be served by the applicant. This 

presence and knowledge does not 

necessarily mean the applicant has an 

address or physical office in the area, 

but rather that they are operating in the 

area such that they have sufficient 

knowledge of the area and that their 

staff has a presence in the area. 

Evaluation of whether an applicant 

understands the dynamics of the area to 

be served by the applicant will be based 

on information including but not 

limited to the applicant’s description of 

the area, including mental health 

centers, and relationships with local 

mental health centers. This may be met 

through letters of support and 

documented coordination of care. 

Finally, VA will assess the applicant’s 

integration of linkages and program 

concept based on whether the 

applicant’s linkages to the area to be 

served by the applicant enhance the 

effectiveness of the applicant’s program. 

V. Review and Selection Process 

Based on the scoring criteria 

described above, VA will award grants 

to those highest-scoring applicants that 

meet the definition of eligible entity that 

will provide or coordinate the provision 

of suicide prevention services to eligible 

individuals at risk of suicide and their 

families who may be eligible for services 

under the SSG Fox SPGP. Applicants 

should clearly describe the suicide 

prevention services intended to be 

offered. Suicide prevention services 

grant applications will be scored by a 

VA grant review committee. The grant 

review committee will be trained on a 

scoring rubric and follow uniform 

guidance on application grant review 

(pursuant to 2 CFR part 200). The SSG 

Fox SPGP scoring criteria mirrors the 

well-established criteria of the VA 

Supportive Services for Veteran 

Families program (See https://

www.va.gov/homeless/ssvf/index.asp 

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A. Application Selection 

VA will only score applicants who 

meet the following threshold 

requirements: The application must be 

filed within the time period established 

in the NOFO, and any additional 

information or documentation requested 

by VA is provided within the time frame 

established by VA; the application must 

be completed in all parts; the activities 

for which the suicide prevention 

services grant is requested must be 

eligible for funding; the applicant’s 

proposed participants must be eligible 

to receive suicide prevention services; 

the applicant must agree to comply with 

the requirements of 38 CFR part 78; the 

applicant must not have an outstanding 

obligation to the Federal Government 

that is in arrears and does not have an 

overdue or unsatisfactory response to an 

audit; and the applicant must not be in 

default by failing to meet the 

requirements for any previous Federal 

assistance. If these threshold 

requirements are not met, VA will deem 

applicants to be ineligible for further 

consideration. 

VA will rank those applicants who 

score at least 60 cumulative points and 

receive at least one point under each of 

the categories: (a) Background, 

Qualifications, Experience and Past 

Performance of Applicant and Any 

Identified Community Partners; (b) 

Program Concept and Suicide 

Prevention Services Plan; (c) Quality 

Assurance and Evaluation Plan; (d) 

Financial Capability and Plan; and (e) 

Area Linkages and Relations. 

VA will utilize the ranked scores of 

applicants as the primary basis for 

selection. The applicants will be ranked 

in order from highest to lowest. 

However, VA will give preference to 

applicants that have demonstrated the 

ability to provide or coordinate suicide 

prevention services. VA may prioritize 

the distribution of suicide prevention 

services grants to: 

(i) Rural communities; 

(ii) Tribal lands; 

(iii) Territories of the United States; 

(iv) Medically underserved areas; 

(v) Areas with a high number or 

percentage of minority Veterans or 

women Veterans; and 

(vi) Areas with a high number or 

percentage of calls to the Veterans Crisis 

Line. 

To the extent practicable, VA will 

ensure that suicide prevention services 

grants are distributed to: 

(i) Provide services in areas of the 

United States that have experienced 

high rates of suicide by eligible 

individuals, including suicide attempts; 

(ii) Applicants that can assist eligible 

individuals at risk of suicide who are 

not currently receiving health care 

furnished by VA; and 

(iii) Ensure that suicide prevention 

services are provided in as many areas 

as possible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

A. Award Notices 

Although subject to change, VA 

expects to announce grant awards in the 

fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022. VA 

reserves the right in any year to make 

adjustments (e.g., to funding levels) as 

needed within the intent of the NOFO 

based on a variety of factors, including 

the availability of funding. The initial 

announcement of awards will be made 

via a news release posted on VA’s SSG 

Fox SPGP website at https://

www.mentalhealth.va.gov/ssgfox-grants. 

The SSG Fox SPGP will concurrently 

notify both successful and unsuccessful 

applicants. Only a grant agreement with 

a VA signature is evidence of an award 

and is an authorizing document 

allowing costs to be incurred against a 

grant award. Other notices, letters, or 

announcements are not authorizing 

documents. The grant agreement 

includes the terms and conditions of the 

award and must be signed by the entity 

and VA to be legally binding. 

B. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

VA places great emphasis on 

responsibility and accountability. VA 

has procedures in place to monitor 

grants provided under the SSG Fox 

SPGP. All applicants selected in 

response to this NOFO must agree to 

meet applicable inspection standards 

outlined in the grant agreement. 

C. Payments of Grant Funds 

Grantees will receive payments 

electronically through the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services Payment Management System. 

Grantees will have the ability to request 

payments as frequently as they choose. 

Grantees must have internal controls in 

place to ensure funding is available for 

the full duration of the grant period of 

performance, to the extent possible: 

D. Reporting and Monitoring 

Applicants should be aware of the 

following: 

(i) Upon execution of a suicide 

prevention services grant agreement 

with VA, grantees will have a liaison 

appointed by the SSG Fox SPGP Office 

who will provide oversight and monitor 

the use of funds to provide or 

coordinate suicide prevention services 

provided to participants. 

(ii) VA will require grantees use 

validated tools and assessments to 

determine the effectiveness of the 

suicide prevention services furnished by 

VA. These include any measures and 

metrics developed and provided by VA 

for the purposes of measuring the 

effectiveness of the programming to be 

provided in improving mental health 

status and well-being and reducing 

suicide risk and suicide deaths of 

eligible individuals. 

(iii) Grantees must provide each 

participant with a satisfaction survey, 

which the participant can submit 

directly to VA, within 30 days of such 

participant’s pending exit from the 

grantee’s program. This is required to 

assist VA in evaluating grantees’ 

performance and participants’ 

satisfaction with the suicide prevention 

services they receive. 

(iv) Monitoring will also include the 

submittal of periodic and annual 

financial and performance reports by 

the grantee in accordance with 2 CFR 

part 200. The grantee will be expected 

to demonstrate adherence to the 

grantee’s proposed program concept, as 

described in the grantee’s application. 

(v) VA has the right, at all reasonable 

times, to make onsite visits to all grantee 

locations and have virtual meetings 

where a grantee is using suicide 

prevention services grant funds to 

review grantee accomplishments and 

management control systems and to 

provide such technical assistance as 

may be required. 

E. Program Evaluation 

The purpose of program evaluation is 

to evaluate the impact participation in 

the SSG Fox SPGP has on eligible 

individuals’ financial stability, mental 

health status, well-being, suicide risk 

and social support, as required by the 

Act. 

As part of the national program 

evaluation, grantees must input data 

regularly to the VA’s web-based system. 

VA will ensure grantees have access to 

the data they need to gather and 

summarize program impacts and lessons 

learned on the implementation of the 

program evaluation criteria; 

performance indicators used for grantee 

selection and communication; and the 

criteria associated with the best 

outcomes for Veterans. 

Training and technical assistance for 

program evaluation will be provided by 

VA, which will coordinate with subject 

matter experts to provide various 

trainings including the use of measures 

and metrics required for this program. 


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Signing Authority 

Denis McDonough, Secretary of 

Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on April 11, 2022, and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Assistant Director, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08040 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 


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