VA is encouraging families and friends to reach out and provide support this month — and every month — to the Veterans in their lives. Suicide prevention is the top clinical priority for VA.
Take action to help prevent suicide. Here are some valuable ideas that can help you BE THERE for a Veteran in your life. Maybe just a phone call. Reach out and assure them that they are not alone.
As a member of the VA community, you are in a position to REACH out to Veterans who may be at risk during this difficult time.
Uniting for Suicide Postvention (USPV) provides resources for anyone affected by suicide, regardless of their connection with the military, to help cope with loss. Helping survivors work through grief.
Veteran Jeff Henson’s calling in life is to show people who have attempted or have had thoughts of suicide that there is another way. 1,100 men and women have gone through the Save A Warrior program.
Please listen to this important webcast with answers on how VA and firearm associations are working together to help Veterans and non-Veterans with mental health challenges and prevent suicide.
The release of the PREVENTS Roadmap is the first critical step in advancing the national priority of preventing suicide in this nation.
You are not alone on your path to wellness and recovery. View other Veterans’ candid descriptions of life with problems due to alcohol use and what they did to get started on their road to recovery.
VA encourages women Veterans to make sure firearms are stored safely in the home and to talk to friends and family about proper firearm storage and safety.
Help prevent suicide and non-natural death among Veterans by participating in the Operation Deep Dive survey from America's Warrior Partnership.
VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Service helps Veterans achieve and maintain meaningful employment. The Compensated Work Therapy program enables Veterans to find or return to work.
VA’s Center for Women Veterans is advancing a cultural transformation throughout VA and aims to serve as a portal for women Veterans. One advocate is Ashley Gorbulja-Maldonado, a VBA employee and Army National Guard Veteran, who empowers other women Veterans with her mantra, “I can, I will… watch me.”