Child Guidance Center Receives VA Suicide Prevention Grant

Child Guidance Center is working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prevent Veteran suicide in Orange County.

Through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP), Child Guidance Center was recently awarded $613,114 from VA to support its mission of preventing Veteran suicide. The SSG Fox SPGP provides funding to community-based organizations who use non-clinical, peer-led, and non-traditional approaches to engage and serve eligible Veterans, especially those not yet connected with VA in under-resourced areas with high-risk populations.

With the SSG Fox SPGP award Child Guidance Center, through its program Strong Families, Strong Children plans to provide through its program Strong Families, Strong Children plans to provide individual, couples, & family counseling, trauma-informed therapy for PTSD & Military-Related Stress, parenting support & behavioral health services for children, crisis intervention & emotional support, peer-navigation with military-connected peers, case management & resource coordination and legal assistance & court support to Veterans in the Orange County area.

A Life Honored

The program honors Staff Sergeant Parker Fox, a sniper instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Known for his generosity and kindness, Fox died by suicide in 2020 at age 25.

To learn more about Child Guidance Center and Strong Families, Strong Children, visit childguidancecenteror.org. For more information about the SSG Fox SPGP, visit MentalHealth.VA.gov/ssgfox-grants.