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Retired master sergeant outlines pilot plan to reduce veteran suicide in rural Oregon
Summary
Master Sergeant (Ret.) Laurie Kimmel told a Senate committee that a pilot program using VA‑standard 988 crisis cards, local outreach at community gathering points and medication lockboxes could improve rural veterans’ access to crisis services; she urged using existing VA materials and pursuing grant funding.
Master Sergeant (Ret.) Laurie Kimmel told the Senate Committee on Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs on Feb. 24 that rural veterans face elevated suicide risk driven by isolation, untreated pain and difficulty accessing services, and she outlined a pilot to distribute veteran‑specific crisis cards and train two‑person veteran crisis response teams in each county.
Kimmel said the plan…
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