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Senate panel and VA back reauthorizing Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox suicide-prevention grants
Summary
Witnesses, veterans and committee members at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing urged reauthorization and expansion of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs said it supports continuing the program and expanding grantee capacity.
The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs heard bipartisan support for reauthorizing the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program and proposals to expand its scope.
Senate Chairman Jerry Moran opened the hearing on veterans' mental health and said the session would focus in part on the Fox grant program and other pending bills. "We are here to discuss the non clinical suicide prevention services and to hear directly what has worked well and what needs to be altered with the goal of reauthorizing this impactful program," he said.
The Department of Veterans Affairs told the committee it supports reauthorization. "VA strongly supports the reauthorization of this program as it is critical for sustaining and expanding the progress we have made so far," testified Dr. Thomas O'Toole, acting…
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