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Mount Carmel veterans center outlines services, fundraising plans and rural outreach to Pueblo County commissioners
Summary
The Mount Carmel Veterans Service Center described its services in Pueblo, partnerships, suicide-prevention work and an upcoming funding request to the county during an August 7 BOCC work session; center leaders asked only to inform commissioners now and signaled a formal funding request for next fiscal year.
Bob McLaughlin, executive director of the Mount Carmel Veterans Service Center, told the Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 7 that the center operates to fill service gaps for active-duty service members, veterans and their families in Pueblo and surrounding rural counties. McLaughlin said Mount Carmel provides health and wellness referrals, behavioral-health connections, employment transition support, resource fairs and mobile outreach.
“Our mission as it comes to helping our veterans and families is all about partnerships. It’s all about providing direct services,” McLaughlin said. He described partnerships with UCHealth, a behavioral health center in Colorado Springs and county veteran service officers; he said Mount Carmel also hosts the state veteran business outreach center and runs events to connect veterans to services.
Sal Katz Jr., identified in the meeting as a retired U.S. Army sergeant major…
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