ForecastedOpportunity CDC-RFA-CE-27-0024

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States

Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC · Department of Health and Human Services

At a glance

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States is a forecasted federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC (Department of Health and Human Services). The agency's forecast estimates an application due date of April 17, 2027; forecast dates can change. Individual awards are listed as $650K – $1.2M, with about 26 awards expected and $118M in total estimated funding. The notice is unrestricted by applicant type, subject to any clarifications in the notice. Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 93.136 (Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs).

Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.

Key facts

Posted: Jul 27, 2026
Est. close date: Apr 17, 2027
Est. award date: Aug 15, 2027
Award floor: $650,000
Award ceiling: $1,200,000
Est. total funding: $117,500,000
Expected awards: 26
Cost sharing: Not required
Funding instrument: Cooperative Agreement
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Fiscal year: FY2027

Who can apply

State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Public colleges & universities
Federally recognized tribal governments
Public & Indian housing authorities
Native American tribal organizations
501(c)(3) nonprofits
Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status
Private colleges & universities
For-profit organizations (not small businesses)
Small businesses
Others (see notice)
Unrestricted (any entity type)

Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)

The NOFO award floor is $650,000. The award ceiling is $1,200,000. CDC will consider applications less than $650,000 or more than $1,200,000 nonresponsive. They will receive no further review. Funding level and number of recipients will be based on availability of funds. Eligible applications must include the following to be responsive: 1. 1 Letter of Commitment (LOC) from state or territorial health department leadership, on official letterhead, endorsing the proposed activities and confirming the department's ability to carry them out.2. 1 Letter of Support (LOS) from the jurisdiction's suicide-related morbidity and mortality surveillance data system manager, on official letterhead, confirming data access, support identifying Focus Prevention Areas (FPAs), and willingness to collaborate on data sharing and analyses.3. 1 LOS from the jurisdiction's suicide-related syndromic surveillance data system manager, on official letterhead, confirming data access and support tracking near real-time nonfatal suicide-related outcomes, such as suicide attempts and suicidal ideation, that may be of public health significance.4. 3 LOS from partner organizations assisting with proposed activities, one for each tier: Tier 1: community-based interventions; Tier 2:healthcare-related interventions; Tier 3:structural interventions. Each letter must describe specific planned roles and contributions. General statements of support are nonresponsive.5. 2 LOS from multi-sector partners, such as AFSP chapters, suicide prevention coalitions, or organizations working with survivors or people personally affected by suicide. 6. 1 preliminary program organizational chart showing required staffing: 0.25 FTE program manager, 0.75 FTE epidemiologist, 0.5 FTE behavioral specialist, 0.5 FTE communications specialist, and 0.5 FTE evaluation specialist.Applicants must submit the LOC, LOS, preliminary DUA, and organizational chart as PDFs in Grants.gov using these filenames: "HealthDepartmentLeadership.LOC," "SuicideDataManager.LoS," "SyndromicDataManager.LoS," "Tier1Partner.LoS," "Tier2Partner.LoS," "Tier3Partner.LoS," "MultiSectorPartner1.LoS," "MultiSectorPartner2.LoS," and "Organizational Chart." Applications that do not meet these criteria will be considered nonresponsive and will not move forward for review.

Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.

What it funds

Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.

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.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

93.136Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based ProgramsProgram →

Reported obligations under ALN 93.136

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$457M

FY25

$458M

FY26

$458M est.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 93.136. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Agency contact (as published)

A.Philipose
CSP@cdc.gov
Refer to Email address

Quick answers

Is “Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States” open for applications yet?

Not yet. It is a forecast — an agency's advance notice of an expected opportunity. The agency estimates posting the full notice around February 16, 2027. Forecast details and dates can change.

Who is eligible to apply for “Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States”?

The notice lists eligibility as unrestricted — open to any type of entity — subject to clarifications in the notice's additional eligibility information.

How much funding is available through “Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States”?

Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $650k – $1.2m, total estimated program funding is $117,500,000 and the agency expects to make about 26 awards.

How do I apply for “Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program for States”?

Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity CDC-RFA-CE-27-0024), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.

Matched on shared Assistance Listings, agency, categories and eligible applicant types.

ForecastedALN 93.136