Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States
🏛 Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC
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Can you apply?
This grant is for state health agencies and similar state government bodies implementing comprehensive suicide prevention. Eligible applicants typically include state departments of health, public health agencies, and state entities with authority over public health. The program targets all U.S. states and territories implementing evidence-based suicide prevention strategies.
Recipients focus on populations with higher suicide burden: veterans, rural residents, youth, older adults, men, and occupational groups like construction and agriculture workers.
The grant supports partnership development, data analysis, evidence-informed strategy implementation, evaluation, and outcome measurement. All activities must align with CDC's public health approach to suicide prevention.
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Key dates
- Jul 27, 2026 Applications open
- Apr 17, 2027 Application deadline in 262 days
- Aug 15, 2027 Award announced
- Sep 15, 2027 Project start
Program description
This forecast is for CDC’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States, a cooperative agreement intended to support implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention in the United States. Funded recipients will focus on one or more Focus Prevention Areas (FPAs), groups or settings identified through available data as experiencing a significant suicide burden, higher suicide morbidity or mortality rates or emerging suicide-related trends. Examples may include veterans, people living in rural areas, youth, older adults, men, and members of occupational groups at elevated risk, such as construction, agriculture and public safety workers.
Recipients will use timely and relevant data to identify FPAs, understand contributors to suicide and suicidal behavior, monitor emerging trends, and guide prevention planning and response. Recipients will also assess existing suicide prevention programs and gaps in their jurisdiction, strengthen and coordinate multi-sector partnerships, select and implement complementary prevention strategies and approaches with the best available evidence from CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource for Action and communicate programmatic and surveillance findings, progress, successes and lessons learned to partners and other key audiences.
The comprehensive approach is expected to include partnership development, data use, an asset and gap inventory, implementation of evidence-informed strategies or approaches, evaluation and communication activities. Recipients will evaluate their approach with a focus on continuous quality improvement, sustainability and measurable outcomes. Key outcomes include increased partner engagement, increased use of surveillance data for decision-making, improved coordination of comprehensive suicide prevention within the jurisdiction, reduced suicide risk factors and increased protective factors among selected FPAs, reduced suicide morbidity and a 5% reduction in suicide mortality among selected FPAs over the period of performance.
Applications are not being solicited at this time. This forecast is provided to allow potential applicants time to begin planning, review relevant data, identify potential FPAs and consider partnerships and prevention strategies that may align with this anticipated opportunity.
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
- 501(c)(3) Public Charity
- City / Municipal Government
- County Government
- Nonprofits
- Private University
- Public Authority
- Public K-12 School
- Public University
- Small Business (SBA-defined)
- Special District
- State Government
- Tribal Nation
- Tribal Organization
Demographic focus
How to apply
Application links
Key dates & requirements
Required documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- Project Narrative/Work Plan
- Budget and Budget Narrative
- Evaluation Plan
- Partnership Letters of Support
- Data documentation supporting FPA identification
- Organizational capacity statement
Program contact
- 👤 A.Philipose
- 📧 CSP@cdc.gov
- 📞 Refer to Email address
Funding track record
Recent awards under CFDA 93.136 from the last 3 years — real organizations that won funding through this same program.
Top 10 Largest Recent Awards
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$34,000,000
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$31,738,059
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$30,693,766
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$28,222,200
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$26,704,737
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$26,450,431
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$26,071,385
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$26,070,052
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$25,767,710
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$24,290,102
Top States by Funding
- DC 6 awards $120.7M
- OH 5 awards $95.2M
- FL 4 awards $68.0M
- GA 3 awards $66.6M
- PA 3 awards $65.5M
Source: USAspending.gov — federal spending transparency. Data covers last 3 years.
Funding history
Annual funding for this program — Federal obligations (CFDA 93.136). How funding has trended year over year.
| 2024 | $456,943,397 | |
| 2025 | $458,397,564 | |
| 2026 est. | $458,397,564 |
FAQ
Who can apply for this grant?
State health departments and state government agencies responsible for public health. Other state-level public health entities may be eligible depending on organizational authority.
What is the typical award amount?
Funding ranges from $650,000 to $1,200,000 per award. Total program funding is $117.5 million across all states and territories.
What activities does this grant support?
Partnership development, surveillance data use, asset/gap analysis, evidence-based prevention strategy implementation, evaluation, and communication of findings and lessons learned.
When is the application deadline?
This is a forecast for an anticipated opportunity. The fixed deadline is April 17, 2027. Applications are not currently being solicited.
What are key expected outcomes?
Increased partner engagement, improved data use for decision-making, 5% reduction in suicide mortality within selected populations over the funding period, and reduced suicide risk factors.
💡 Tips for applicants
- Start now identifying and analyzing data on your state's suicide burden by population group and geography.
- Build and document multi-sector partnerships with public health, education, occupational health, and community organizations before applying.
- Research evidence-based suicide prevention strategies and determine which align with your state's identified priorities.
- Develop a sustainability plan showing how your comprehensive approach will continue beyond the grant period.
- Connect with your state health department's suicide prevention team or epidemiology unit early to ensure organizational support.
⚠️ Common mistakes
Applying without clear data-driven identification of focus areas and suicide burden in your state. Vague partnership commitments without documented agreements or clear roles. Proposing strategies without evidence-based justification or alignment with CDC guidance.
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