WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – today led the committee in hearing from witnesses – including staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), veteran-serving organizations and veterans themselves – about the reauthorization of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and the importance of non-clinical suicide prevention programs for veterans. 

“It was the goal of Congress, and this committee specifically, for the VA to work more seamlessly with veteran-serving community organizations to provide veterans the life-saving clinical care and non-clinical support services they deserve,” said Sen. Moran. “This morning, we are here to discuss the non-clinical suicide prevention services and to hear directly what has worked well, and what needs to be altered, with the goal of reauthorizing this impactful program.”

The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program was originally authorized in the Commander John Scott Hannon Mental Health Improvement Act that was signed into law in 2020.

Click HERE to Watch Sen. Moran Opening Remarks

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