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Utah officials describe expanded military family supports, resiliency programs and national policy wins
Summary
Department of Veterans and Military Affairs officials outlined new family readiness work, suicide-prevention efforts, school supports for military children, and two bills passed last session that officials say expand retirement and transition benefits for service members and DOD civilians.
Members of the Utah Veterans and Military Affairs Commission heard an update from Brian Garrett, deputy director of the Department of Veterans and Military Affairs, on the department’s recent work on family readiness and installation resiliency.
Garrett said the department has hired staff to coordinate family programs and resiliency services and to expand outreach to service members, veterans and their families. He credited recent legislative funding for adding staff including Mike Miller, the department’s family programs manager, and Cale Smith, who oversees suicide prevention and resiliency programs. Garrett said the department “pushed out 1,300 gun safes to service members, veterans, and their families” and launched a resiliency playbook called Military Live On as part of a broader Live On program.
Why it matters: Commission members said the effort aims to reduce gaps for families when service…
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