Great Plains Veterans Services Center formerly Rocky Boy Veterans Center awarded VA suicide prevention grant  

Grant supports local suicide prevention efforts for Veterans and their families  

Great Plains Veterans Services Center (GPVSC) is working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prevent Veteran suicide in Rocky Boy, Ft. Belknap, and Browning. Great Plains Veterans Services Center recently received $650,000 from VA to support its mission through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program (SSG Fox SPGP), a three-year program that provides funding to community-based organizations with innovative ideas for preventing Veteran suicide. “Veterans are our “neighbors” brothers and sisters, and we are committed to ensuring they have the care they need in their community. When it’s the darkest, we want our fellow Veterans to know there is hope,” said Chauncey Parker, Executive Director. With its SSG Fox SPGP award, GPVSC plans to mitigate Veteran suicide by providing Veteran outreach, case management, direct assistance, referral services, counseling, DD Form 214 retrieval, employment services and support for any issue that affects the quality of life and mental health of Veterans. Our service area under this program will be Blaine, Chouteau, Glacier, Hill, and Phillips Counties to include the Rocky Boy’s, Ft. Belknap, and Blackfeet reservations. We hold to our mission statement, “Veterans helping Veterans for a better future”. This program will bolster our objectives in supporting our Veterans and Service Members by helping them obtain the care and benefits they have earned through their service to this country.