Friday, December 19, 2025

Press Release: VA Secretary Calls Boozman Bill “Key” to Unlocking Veteran Suicide Crisis

“Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie expressed his support for legislation authored by U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) that would create a VA grant program to leverage veteran-serving non-profits and other community networks in order to reduce veteran suicides…”

“Boozman’s IMPROVE Wellbeing for Veterans Act would allow the VA to tap into current community programs and provide a framework for better coordinating those community efforts and measuring the results. The legislation creates a new grant program at the VA to expand the reach of services aimed at preventing veteran suicides.” Read the full article here.

Source: VA Secretary Calls Boozman Bill “Key” to Unlocking Veteran Suicide Crisis – June 20, 2019. U.S. Senator John Boozman.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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