Program for veterans' mental health fails to meet House deadline

Caring Letters Sent by a Clinician or Peer to At-Risk Veterans

Suicide prevention is a critical priority for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), as Veterans face a suicide rate 1.5 times higher than the general U.S. adult population. The Veterans Crisis Line (VCL), VHA’s 27/7 crisis support hotline, has managed over 5 million calls since 2007. Caring Letters interventions, involving periodic mailings to individuals expressing care and concern, are effective in reducing suicide rates among high-risk in…

Big holes in the fiduciary program - The Mountain Eagle

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Fiduciary Program is set up to help veterans take care of their finances and benefits if they can’t handle it themselves because they’re sick, injured or elderly. There is a lot of money at stake: $2.7 billion in a recent year. Each of the hundred thousand veterans who fall in the category of needing assistance […] Sorry! An active online subscription is required to access this content. Please login below or …

Program for veterans' mental health fails to meet House deadline

A bill that would have created a loan repayment program for veterans studying to go into clinical social work who planned to treat other veterans has failed.

Veteran mental health bill dies in committee

House Bill 1180 would have required the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs to administer a mental health program for Hoosier veterans. The bill went unread in the Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety prior to the Feb. 20 third-reading…