by caLegion Contributor | Dec 5, 2023
The Veterans Mental Health Committee has provided this downloadable card to be used for suicide prevention. The card details three steps that can be used to help understand the situation, determine the scope of the crisis, and decide the best course of action. This...
by Web Team | Sep 19, 2022
‘Be The One’ is a national campaign to help lower the suicide rate among veterans. There is great hope that our Legion Family members will “Be the One” to Save a Veteran. The American Legion wants to change the narrative. Instead of talking...
by Web Team | Sep 16, 2022
On Friday we receive an American Legion Legislative Update from Katie Isaacson, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Division of The American Legion and it is promptly posted on the Legislative Commission webpage. This week an article in the Legislative Update pointed...
by Military Times | Apr 15, 2022
Veterans Affairs officials expect calls to the Veterans Crisis Line to increase by as much as 150% after a new three-digit dialing code for suicide prevention services starts operating this July. That would mean hundreds of thousands more veterans getting...
by Christian Southards | Jan 11, 2022
The Department of Veterans Affairs last week announced that veterans identified as high risk for suicide by a VA clinician will no longer be required to pay a copayment for outpatient mental health treatment if a newly proposed policy is adopted by the VA after public...
