Federal grant programs / Department of Veterans Affairs

Suicide Mortality Review Cooperative Agreements (64.057)

Also known as SMR, SFR, SMRC, Suicide Fatality Review, Suicide Mortality Review Committee

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$4.4 million
• Grant awards13
• Typical award$300,000
• Awarded in FY 2025$0
• Size rank1,644 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceCooperative agreement

Key findings

• It is the 1644th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 12 largest recipients received 100% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 12 states and territories.

What the program funds

This funding supports States, territories, and Tribal entities in establishing, coordinating, and managing suicide mortality review committees (SMRC) to identify and characterize suicide deaths and support the capacity to develop and implement data-informed strategies to prevent suicide. Veterans must be a population of focus for the SMRC efforts of the awarded entity.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Eligible applicants must be one of the following: 1. American Indian, Alaskan Native Tribal governments. 2.A State or territory. This may include, States, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Note: 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, which must be noted in the application.

What the money can and cannot pay for

Funds can be used to support core suicide mortality review committee functions (i.e. abstraction, analysis, coordination, meeting logistics, dissemination activities, and travel for relevant activities). Funds can be used to pay for services (i.e. postvention, outreach, and education), activities (i.e. trainings, conferences), and supplies necessary to conduct the aims outlined in the NOFO. Funds cannot be used for research, construction, vehicle purchases, pre-award costs. Funds may not be used for any kind of impermissible lobbying activity designed to influence proposed or pending legislation, appropriations, regulations, administrative actions, or Executive Orders. The direct and primary recipient in a cooperative agreement program must perform a substantial role in carrying out project outcomes and not merely serve as a conduit for an award to another party or provider who is ineligible.;

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

Current Year: Focus Area 1 applicants – up to $300,000 Focus Area 2 applicants – up to $575,000

Examples of funded projects

Fiscal Year2024: Funded cooperative agreements will be focused on developing, expanding, and sustaining suicide mortality review committees that include veteran suicide deaths as a population of focus. Funded cooperative agreements will also be focused on developing and delivering culturally appropriate community outreach, training, and materials around lethal means safety.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to state and local governments.

By state

No state received $1 million or 10 awards from this program, so it has no state pages.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.