Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA CE20 2001
The Comprehensive Suicide Prevention grant opportunity (CDC RFA CE20 2001) is a CDC Injury Center funding announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that provides fiscal year 2020 support for communities to implement and evaluate a broad, public health approach to suicide prevention. Rather than funding a single program, the NOFO is designed to help recipients build a coordinated, multi-strategy suicide prevention effort across an entire jurisdiction such as a state, city/county, or tribal area. The core expectation is that recipients will combine strong leadership with practical prevention actions and continuous evaluation, using data to guide decisions and improve results over time.
At the center of the approach is the idea that suicide prevention works best when a lead organization convenes multi-sector partnerships that can act on multiple drivers of suicide risk. This means pulling together stakeholders beyond traditional behavioral health systems, such as public health, health care systems, schools, employers, housing and homelessness services, veteran-serving organizations, tribal leadership, justice systems, and community-based groups. The NOFO emphasizes using timely and high-quality data to identify which populations are most affected locally and to better understand both risk factors (for example, relationship stress, job or financial strain, and mental health problems) and protective factors (such as connectedness, hope, and resilience). Applicants are expected to use these insights to target efforts where they can have the most impact.
The CDC also expects grantees to select multiple, complementary strategies grounded in the best available evidence, specifically referencing CDC's Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices. In practice, this means recipients should build a prevention portfolio that leverages existing work, fills gaps in current systems, and addresses suicide risk at several levels at once (individual, relationship, community, and societal). The goal is not only to launch activities, but to integrate them into a coherent prevention plan that can be sustained, scaled, and adapted as new information emerges.
A major requirement of this funding is rigorous evaluation. Recipients must evaluate both the overall comprehensive approach and the individual strategies or activities within it, then feed findings back into program operations for quality improvement and long-term sustainability. The NOFO also highlights the importance of effectively communicating results, which typically means sharing progress and outcomes with partners, decision-makers, and communities to maintain engagement, strengthen implementation, and support broader adoption of successful practices.
The opportunity places special attention on vulnerable populations that carry a disproportionate share of the suicide burden and often experience higher-than-average suicide rates within a jurisdiction. Examples listed include veterans, tribal populations, rural communities, LGBTQ people, and people experiencing homelessness, among others. Applicants are expected to explicitly focus their approach on populations with elevated risk in their area and to tailor strategies in ways that reflect local needs, context, and barriers to care and support.
This is a discretionary cooperative agreement, meaning awardees should expect substantial involvement from CDC in the form of guidance, collaboration, and oversight consistent with cooperative agreements. The funding falls under CFDA 93.136 and is open to a wide range of eligible applicants, including state, county, and city governments; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other eligible entities as clarified in the full announcement.
For fiscal year 2020, the award ceiling is $1,000,000, with an anticipated 10 awards. The NOFO was created March 27, 2020, with an original application deadline of May 26, 2020, and electronically submitted applications were due by 11:59 p.m. ET on the listed due date. The key intended outcome is measurable impact at the population level, including a targeted 10 percent reduction in suicide morbidity and mortality in the funded jurisdiction(s), achieved through coordinated, data-driven, evidence-based strategies that are continuously evaluated and improved.Apply for CDC RFA CE20 2001
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Comprehensive Suicide Prevention" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.136.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 27, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 26, 2020 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $1,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification), Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Comprehensive Suicide Prevention (CDC RFA CE20-2001) - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention grant (CDC RFA CE20-2001)?
This opportunity is a CDC Injury Center funding announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides fiscal year 2020 support for communities to implement and evaluate a broad, public health approach to suicide prevention.
What is the main purpose of this funding opportunity?
The purpose is to help recipients build a coordinated, multi-strategy suicide prevention effort across an entire jurisdiction (such as a state, city/county, or tribal area), using leadership, practical prevention actions, and continuous evaluation informed by data.
Does this grant fund a single suicide prevention program?
No. The NOFO is designed to support a comprehensive approach rather than funding a single program. Recipients are expected to implement multiple complementary strategies as part of a coordinated prevention portfolio.
What geographic scope is expected for funded work?
The work is intended to cover an entire jurisdiction, such as a state, a city/county area, or a tribal area, rather than a single site or isolated program.
What approach to suicide prevention does CDC expect recipients to use?
CDC expects a broad, public health approach that combines multi-sector partnerships, data-driven decision-making, evidence-based strategies, and ongoing evaluation to improve outcomes over time.
What does "coordinated, multi-strategy" mean in this NOFO?
It means building a prevention effort that includes multiple strategies that work together, addresses suicide risk at several levels (individual, relationship, community, and societal), leverages existing work, fills gaps, and functions as a coherent plan rather than disconnected activities.
Who is expected to lead the work under this grant?
The NOFO centers the role of a lead organization that convenes and coordinates multi-sector partners across the jurisdiction, combining strong leadership with practical actions and continuous evaluation.
What kinds of partners are encouraged in the multi-sector approach?
Partners are expected to extend beyond traditional behavioral health systems and can include public health, health care systems, schools, employers, housing and homelessness services, veteran-serving organizations, tribal leadership, justice systems, and community-based groups.
Why is multi-sector partnership emphasized?
The NOFO reflects the idea that suicide prevention is most effective when multiple stakeholders can act on multiple drivers of suicide risk, rather than relying on a single system or service sector.
How important is data in this grant’s design?
Data is central. The NOFO emphasizes using timely, high-quality data to identify which populations are most affected locally, understand local risk and protective factors, target efforts for greatest impact, and guide continuous improvement over time.
What types of risk factors does the NOFO reference?
Examples include relationship stress, job or financial strain, and mental health problems.
What types of protective factors does the NOFO reference?
Examples include connectedness, hope, and resilience.
How should applicants decide which populations to focus on?
Applicants are expected to use local data to identify populations with elevated suicide risk in their jurisdiction and explicitly focus their approach on those populations, tailoring strategies to local needs, context, and barriers to care and support.
Which vulnerable or disproportionately affected populations are specifically mentioned?
The NOFO highlights populations such as veterans, tribal populations, rural communities, LGBTQ people, and people experiencing homelessness, among others.
What strategies are recipients expected to use?
Recipients are expected to select multiple complementary strategies grounded in the best available evidence and aligned with CDC’s Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices.
What does it mean to build a "prevention portfolio" under this NOFO?
It means assembling a set of evidence-based strategies that work together, build on existing efforts, address gaps in current systems, and target suicide risk across multiple levels, with the intent to sustain, scale, and adapt activities over time.
Is evaluation required under this grant?
Yes. Rigorous evaluation is a major requirement. Recipients must evaluate both the overall comprehensive approach and the individual strategies or activities within it.
How are evaluation findings expected to be used?
Findings are expected to be fed back into program operations for quality improvement and long-term sustainability, supporting ongoing refinement as new information emerges.
Does the NOFO address communicating results?
Yes. The NOFO highlights the importance of effectively communicating progress and outcomes with partners, decision-makers, and communities to maintain engagement, strengthen implementation, and support broader adoption of successful practices.
What type of award mechanism is this?
This opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement, which means awardees should expect substantial CDC involvement through guidance, collaboration, and oversight consistent with cooperative agreements.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The funding falls under CFDA 93.136.
Who is eligible to apply?
The NOFO is open to a wide range of eligible applicants, including state, county, and city governments; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public and private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (including small businesses); and other eligible entities as clarified in the full announcement.
How much funding is available per award?
For fiscal year 2020, the award ceiling is $1,000,000.
How many awards were anticipated?
The NOFO anticipated 10 awards.
When was the NOFO created and when were applications due?
The NOFO was created March 27, 2020. The original application deadline was May 26, 2020, and electronically submitted applications were due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the listed due date.
What outcomes is this grant aiming to achieve?
The key intended outcome is measurable impact at the population level, including a targeted 10 percent reduction in suicide morbidity and mortality in the funded jurisdiction(s), achieved through coordinated, data-driven, evidence-based strategies that are continuously evaluated and improved.
What does "population-level impact" mean in this context?
In this NOFO, it refers to measurable changes in suicide morbidity and mortality across the funded jurisdiction, not just improvements among participants of a single program.
How does the NOFO describe sustainability and scaling?
The goal is not only to launch activities, but to integrate them into a coherent prevention plan that can be sustained, scaled, and adapted as new information emerges, supported by continuous evaluation and quality improvement.
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