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Subcommittee hears mental‑health and outdoor‑therapy funding request for Hometown Hero Outdoors
Summary
Senate File 674 would appropriate funds to Hometown Hero Outdoors to expand outdoor-recreation programming, mental-health training and outreach. Witnesses described peer-based, outdoor interventions and surveys showing self-reported mental-health improvements; the subcommittee held the bill over for possible inclusion.
The Veterans Subcommittee on Feb. 10 received testimony on Senate File 674, a funding request for Hometown Hero Outdoors (HHO), a nonprofit that runs outdoor recreation trips intended to improve mental health among service members, veterans and first responders.
Senator Seaburger presented the bill and said Hometown Hero Outdoors has served thousands since 2017. Christopher Tetrault, HHO president and co-founder, told the committee HHO has expanded into 26 states and that 85% of its participants are current service members or veterans. He said pre‑ and post‑trip survey data the organization…
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