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Veterans services highlights suicide prevention and claims work as grants face uncertainty
Summary
Veterans Services Director Dave Lewis told commissioners the department leveraged grant funds to expand claims work, suicide prevention and justice‑involved veteran services; key grants appear stable but some federal and state funding remains at risk.
Dave Lewis, executive director of Harris County Veterans Services, told commissioners the department has grown to 29 staff and uses a mix of general fund and grants to deliver benefits, emergency financial help and suicide prevention outreach.
"Veterans make up 3 percent of the Harris County population, but 11 percent of the suicides," Lewis said, emphasizing the department’s focus on suicide prevention and a new suicide mortality review committee. Lewis said the office files thousands of disability claims annually and holds mobile events to reach veterans…
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