Opportunity Listing - Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States

Agency: Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC

Assistance Listings: 93.136 -- Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs

Last Updated: September 15, 2025

Description

This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) builds on and expands the Injury Center’s current Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program. The purpose of this NOFO is to implement and evaluate a comprehensive approach, with attention to one or more disproportionately affected populations (such as veterans, rural communities, tribal populations, LGBTQ, homeless, or others). These populations account for a significant proportion of the suicide burden and/or have suicide rates greater than the general population in a jurisdiction(s) (such as state, county, or tribe).

Strategies and Activities

Within first six months, assess partnerships, data, and existing capacity for suicide prevention to inform comprehensive approach to suicide: A. Partnership - Assess existing and new partnerships (including those for syndromic surveillance) to create and implement a multi-sectorial partnership plan. B. Data Utilization - Utilize surveillance (including syndromic) data to refine DAP and contributors to suicide morbidity and mortality. C. Asset and Gap Inventory - Create an inventory of existing suicide prevention programs in the jurisdiction to identify assets and gaps. D. Selection of strategies/approaches – Utilize findings from activities 1A-C to select appropriate strategies/approaches from the CDC Suicide Prevention Resource for Action.

style="margin-left:0in;">2. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, implement a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention. A. Partnership - Build and sustain partnerships to implement comprehensive suicide activities. B. Data Utilization – Utilize surveillance (including syndromic) data to assess suicide contributors, trends, and inform suicide prevention and response. C. Asset and Gap Inventory - Annually update the inventory of existing suicide prevention programs in the jurisdiction. D. Implementation of strategies/approaches – Leverage partnerships to implement strategies/approaches from the CDC Suicide Prevention Resource for Action to address suicide contributors among DAPs and fill jurisdictional gaps.

3. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, Evaluation all activities (1A-D and 2A-D) for continuous quality improvement, to assess sustained capacity for suicide prevention in jurisdiction, and to identify promising practices for suicide prevention from the field.

4. Following Strategy 1 activities and no later than year 2, Communication and dissemination of programmatic and data findings to inform partner programmatic decision.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

County governments
Public and Indian housing authorities
Special district governments
City or township governments
Federally recognized Native American tribal governments
State governments

Nonprofit

Other Native American tribal organizations
Nonprofits non-higher education with 501(c)(3)
Nonprofits non-higher education without 501(c)(3)

Education

Private institutions of higher education
Public and state institutions of higher education
Independent school districts

Business

For-profit organizations other than small businesses
Small businesses

Additional information

The award floor for this NOFO is $650,000. The award ceiling is $1,200,000. CDC will consider any application requesting an award lower than $650,000 or higher than $1,200,000 as nonresponsive and it will receive no further review. Funding level and number of recipients will be based on availability of funds. Eligible applications must include the following to be responsive: 1. One (1) letter of Commitment (LOC): Obtain from the state or territory's health department leadership (state or territorial) on official letterhead, endorsing the proposed activities. 2. One (1) letter of Support (LOS) and Preliminary Data Use Agreement (DUA) from the manager of suicide-related morbidity and mortality surveillance data on official letterhead, confirming data access for the applicant to data for the state or territory. 3. Three (3) letters of Support (LOS) from Partnering Organizations: Gather 3 letters from organizations that will assist in implementing proposed activities, corresponding to each tier: Tier 1: Community-based interventions, Tier 2: Healthcare-related interventions, Tier 3: Upstream interventions. 4. Two (2) letters of Support from Multi-Sectorial Partners: Obtain 2 letters from prospective partners such as American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) chapters, suicide prevention coalitions, or organizations working with survivors or those with lived experience. 5. One (1) preliminary Program Organizational Chart: Provide a chart showing the required staff members: 1 Full-Time Employee (FTE) or equivalent epidemiologist, 0.5 FTE or equivalent behavioral scientist, 0.5 FTE or equivalent communications specialist, 0.5 FTE or equivalent evaluator. Applicants must submit the LOC, LOS, preliminary DUA and preliminary organizational chart, name the files "LOC", "LOS-DUA", "LOS-Tier Partners", "LOS-multi-sectorial partners" and "Organizational Chart" and upload them as PDF files at www.grants.gov. Applications that do not meet the above criteria will be considered non-responsive and will not move forward for review.

Grantor contact information

Description

Email

csp@cdc.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

Forecasted

Estimated Post Date:

January 2, 2026

Estimated Application Due Date:

March 3, 2026

Estimated Due Date Description:

Not available

Estimated Award Date:

June 19, 2026

Estimated Project Start Date:

September 1, 2026

Fiscal Year:

2026

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$49,655,695

Program Funding

Expected awards

$650,000

Award Minimum

$1,200,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

CDC-RFA-CE-26-0101

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Funding instrument type:

Cooperative agreement

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Health

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Forecast posted date:

September 15, 2025

Archive date:

April 2, 2026