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Northwest Pennsylvania Veteran Suicide Prevention Program

Award Number: NU50CE002596
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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Northwest Pennsylvania Veteran Suicide Prevention Program - The purpose of the Northwest (NW) Pennsylvania (PA) Veteran Suicide Prevention Program is to develop a multi-sectorial partnership to implement and evaluate a comprehensive approach to reduce Veteran suicide morbidity and mortality by 10% (on average) over a 5-year period across 15 Counties in NW PA: Erie, Warren, McKean, Crawford, Forest, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson, Armstrong, Clarion, Butler, Venango, Mercer, Lawrence, and Beaver through the application of the CDC’s Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices. This Program will convene a multi-sectorial partnership comprised of federal-level entities; state-level entities; community-level service providers; and additional organizational experts in suicide prevention and program evaluation. Outcomes were selected based upon Programmatic goals, recommendations by the CDC in the RFA, and the applicants’ experience implementing similar public health programs locally across PA as well as nationally with the VA. Outcomes are broken up into short-term (increased engagement and coordination with stakeholders, increased use of surveillance data, increased awareness of existing Veteran risk factors, increased prevention activities, reduced gaps in policies, increased leadership capacity, increased involvement of targeted community stakeholders, increased number of prevention strategies, increased use of appropriate indicators and metrics, increased utilization of evaluation findings); intermediate-term (improved capacity to sustain the comprehensive suicide prevention activities and decreased risk and increased protective factors for suicide in Veteran populations); and long-term (reduced suicide attempt rate by at least 10% among Veterans in NW PA by the conclusion of year 5 of the Program and reduced suicide rate by at least 10% among Veterans in NW PA by the conclusion of year 5 of the Program). To achieve these outcomes, the Program will implement community-based, healthcare-related, and upstream strategies and activities, including reducing access to lethal means, increasing gatekeeper trainings for professionals and community members, increasing community social connectedness, utilizing a Zero Suicide model, and improving access to care. PERU, in collaboration with Program partners, will conduct a rigorous evaluation of short, intermediate, and long-term outcomes to assess overall impact and disseminate lessons learned in coordination with the CDC and its partners.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2025	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	5	11/10/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2026	2024	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	5	11/10/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $700,000 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	5	8/15/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$700,000
2025	2024	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	5	8/15/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $700,000

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $833,000 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	5	6/18/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$833,000
2024	2023	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	4	6/6/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $833,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $700,000 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	4200 FIFTH AVENUE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	4	6/20/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$700,000
2023	2022	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, THE	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	3	10/19/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $700,000

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $833,000 )
2022	2022	University of Pittsburgh, The	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	3	7/1/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$833,000
														Subtotal = $833,000

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $700,000 )
2021	2021	University Of Pittsburgh, The	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	2	9/8/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$101,139
2021	2021	University Of Pittsburgh, The	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	2	7/12/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$598,861
2021	2021	University Of Pittsburgh, The	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	2	9/21/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2020	University Of Pittsburgh, The	4200 5th Ave	Pittsburgh	PA	15260	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	1	8/12/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $700,000

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $598,861 )
2020	2020	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE	3520 FIFTH AVE	PITTSBURGH	PA	15213	ALLEGHENY	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	1	8/31/2020	NEW	$598,861
														Subtotal = $598,861

Grand Total All Awards = $4,364,861

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Northwest Pennsylvania Veteran Suicide Prevention Program

Award Number: NU50CE002596

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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