Comprehensive Suicide Prevention | CDC RFA CE20 2001

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.

• 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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