The Virginia Department of Veteran Services (DVS) Suicide Prevention and Opioid Addiction Services (SOS) Program has announced the recipients of 57 community grant awards to provide suicide prevention and/or opioid addiction services for service members, veterans, and their families (SMVF) for FY (Fiscal Year) 2026.
These monetary awards will help provide services with focus areas for caregiver support, financial literacy, homeless services, women veterans, and justice involved veterans throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia to help combat suicide and opioid addiction.
Since the program’s inception in 2023, SOS has awarded over $16 million in grant funds to veterans services organizations and community-based non-profits serving active-duty military, veterans and their families living in Virginia.
The full list of new SOS community service providers who received funds from DVS to provide SOS services and resources to Virginia’s SMVF population for the grant year starting October 1, 2025 can be found on the DVS website (www.dvs.virginia.gov).
“DVS is pleased to have a key role in enhancing Virginia’s behavioral health system of care, ultimately ensuring we are providing the best quality of service to military service members, veterans and their families,” said Chuck Zingler, Virginia Department of Veterans Services Commissioner. “These grant fund awards offer a critical and timely opportunity to provide extended resources across the Commonwealth.”
To learn more about the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) Suicide Prevention and Opioid Addiction Services (SOS) program, please visit the DVS website.
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About the Virginia Department of Veterans Services
The Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) is a state government agency with more than 50 locations across the Commonwealth of Virginia. DVS traces its history to 1928 and the establishment of the Virginia War Service Bureau to assist Virginia’s World War I veterans. Today, DVS assists veterans and their families in filing claims for federal veterans benefits; provides veterans and family members with linkages to services including behavioral healthcare, housing, employment, education, and other programs. The agency operates three long-term care facilities offering in-patient skilled nursing care, Alzheimer’s/memory care, and short-term rehabilitation for veterans; provides an honored final resting place for veterans and their families at three state veterans cemeteries; and operates the Virginia War Memorial, the Commonwealth’s tribute to Virginia’s men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice from World War II to the present. For more information, please visit www.dvs.virginia.gov.
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