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Virginia organizations set to get $4.1M for veteran suicide prevention efforts
A press release from the offices of U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced that Virginia is set to get $4.1 million for veteran suicide prevention efforts.
The federal money will support eight community organizations that connect veterans and their families to mental health resources, outreach programs, suicide prevention services, and other critical support, per the release, which went out on Wednesday.
The grants are being awarded through the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, which was created by bipartisan legislation that Sen. Warner wrote and Sen. Kaine supported.
The legislation was signed into law as part of the broader Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which passed the Senate unanimously in 2020.
The grant awards include: