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Senate staff outlines bill to expand community grants aimed at preventing veteran suicide
Summary
Sen. Boozman’s legislative assistant told an Arkansas Senate committee that the IMPROVES Act (S.1906), incorporated into S.785 (Commander John Scott Hannan Veterans Mental Health Improvement Act), would let the VA fund community organizations to reach veterans not engaged with VA care and improve data-sharing to identify effective programs.
Patrick McGuigan, military and veterans legislative assistant for U.S. Sen. John Boozman, read a prepared statement to the State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee outlining federal legislation intended to expand community-based suicide-prevention efforts for veterans.
McGuigan said the bill referred to in his statement as the "IMPROVES Act" (Senate Bill 1906) takes "a revolutionary approach" by authorizing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a grant structure allowing community veteran organizations to expand outreach and provide wraparound mental-health resources. He said that approach was incorporated into Senate Bill 785, which his statement identified as the Commander John Scott Hannan Veterans Mental Health…
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