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Grantees and lawmakers press VA to fix screening, referral and state-coverage problems in Fox program
Summary
Community grantees at the Senate Veterans' Affairs hearing urged the VA and Congress to address implementation problems in the Fox grant program — including screening burdens, variable referral processes with local VA medical centers, transportation barriers, and uneven state coverage — and supported accountability and clearer data sharing.
Grantee organizations and witnesses told the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program has produced important outreach results but faces operational obstacles that reduce its effectiveness.
Witnesses asked Congress and VA to make several programmatic fixes. Jim Lorraine of America's Warrior Partnership recommended simplifying intake for veterans already screened by grantees and codifying emergent suicide-care linkages such as 988. "The pathway from community identification to VA must be more transparent, quicker and less burdensome," Lorraine said. He and other grantees also asked for better metrics and more transparent reporting to ensure accountability for taxpayer funds.
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